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Today, we are proud to announce the closing of our US$450M second growth-stage fund, Inovia Growth Fund II.
We'll continue the success of GF I, which invested in @LightspeedHQ @SonderStays @hopper @SymendInc @AlayaCare, & others.
Read more here:
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Our new early and growth stage funds are announced! US $600M and a serious bench of talent tooled to help founders quickly scale
So excited to share with you our #fullstack venture approach towards building value & creating category leaders from early-stage through growth and beyond - @inovia launches with $800M CAD (US$600M) in fresh capital
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Q3 is a wrap, and we couldn’t be more proud! @LightspeedHQ IPO on @NYSE, @appdirect US $185M, @busbud CAD $15M, @clearpathrobots CAD $6.6M, @drivewyze CAD $81.7M (exit), plus 4 new Inovia hires 🚀
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Congratulations to @clearbanc — $300M and a bold vision for how to help #SMBs thrive including a new Venture Partner Mentor program: bit.ly/32YOvhX
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Thank you to our Canadian investors for sharing our vision of growth for brilliant founders including @LaCDPQ Teralys @banquenationale @RBC @TD_Canada @ABEnterpriseCor @KensingtonFunds @InvestQuebec @FondsFTQ @BDC_Capital & Northleaf tgam.ca/2Gxr2fW via @globeandmail
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We are thrilled to welcome @sgwoods, Canada Engineering & Waterloo Site Lead @googlecanada, to the Inovia team.
Steve will bring years of entrepreneurial and engineering experience to our portfolio and will play an important role in evaluating deal flow.
Welcome aboard, Steve!
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Meet some of the incredible female founders, operators, and community members that are making a difference in tech. in our @inovia Community! #InternationalWomansDay #womenintech bit.ly/2Fr9fTs
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Our sincerest congratulations to @lightspeedhq on your #IPO!
We couldn’t be more proud to support such an outstanding team — you’ve built a great track record and a great culture while setting a new bar for Canadian-anchored tech companies. @daxdasilva
We are thrilled to announce that Lightspeed POS Inc. is now a publicly traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange. $LSPD
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Doubling-down on an amazing team & opportunity to deliver outsized returns for customers: "Calgary startup
@SymendInc raises US$43-million, hires hundreds, bringing hopes of tech revival to depressed oil patch" - @inovia
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Building a great company is all about bringing great players to the table. Congrats @snaptravel and @StephenCurry30 on a great partnership ahead! #Travel
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With the launch of our US$325 million Venture Fund V now officially announced, @karam_n shares his thoughts on the new fund and the importance of having a long-term view.
Read the post here:
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Next up in our Inovia Sessions: Misconceptions on starting & scaling marketplaces. Join us Dec 2 as Inovia @acharoo hosts a talk w/@Benchmark's @SarahTavel, @NFX's @peteflint, @VersionOneVC’s @angelatytran.
👉Register here: bit.ly/2IQXpZJ
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Supporting Canadian tech champions in scaling and becoming market leaders is what truly drives our team.
We are thrilled to welcome @mkatchen and the entire @Wealthsimple team to the @inovia family! 🚀
👏 Congrats on your $750M financing round.
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We are thrilled to announce the closing of our fifth early-stage fund, Venture Fund V, which will back tech-focused companies in their aspiration of becoming category leaders. 🚀
Read more about Venture Fund V on @globeandmail here:
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Congrats @SymendInc 🙌💥 $52M for growth - leveraging machine learning and behavioral science to help companies better engage with customers. tcrn.ch/3bbkZZs
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🎉 Exciting news!!! 🎉
🙌 We're thrilled to announce the closing of Inovia Discovery Fund I in the order of US$25M to empower emerging managers.
👉 To learn more: inovia.vc/inovia-conversatio…
#EarlyStage #Fundraising #EmergingManagers #VC #CompanyBuilders
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We are delighted that @getclearco is part of the Inovia family and are proud it continues to back founders around the world. Congrats on your recent financing round! 👏
cc @MicheleRomanow @andrewdsouza
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Crafting Our Own Growth Story: @iNovia Welcomes Patrick Pichette and Dennis Kavelman to the Team buff.ly/2GQSmq7 cc @pichette @dkavelman @karam_n @shawnabbott @ToddSimpson & the amazing iNovia team
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Former Google CFO Patrick Pichette’s vacation is over: He’s becoming a VC. recode.net/2018/4/11/1721940…
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Home care technology platform @AlayaCare puts its global M&A strategy into high gear with the acquisition of Procura. 👉Read @dkavelman's reflection on working with their mission-driven team through rapid growth. bit.ly/37vGhzo
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“Women are held back by a lack of access to capital.” With @clearbanc, women have had 8x the industry average in access to the resources they need to grow their businesses. Nice!
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Congrats to @inovia GP @pichette for launching 2 new innovation initiatives in the UK: 1/ @creativedlab / UK — with co-founders Peter Davies + John McCall MacBain and 2/ Becoming chairman of @OSI_Updates : bit.ly/2HpRKqi
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Congrats to @daxdasilva + the @LightspeedHQ team on your board announcements! @inovia General Partner Patrick Pichette is pleased to join in helping craft a brilliant future.
We’re excited to announce the addition of 4 new members to our board of directors — Patrick Pichette (@pichette), Paul McFeeters, Marie Josee Lamothe (@MJLamothe), and Rob Williams. Read more about our newest additions in @betakit here: betakit.com/former-google-op…
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Congrats to @daxdasilva and the team @LightspeedHQ !!🎉
The New York Stock Exchange welcomes @LightspeedHQ (NYSE: LSPD) in celebration of its IPO.
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“The majority of our LPs are Canadian, and I take it to heart that it’s important to create patterns of success, so that people can look towards models and either replicate or adapt to their own situation.” - @chrisarsenault
via @etherington @TechCrunch
techcrunch.com/2021/03/16/in…
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Co-Founder & CEO of our latest investment, BenchSci. 💯
Liran Belenzon is the CEO and Co-Founder of #CDLAlumni @BenchSci and a @RotmanSchool grad! We had the opportunity to talk to him about his entrepreneurial journey, the part that CDL played in it, and lessons learned along the way. #BuildSomethingMassive
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We live with greater promise for ourselves and our community of because of those who came before — those who showed us how to explore the "unknown unknowns". Thank you Paul Allen for your incredible contributions, you will be missed. cnb.cx/2OrZMUA
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It was an epic end to 2018, featuring @BoostedBoards @clearbanc @futurefamilysf @spatialxr funding, plus big news from @snaptravel @Busbud ± plus new EiR Sam Pasupalak. We are honored to work with such inspiring people! 🙌 Wrapup: bit.ly/2SEidDf
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We are excited to announce the promotion of @huguesfl from Principal to Partner on the Growth investment Team alongside @chrisarsenault @dkavelman and @pichette 💪👏👏
What an exciting milestone!!
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We are so pleased to announce our very own Karim Sharobim as new VP & Chief Legal Officer. Karim will continue to lead our growing legal team as we’ve also recently welcomed Natasha Gould to the Inovia family as Director of Legal Affairs. Congrats to both Natasha and Karim!! 👏🚀
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"A CEO needs to rewrite their job description and priorities at least every quarter" - @michaellitt from @vidyard at #inoviasummit
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New series! 🙌 Founder-to-founder brings insights from our portfolio company leaders to you, our community.
Up first: @gunnr (CEO of @commitdev, the professional community for the world’s best startup engineers) on hiring, culture, and remote work 👇
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Congratulations to Justin Herlick, Jonathan Shih and the Pine team on this Series A raise!
We look forward to working together as you revolutionize the online mortgage process for Canadian homebuyers and those looking to refinance their home.
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👏Congratulations to the fantastic @getclearco team as they innovate, expand and advance their mission of empowering founders with the most attractive and equitable capital. 🚀
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10 years of groundwork, 6 months of raise and 1 seriously amazing opportunity for founders everywhere: @inovia is now a #fullstack venture firm w/ US $600M to invest, operational experience to share & tooled to support. Read more bit.ly/2trqMGH via @peHUB
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🏅 Congratulations to our very own @shawnabbott who was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for his important contribution to Alberta’s innovation ecosystem.
Thank you @intergenscaleup for nominating Shawn to receive this honour!✨
#Congrats
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The happy family pic with @LugeCapital and @inovia. Great partners. Thanks @C100 and @bdc_ca for hosting. @antoinenivard @kgillani @abarrettmtl +Hannah
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We’re excited to announce the Empower initiative to support founders with big dreams in Montréal and Toronto
.@iNovia launches Empower Initiative to support founders from underrepresented groups in tech buff.ly/2FohUa2
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Chris discute des 2 nouveaux fonds @inovia le capital de risque au Canada et l'addition de @pichette et @dkavelman à l'équipe.
Spécialisée dans le financement d'entreprises en démarrage, Inovia Capital vient de mettre sur pied 2 nouveaux fonds totalisant 800 millions $ CA. Entrevue avec son cofondateur @chrisarsenault @inovia #RDIéconomie
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Congratulations to our partner @acharoo - part of the top 100 rising stars in VC! 🚀
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We couldn't agree more! @StephenCurry30 @snaptravel
Conversational commerce is the future. For @SnapTravel, it’s already here. Hyped to invest in a company disrupting the travel industry. #RuinTheGame
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Who's your fav #CDN #startup? Vote in the @TechVibes Startup Awards! bit.ly/1AMGZUI @lpmo a finalist!
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“We saw a great number of terrific companies for Fund I and we don’t think it’s slowing down.” - @dkavelman
Patriotic Canadian venture capital firm Inovia raises $450-million to back domestic tech champions via @SeanSilcoff @globeandmail
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2/4 Patrick Pichette shares his vision for why growth investing is important for Canada right now. Thanks to Mike Woollatt and CVCA for this great series. bit.ly/2JPMeeY
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❗Don't miss the next episode of the The AI Edge panel featuring our very own @ToddSimpson, along with @OMERSVentures, @Deloitte, @creativedlab to discuss how trust in science is the best way to support Canadian researchers. 🍁
cc @MBancroft80
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Though the industry is thriving, #AI startups still struggle to scale.
Premier minds from @inovia @OMERSVentures, @DeloitteAI & @creativedlab speak with @MBancroft80 on how trust in science is the best way to support Canadian researchers.
Trailer ⬇️⬇️
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To all the women who dare to dream, we see you, we support you. We aim to shine the light, encourage better governance and spur real conversations at the board level and in the community. #IWD2021 #Daretodream 👩
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Congratulations to @Neo_Financial on your recent raise 🎉 💪
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Huge congratulations to our partner @shawnabbott on winning the "Tech investor of the year award" presented by @ABEnterpriseCor! 👏Way to go Shawn!
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We're so excited to welcome @futurefamilysf to the portfolio! With a mission-driven founder, a great team, an incredible approach — we are excited to dig in with @AspectVC to help build a great brand.
We're working hard to ensure everyone has access to affordable + world-class #IVF and #eggfreezing services. Our $10MM Series A led by @AspectVC, w/ participation from investors such as @inovia and others makes that possible! news.crunchbase.com/news/fut…
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🎉Congratulations @adrian_schauer and team!
We are proud to continue to support @AlayaCare as it accelerates growth in the global market and continues to deliver home care for the future.
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So proud of @hussein_fazal Henry & the team. Congrats on the $107M growth round. We tripled up by bringing in @inovia Growth Fund to further support the future of ecommerce from a customer-centric engagement platform front. #snapcommerce #cdntech
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Today @SonderStays and Gore Metropoulos II announced a merger that paves the way for Sonder to become a publicly listed company.
👏 Congratulations to @FDavidsonT and the team at Sonder.
We are very proud to be part of your journey. 🚀
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Congratulations to @eamonn_orourke and the @renorunapp team on your recent raise! 👏👏👏 We are thrilled to continue partnering with you as you expand across the US and Canada to further disrupt the construction industry. 💪 bit.ly/3KZ5O8K
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Bench's story is one of grit and resilience that we've been proud to be a part of since leading the Series B in 2017.
👏Congrats to @ianwcrosby and the @Bench team on their recent raise, we’re excited to see what comes next!
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📢Today, we announce the closing of our US$334M continuation vehicle transaction to support the growth of our companies.
Thank you to LPs @BlackRock , @HarbourVest, Northleaf Capital Partners, Hollyport Capital and @KensingtonFunds.
Read more here bit.ly/2YRJ4UV
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Huge congrats to the team at @TripleLiftHQ on their partnership with Vista Equity. We are proud to have had the chance to travel with you on this incredible journey. Way to go @ezberry, @szach,@AriLewine & team!
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Thrilled to announce the promotions of Mia Morisset (Montreal) & Mike McGraw (London) to Principals on our Investment team. Building our team and seeing them reach their full potential is something we celebrate. Congrats Mia & Mike! 🎉
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The secret's out! #Canada has incredible #tech #talent — and we're proud to support this initiative to connect great people with great companies. @McRockCapital @prospectfyi @GoldenVentures @GeorgianPrtnrs @WhiteStarVC prospect.fyi/
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Inovia is excited to announce that it is a co-founder and a co-sponsor of SOAR a US$230M SPAC IPO. This is an exciting endeavour for Inovia and strengthens our mission of actively supporting founders to build global sustainable tech companies. Read more👇
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API-first companies and how we evaluate opportunities: great thinking from @sarahmarion 👉 bit.ly/2s6RJBZ
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Building bridges, shaping innovation globally: More about @pichette co-founding @creativedlab / Oxford: bit.ly/2HBILCA @rotmanschool @OxfordSBS
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Congratulations to @AlayaCare on your Series B raise! We're looking forward to working with you to improve home #healthcare around the world.
AlayaCare raises and#36;13.8 million in Series B Funding Led by inovia capital ow.ly/BN82101cikv
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Next up in our Inovia Sessions: Building geo-distributed and remote teams from Seed to IPO. Join us Sept 10 as Inovia @antoinenivard hosts a discussion with @Atlassian's @anutthara, @Databricks's @rxin and @Shopify's @fnthawar.
Register here: bit.ly/3lpg1OT
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Proud at @inovia to have partnered w/ such great entrepreneurs & mission: @sukhindersingh Shannon & @theboardlist raised $2M in its first round of funding. It's already helped over 2,000 companies find women & minorities for their boards buff.ly/2YNg4dt
@businessinsider
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“If you’re remote forever, you’re going to spend your life training people to find better paying jobs somewhere else. Employers will need to oblige more human interaction.” @chrisarsenault shares his point of view on hybrid verses remote only work models.
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Congratulations to @ArmoredThings on closing your $5.5M institutional seed round! We look forward to being your partner in growth, along with @GlasswingVC prweb.com/releases/2018/07/p…
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Driven to succeed and that’s just the start! Join us in honouring the developers, scientists, founders, marketers plus at least one set of twins and great vocalists who are making tech companies sing every day!
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#internationalwomensday #IWD2019
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Inovia’s @pichette has joined the board of @Wealthsimple, a company revolutionizing how Canadians interact with their finances by bringing smart, simple, and innovative digital financial products to market, and helping them to achieve financial freedom.
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👏👏👏 Congrats to @KuljeevS and the @GetResQ team on their recent raise. We believe in your mission and are proud to partner with you! tcrn.ch/3mJOnOd
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Great example of a data-driven approach to create marketplace supply!
@VersionOneVentures's @angelatytran
👉Read, listen or watch the full session here:
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Great to see @inovia and our portfolio companies featured in @CBinsights and @PwC_tech's Periodic Table of Tech in Canada, showcasing the country's top startups, investors, and exits. bit.ly/2lXpYWg #CDNtech
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Read more about our investment in @clearbanc. Thanks for the highlight @CVCACanada 🙌🇨🇦
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Such a great momentum for the Alberta tech community! We are so proud to be part of this booming ecosystem. Congrats all for a year of great success @VCAAlberta, @cvca, @SymendInc!
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🤜 Motivation Monday: From Living In A Refugee Camp In Iraq To Raising $52 Million For His AI Startup -- @hanifjosh @SymendInc shares his story!
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Catch up on the $427M raised by our portfolio in H1/2020 (@WorkJam @SymendInc @SonderStays @AlayaCare @tugboatlogic @BenchSci @ArmoredThings + others) and meet our new Entrepreneur in Residence, Raif Jacobs (@google / @deliveroo ) — our newsletter is live! bit.ly/2ZsBiNu
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Congrats to the @renorunapp team — we are looking forward to #building a company and a community with you. #renorun is an ordering and delivery app for the #construction industry. @obviousvc bit.ly/34lsEkO
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C2MTL to feature great names + supporting #entrepreneurship bit.ly/1TBtL5F via @traceylindeman @mtlgazette @AccelerateMTL #C2M16
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Pour another coffee and check out Partner Todd Simpson's framework for evaluating AI in startup strategies: bit.ly/2IvBD8A
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Dennis kicked off our CEO Summit with some reflections on symptoms of scale. Key takeaway: Maintain your personal balance because it gets harder and it gets better.
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Congrats to the incredible team at @darwinAI_ml and welcome to the portfolio! We look forward to supporting your continued growth, in pursuit of better #AI for all. #innovation
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Kicking off #inoviasummit with a packed room of LP's and CEO's. Thank you to @Osler_Law for hosting us!
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Great tips on building a strong runway with venture debt — from @sarahmarion bit.ly/2XxIMgz #Venture #VentureCapital
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The UCaaS market is showing unprecedented growth in telework and the adoption of new communication, collaboration and mobility tools. @wazo is positioned to win this market. Congrats to the team on their recent raise, we’re proud to partner with you! 💪
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Our very own @chrisarsenault and our newest Inovia Partner & Chief Talent Officer Krista Skalde, speak about some of the ways COVID has pushed employers to embrace new work arrangements. Krista, welcome to Inovia! 🚀
Read more here 👇
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In just 7 days our team will be in Toronto to welcome portfolio CEOs and LPs for our 2019 Annual Summit. Our theme this year is #Outliers — that renegade spirit that is transforming our world, for the better, with technology. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
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Designing your board is like designing your exec team. Make sure you have personalities and backgrounds that will complement and challenge others. Show up 150%, and push them to give you the active engagement you need. Thanks for the tips! @lopez_m #commitment #engagement
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🍁 The new episode of our Emerging Managers Portrait Series is out! We’re thrilled to introduce @acharoo of @MapleVCFund !
🌱 Discover how Andre's journey in Silicon Valley shaped his approach to seed investing.
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Pleased to partner with @OpenViewVenture -- their 2018 Expansion SaaS Benchmarks report is live. Check out the findings from 400+ #SaaS companies here: openviewpartners.com/expansi… #expansionbenchmarks18
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We would like to give an official welcome to @acharoo as @inovia's newest Venture Partner; Founder of @MapleVCFund .
We are thrilled to have you on the team !
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Great listen! @LightspeedHQ CEO, @daxdasilva, on this week’s Down to Business, talks about his company’s remarkable growth spurt, how it is attracting and keeping talent and why Canada is an amazing place to headquarter your tech company. 👏👏👏bit.ly/3BgEtIW
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Welcome again, @sgwoods 🚀
“We try to assemble a team who’s been through it in different ways before, Steven has been a key part of the Waterloo tech ecosystem. He’s seen all the challenges of growing from small to huge.” - @dkavelman
Montreal's Inovia Capital taps former Google executive for top tech role financialpost.com/fp-finance…
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Congrats to @darwinai — inspiring a new era of #ArtificialIntelligence development and application. Learn more about their new toolkit, announced today. #AI
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Merci à nos investisseurs canadiens d’avoir partagé notre vision de la croissance avec de brillants fondateurs, notamment @LaCDPQ Teralys @banquenationale @RBC @TD_Canada @ABEnterpriseCor @KensingtonFunds @InvestQuebec @FondsFTQ @BDC_Capital & Northleaf
.Capital de risque: @iNovia lance un fonds de 800M$ lesaffaires.com/techno/techn… @LaCDPQ @InvestQuebec @FondsFTQ @BDC_Capital @banquenationale @BMO @RBCfr @TeralysCapital @DenisLalonde
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We’re proud to join @Sonderstays US $225M round announced today — the largest raise in Canadian history, for a team and a company with a plan to make #hospitality a truly beautiful, personalized experience. bit.ly/2Y07lWk
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📣Exciting News!! Congrats to the @ArmoredThings team on their recent raise!👏 Welcome to our new partners Nimble Ventures, Gutbrain Ventures, PBJ Capital and Micromanagement Ventures.
#femalefounder #startup #spacemanagement
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