Investissement Quebec

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Montréal, Canada

Total investments

201

Average round size

24M

Portfolio companies

152

Rounds per year

7.73

Lead investments

28

Follow on index

0.23

Exits

15

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceHealth CareSaaSManufacturingMedicalHardwareElectronics

Summary

Investissement Quebec is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1998. The venture was found in North America in Canada. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Quebec.

The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Biotechnology, Big Data. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Canada. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Enerkem, AlayaCare, Beyond the Rack.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Investissement Quebec, startups are often financed by BDC Venture Capital, Fonds de solidaritu00e9 FTQ, Real Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Fonds de solidaritu00e9 FTQ, Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, iNovia Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Silicon Valley Bank, Goodwater Capital.

Comparing to the other companies, this Investissement Quebec performs on 22 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 7 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The average startup value when the investment from Investissement Quebec is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistManufacturingBiotech/Life SciencesClimate tech
Geo focus
Canada, Quebec
Check size
From 1M

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
201
Lead investments
28
Exits
15
Rounds per year
7.73
Follow on index
0.23
Investments by industry
  • Manufacturing (31)
  • Software (26)
  • Health Care (26)
  • Information Technology (23)
  • Artificial Intelligence (18)
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Investments by region
  • Canada (193)
  • United States (2)
  • France (1)
  • Spain (1)
Peak activity year
2022
Number of Unicorns
2
Number of Decacorns
2
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
16
Avg. valuation at time of investment
50M
Group Appearance index
0.80
Avg. company exit year
15
Avg. multiplicator
0.20
Strategy success index
0.40

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Heylist 18 Jun 2024 Seed 1M Quebec, Montréal, Canada
Recharge Véhicule Électrique inc. 07 Nov 2023 Artificial Intelligence, CleanTech, Smart Home, Electric Vehicle, Energy Management Early Stage Venture 4M Quebec, Laval, Canada

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