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Investissement Quebec

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Total investments 181
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$25M
Portfolio companies 136
Rounds per year 6.96
Lead investments 23
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.24
Exits 15
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Manufacturing
  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Information Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Tokidos

Computer
Electronics
Manufacturing
$1M27 Feb 2024 -

MYNI

E-Commerce
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
Shopping
$2M30 Nov 2023 Saint-augustin, Quebec, Canada

Deep Sky

$45M16 Nov 2023 Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Recharge Véhicule Électrique inc.

Artificial Intelligence
CleanTech
Electric Vehicle
Energy Management
Smart Home
$4M07 Nov 2023 Laval, Quebec, Canada

GHGSat

Aerospace
Environmental Consulting
Oil and Gas
$47M07 Sep 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

dcbel

Artificial Intelligence
Clean Energy
CleanTech
Electric Vehicle
Smart Home
Solar
$50M17 Aug 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Local Logic

Big Data
Commercial Real Estate
Information Services
Information Technology
Predictive Analytics
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment
$13M02 Aug 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ditch Labs

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
$2M12 Jul 2023 Montréal, Quebec, Canada

ESG Natural Resources

Consulting
Environmental Consulting
Mining Technology
Professional Services
$1M01 Jul 2023 Montréal, Quebec, Canada
News
XpertSea Raises $20 Million Series B to Transform the Seafood Economy through Finance and Technology

– XpertSea, a Canadian company transforming how seafood is farmed and traded, announced it has closed a $20M USD Series B funding round.
– The round was led by QED Investors and Atlantico with Investissement Quebec joining previous investors Obvious Ventures, Aqua-Spark, Tony Fadell’s Future Shape, Real Ventures and edō Capital.
– QED partner Lauren Morton will join XpertSea’s board, resulting in both an executive team and a board where women are in the majority.
– By 2050 our planet will need 70% more food production to feed 10 billion people. Aquaculture represents one of the most efficient and sustainable ways to supply that quality protein, but technology gaps and the lack of financial services to underbanked farmers are major barriers to growth.

Algolux Closes $18.4M Series B Funding

– Algolux, a Montreal, QC, Canada-based computer vision software company, raised $18.4M in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Forte Ventures and Drive Capital with participation from Investissement Quebec, Castor Ventures, Nikon-SBI Innovation Fund, GM Ventures, Generation Ventures and Intact Ventures.
– The company intends to use the funds to achieve the following three goals: accelerate adoption of its products across mobility markets; grow its engineering and customer enabling teams to scale worldwide support; grow its engineering and customer enabling teams to scale worldwide support.

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Total investments 181
Average round size 25M
Rounds per year 6.96
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 23
Follow on index 0.24
Exits 15
Group Appearance index 0.80

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Tokidos

Computer
Electronics
Manufacturing
$1M27 Feb 2024 -

MYNI

E-Commerce
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
Shopping
$2M30 Nov 2023 Saint-augustin, Quebec, Canada

Deep Sky

$45M16 Nov 2023 Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Recharge Véhicule Électrique inc.

Artificial Intelligence
CleanTech
Electric Vehicle
Energy Management
Smart Home
$4M07 Nov 2023 Laval, Quebec, Canada

GHGSat

Aerospace
Environmental Consulting
Oil and Gas
$47M07 Sep 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

dcbel

Artificial Intelligence
Clean Energy
CleanTech
Electric Vehicle
Smart Home
Solar
$50M17 Aug 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Local Logic

Big Data
Commercial Real Estate
Information Services
Information Technology
Predictive Analytics
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment
$13M02 Aug 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ditch Labs

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
$2M12 Jul 2023 Montréal, Quebec, Canada

ESG Natural Resources

Consulting
Environmental Consulting
Mining Technology
Professional Services
$1M01 Jul 2023 Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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