Investing Profile

Chris Arsenault(341)

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Partner at iNovia Capital
inovia.vcMontreal
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32 Investors

Connected to Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures), Brad Feld (Foundry Group), and 29 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
iNovia Capital Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
36
Current Fund Size
$400M

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Chris Arsenault's Investments On Record (17)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Plenty
SeedMay 2024$5M
$10M
Co-investors: Pete Flint (NFX), Brian Pokorny (SV Angel), Adam Nash (Daffy), Meena Harris (Phenomenal Ventures), Kevin Durant (Thirty Five Ventures)
Super.com
Debt FinancingApr 2023$25M
Series CApr 2023$60M
Series BMar 2021$79M
Series AJul 2017$8M
$180M
Co-investors: Yash Patel (FTX Ventures), Bill Pescatello (Lightbank), Eric Lefkofsky (Lightbank), Steph Curry (Penny Jar Capital), Jack Fraser (BDC Venture Capital), Peter Kern, Mike Lee, Deborah Liu, Neha Narkhede
Talent.com
Series BMar 2022$120M
$120M
Co-investors: Dominique Bélanger (BDC Venture Capital)
Life House
Series CDec 2021$60M
$160M
Co-investors: Patricia Nakache (Trinity Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Tyler Carrico (Derive Ventures), Steve Hafner
Sonder
Series EJun 2020$170M
Series DJul 2019$230M
$870M
Co-investors: Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Chris Hemmeter (Thayer Ventures), Steven Abrams (BDC Venture Capital), Sylvain Carle (O13), Gavin Baker (Atreides Management), Sandy Cass (Red Swan Ventures), Laurence A. Tosi (WestCap), Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures Australia)
Poka
Series UnknownJun 2020$5M
Series AMar 2018$8M
Series AAug 2016$3M
SeedJan 2015$2M
$43M
Co-investors: Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Grant Allen (Giant Ventures), Antoine Nivard (Blank Ventures)
Lightspeed Commerce
Series DOct 2017$170M
Series CSep 2015$61M
Series BSep 2014$35M
Series AJun 2012$30M
$290M
Co-investors: John Locke (Accel), Ryan Sweeney (Accel)
Smooch Technologies
SeedAug 2016$8M
$8M

Chris Arsenault's Experience

Charter Member The C1002010 - Present
General Partner iNovia Capital2007 - Present
Co-Chair CIX - Canadian Innovation Exchange2011 - 2016
Co-Chair of the Editorial Committee / Editor of the Capital Rants Blog 2011 Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference2008 - 2014
Montreal chapter member Entrepreneur Organization2001 - 2012
Chair of the Montreal Annual Conference 2008 CVCA - Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association2007 - 2008
Partner MSBi Valorisation2004 - 2007
Investment Director and Entrepreneur in Residence Telesystem1999 - 2002
Interim - VP Sales and Marketing Wanted Technologies1997 - 2000
Co-founder and Chief Internet Strategist Officer up2 Technologies inc.1998 - 1999
Interim - VP Sales, Marketing & Business Development Copernic Technologies1997 - 1998
President & CEO SIT Solutions Internet Technilogic1993 - 1997

Chris Arsenault's Education

Université Laval un-completed BAC Administration & Finance