Investing Profile

Paul Desmarais

VCInvestorCEOFounder
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Poratege Ventures
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Current Investing Position
Portage Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
10
Current Fund Size
$655M

Paul Desmarais is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Paul Desmarais's Investments On Record (5)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Nesto
Series EJun 2026$220M
Secondary MarketJun 2026
Series CDec 2022$80M
Series BJun 2021$63M
$370M
Co-investors: Will Sheldon (Expedition Growth Capital)
Midas
Series BAug 2025$80M
Series AApr 2024$45M
$190M
Co-investors: Santo Politi (Spark Capital), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Nigel Morris (QED Investors), Yusuf Ozdalga (QED Investors), Mehmet Atici (Bek Ventures), Cem Sertoglu (Bek Ventures), George Rzepecki (Glynn Capital)
Octav
SeedSep 2023$3M
$3M
Stack Wealth
SeedDec 2021$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Kunal Shah
Gray Hawk Investment Strategies
Private EquityApr 2021$10M
Private EquityOct 2020
$10M