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    Desjardins Capital

    Montreal, CanadaFounded 1974
    www.desjardinscapital.com/en
    HealthcareFood & AgricultureManufacturingEnterprise SoftwareConsumer

    Desjardins Capital is the venture capital and private equity arm of Desjardins Group, investing in Quebec businesses across startup, growth, and transfer phases. Founded in 1974, it manages approximately $3 billion in assets and provides equity, private debt, and growth capital solutions to SMEs and cooperatives.

    Deal activity increased 67% year-over-year (5 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (41% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $26.6M (across 58 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    54

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    5

    Team

    JF

    Jean-François Fortin

    Partner

    RL

    Roland Léger

    Partner

    JV

    Jocelin Vincent

    Investment Director

    PK

    Patrick Kuczynski

    Senior Director, Investment, Equity

    EK

    Eric Krause

    Investment Manager

    PT

    Pierre Tessier

    Vice-président et Chef de l'investissement

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    78 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    SSmartDSeries B—Apr 2026
    SSmartDSeries A—Apr 2026
    AON3D logoAON3DSeed—Jan 2026
    Vention logoVentionSeries B$110MJan 2026
    AAntegrade MedicalSeed$7.3MOct 2025
    Uno Platform logoUno PlatformSeed$3.5MAug 2025
    Optable logoOptableGrowth$20MJan 2025
    AAntegrade MedicalSeed—Jan 2025
    Cyder logoCyderPre-Seed$1.1MDec 2024
    Laserax logoLaseraxSeries C$45.5MOct 2024
    UgoWork logoUgoWorkSeries C$51MJul 2024
    IInscoraUnknown$2MJan 2024
    MManacUnknown$170MJan 2024
    Brilliant Matters logoBrilliant MattersUnknown$5.1MSep 2023
    Finofo logoFinofoPre-Seed$1.3MAug 2023
    NeuroServo logoNeuroServoSeed$2.2MJun 2023
    Puzzle Medical Devices logoPuzzle Medical DevicesSeries A$43MJan 2023
    Optable logoOptableSeries A$20MJan 2023
    Prehos inc. logoPrehos inc.Seed$7.2MFeb 2022
    WWrk Technologies inc.Series A$43MFeb 2022
    RenoRun logoRenoRunSeries B$142MFeb 2022
    Vention logoVentionSeries C$110MJan 2022
    WWrk Technologies inc.Seed$55MJan 2022
    Voilà! logoVoilà!Series A$13.8MJan 2022
    Voila logoVoilaSeries A$6MJan 2022
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    Top Co-Investors

    Investissement Québec22 shared
    BDC Capital14 shared
    Real Ventures12 shared
    White Star Capital7 shared
    Brightspark Ventures6 shared
    Export Development Canada5 shared
    Cycle Capital5 shared
    Innospark Ventures4 shared
    Inovia Capital4 shared
    Fonds de solidarité FTQ4 shared
    Boreal Ventures3 shared
    SE Ventures3 shared
    PJC3 shared
    Differential Ventures3 shared
    Fondaction3 shared
    OMERS Ventures3 shared
    Azure Capital Partners3 shared
    Esplanade Ventures2 shared
    NVentures2 shared
    Highline Beta2 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026