# asterX

> asterX is a VC fund in Montréal backing SaaS, Internet and Software. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asterxcvc
- Website: http://asterx.quebecor.com/en

asterX is an arm of Quebecor’s corporate venture capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Health Care | 1 | 20% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Grant | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 3 | 60% |
| Colombia | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Billdr | Billdr is an AI-native construction management platform for general contractors across North America, covering estimating, scheduling, job costing, invoicing, and client communication.Billdr brings your whole business under one roof, with an AI team built in: Bob, your AI project copilot, monitors every job in real time and flags risks beforethey become problems. Bruno, your AI estimator, builds accurate quotes in minutes from your price book. Send $100K+ quotes in 30 minutes or less. Billie, your AI receptionist (coming soon), will qualify leads, book calls, and follow up with prospects 24/7.Trusted by contractors managing $2B+ in projects across the US and Canada. | $3.2M | Seed | Jan 26, 2026 |  |
| BrainInnov | BrainInnov creates decision-supporting systems that aid in lifesaving and are based on artificial intelligence. | $75K | Grant | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Optable | Optable is a data collaboration and clean room solution designed for the advertising ecosystem in the age of privacy. The product was inspired by the radical transformation in how audience data is governed, connected, and activated. Optable takes an end-to-end approach to data collaboration and is integrated with ad delivery platforms for secureactivation, making it possible to deploy campaigns directly from a clean room. It is the only clean room solution that offers frictionless collaboration and interoperability enabling customers to safely and securely match audience data with any partner. | $20M | Series A | Jan 24, 2025 |  |
| Optable | Optable is a data collaboration and clean room solution designed for the advertising ecosystem in the age of privacy. The product was inspired by the radical transformation in how audience data is governed, connected, and activated. Optable takes an end-to-end approach to data collaboration and is integrated with ad delivery platforms for secureactivation, making it possible to deploy campaigns directly from a clean room. It is the only clean room solution that offers frictionless collaboration and interoperability enabling customers to safely and securely match audience data with any partner. | $19.4M | Series A | Apr 18, 2023 |  |
| Puzzle Medical Devices | Puzzle Medical is developing the ModulHeart, a modular percutaneous heart pump designed to reduce cardiac afterload and improve renal perfusion in patients with advanced heart failure who are not candidates for heart transplant or surgical mechanical circulatory support. The device’s modular design allows for hemodynamic support through multiplepumps anchored in parallel in the descending aorta. The design is expected to increase accessibility by enabling safe percutaneous implantation to support both renal and cardiac function, with low risk of bleeding, stroke, and pump thrombosis, while providing sustained symptom relief, reduced re-hospitalizations and improved overall quality of life. To date, Puzzle Medical has successfully:○ completed its first-in-human study with all patients experiencing improvements in cardiac and kidney function (2022); ○ completed a Seed financing round (2021); ○ built a strong Key Opinion Leaders committee (2021); ○ received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Breakthrough Device Designation (2021). |  | Seed | Jan 24, 2022 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hearst Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hearst-interactive-media) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Desjardins Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/desjardins-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Brightspark Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brightspark-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Deloitte](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deloitte) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Anges Quebec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anges-quebec) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AQC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anges-qu%C3%A9bec-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does asterX invest in?

asterX invests primarily in SaaS, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did asterX last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for asterX closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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