# Capital Financière agricole

> Capital Financière agricole is a VC fund in Lévis backing Food Processing and Food and Beverage. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lévis, Canada
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.cfai.qc.ca/

Capital Financière agricole is a VC fund in Lévis focused on Food Processing and Food and Beverage. In spring 2002, La Financière agricole du Québec created an investment branch, Capital Financière agricole Inc., to provide venture capital for profit making projects that develop the agricultural and agri-food sector, thereby contributing to the economic growth of Québec.Since 2006, Capital Financière agricole inc. has a new associate, the Fondsde solidarité FTQ, which acquired 10% of its shares.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food Processing | 6 | 46% |
| Food and Beverage | 6 | 46% |
| Agriculture | 4 | 31% |
| AgTech | 2 | 15% |
| Retail | 2 | 15% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 9 | 69% |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 15% |
| Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vireo Education | Vireo Education integrate urban agriculture with projects of indoor hydroponic gardens that are connected, immersive, fun and educational. | $1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 20, 2024 |  |
| ARTYPAC Automation | ARTYPAC Automation provides designs and manufacturing of automatic vertical and horizontal packaging systems for production lines. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 16, 2023 |  |
| Fromagerie Les Rivières | Fromagerie Les Rivières produces cheeses made exclusively from milk, without any addition of modified milk substances. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Grazy | Grazy is a manufacturer of ice cream products from oats and other healthy nutrition based materials. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Tempehine | Tempehine specializes in the production and marketing of tempeh, this vegetable protein prepared from fermented soy beans.. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| AquaVerti Farms | AquaVerti Farms offers high-tech urban vertical farming, training, solutions and services. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Fumoirs Gosselin | Fumoirs Gosselin produces salmon and pork products hot smoked with maple wood.. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Ferme d’hiver | Ferme d'hiver is developing a complete Agro Tech solution including cultivars, recipes, software and clean room automation for production 12 months a year without chemical pesticides. | $33.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 13, 2022 |  |
| Entosystem | Entosystem uses innovative insect farming technologies to position themselves as a dominant player in the circular agriculture economy. The company’s ecologically responsible process recycles grocery waste to produce a high value-added insect protein product intended for the animal nutrition market. The Sherbrooke company was founded in 2016 andpresently employs 6 people. | $52.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 26, 2022 |  |
| Carrément Tarte | Carrément Tarte specializes in the manufacturing of ready-to-serve and garnish pie dough products. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Farm Credit Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/farm-credit-canada) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Investissement Quebec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investissement-quebec) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agriculture-and-agri-food-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-development-bank-of-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Desjardins Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/desjardins-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Desjardins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/desjardins-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Capital Financière agricole invest in?

Capital Financière agricole invests primarily in Food Processing, Food and Beverage and Agriculture startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Capital Financière agricole last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Capital Financière agricole closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 13 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?

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