Christian Lassonde
Founder & Managing Partner @ Impression Ventures
Toronto, Canada
Christian Lassonde is a seed investor at Impression Ventures in Toronto focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist he was a technology founder, having built and sold Virtual Greats, a luxury online IP rights broker, and Millions of Us, a digital agency. He has also taught high-growth technology entrepreneurship at The Next 36 to over 30 companies. Those companies have gone on to build successful products and raise millionsof dollars in follow on financing.Lassonde spent a decade in San Francisco selling and building software for Second Life, LucasArts and Electronic Arts to customers Sony, Nike, Warner Brothers, General Motors, Coke, Intel and many more Fortune 500 companies.He holds an MBA from the USF, a BESc in computer engineering and a BSc in computer science from Western. Christian is currently Vice-Chair of SickKids Foundation and serves on the Board of Governors of Western and TFS.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 56%
Last updated:
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Industries Christian Lassonde invests in
Stages Christian Lassonde invests in
Countries Christian Lassonde invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 5 (56%)
- FinTech 4 (44%)
- Finance 3 (33%)
- Retail 1 (11%)
- Banking 1 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (67%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (11%)
- Series A 1 (11%)
- Series B 1 (11%)
Country
- Canada 3 (33%)
- United States 3 (33%)
Investments
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Secludy
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Secludy is privacy-guaranteed AI training made easy. We use advanced privacy technology to generate synthetic datasets that mimic your original dataset so that you can train your AI models on your most valuable data – without risks of leaking PII.With Secludy, you can:- Enable privacy-guaranteed fine-tuning of large language models (LLMs) forAI assistants, chatbots, and other machine learning applications.- Deploy within your cloud - use Secludy without sharing any data with us.- Stay compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA. | $4M / Seed / May 13, 2026 | |
401GO
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401GO administers 401(k) plans for business of all sizes and helps them to run their business smoothly. From a single to thousands of employees. Ongoing administration is automated with payroll integrations while compliance, government filings, notifications, and all other responsibilities are handled by the company. | $33M / Series B / Dec 09, 2025 | |
Ned
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Ned develops and creates a platform that provides revenue based financing solutions and services. It is based in New York, USA. | $4.2M / Seed / Oct 16, 2024 | |
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401GO
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401GO administers 401(k) plans for business of all sizes and helps them to run their business smoothly. From a single to thousands of employees. Ongoing administration is automated with payroll integrations while compliance, government filings, notifications, and all other responsibilities are handled by the company. | $2M / Seed / Aug 17, 2021 | |
Finaeo
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Finaeo is powering the future of life and health insurance with our all-in-one platform. Our digital marketplace connects carriers, brokers and clients through a fully-integrated experience. | $3.9M / Seed / Mar 26, 2019 | |
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Finaeo
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Finaeo is powering the future of life and health insurance with our all-in-one platform. Our digital marketplace connects carriers, brokers and clients through a fully-integrated experience. | $2.3M / Pre-Seed / Sep 05, 2017 | |
Sensibill
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Sensibill provides everyday financial tools and makes SKU-level data actionable, equipping financial institutions with personalized insights to help their customers build healthier financial habits. The AI-powered solution enables end-users to easily track their spending and manage their finances while unlocking unprecedented insights for theinstitution. Sensibill has rolled out its technology to over 60 million users across North America and the U.K. Visit getsensibill.com to learn more. | $17.3M / Series A / Mar 02, 2017 | |
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Sensibill
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Sensibill provides everyday financial tools and makes SKU-level data actionable, equipping financial institutions with personalized insights to help their customers build healthier financial habits. The AI-powered solution enables end-users to easily track their spending and manage their finances while unlocking unprecedented insights for theinstitution. Sensibill has rolled out its technology to over 60 million users across North America and the U.K. Visit getsensibill.com to learn more. | $1.5M / Seed / Mar 26, 2015 | |
Wealthsimple
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Wealthsimple offers financial tools to help investors grow and manage their money. Wealthsimple builds a diversified portfolio of ETFs on the investors' behalf and guides them in achieving their financial goals. Wealthsimple is backed by a team of world-class financial experts. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. | $1.4M / Seed / Sep 15, 2014 |
Co-Investors
About Impression Ventures
VC firm focused on investing in FinTech and related technology companies.
Impression Ventures Contacts
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Christian Lassonde
Founder & Managing Partner
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Maor Amar
Managing Partner
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Quinn Murdock
Analyst
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Muneeb Ahmed
Associate
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FAQ
What does Christian Lassonde invest in?
Christian Lassonde invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Christian Lassonde last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Christian Lassonde closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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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