# Desjardins-Innovatech

> Desjardins-Innovatech is a VC fund in Montréal backing Software and Health Care. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/73839
- Website: http://desjardins-innovatech.com/

Desjardins-Innovatech is a Canadian venture capital company that funds innovative businesses in diverse sectors across Quebec.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $850k–$2.7M |
| Series A | $2.2M–$3.1M |
| Series B | $8.9M–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 33% |
| Health Care | 3 | 20% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 20% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 13% |
| SEO | 1 | 7% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 47% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 12 | 80% |
| Spain | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Airex Energy | Airex Energy has successfully developed an exciting new technology for biomass torrefaction. Based on a unique patented cyclonic bed reactor, CarbonFX enables large scale biocoal production from a variety of feedstock, including woody biomass and agricultural waste. | $27.4M | Series B | Mar 10, 2023 |  |
| LeddarTech | LeddarTech provides the most flexible, robust and accurate sensing technology for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD). Our solutions enable customers to solve critical environmental sensing, fusion and perception challenges across the entire value chain.The company develops cost-effective perception solutionsscalable from Level 2 ADAS to Level 5 full autonomy with LeddarVision™, a raw-data sensor fusion and perception platform that generates a comprehensive 3D environmental model from a variety of sensor types (camera, radar and LiDAR) and configurations.LeddarTech’s disruptive technology reduces risks, accelerates development cycles and enables faster time-to-market. We are responsible for several cutting-edge remote-sensing innovations, with over 140 patents granted or applied for that enhance ADAS and autonomous driving capabilities.Our customers are OEMs and Tier 1-2 automotive suppliers looking for sensing and perception solutions that allow them to meet their key performance, cost and development time requirements for faster time-to-market and ROI. | $11.6M | Convertible Note | Nov 20, 2018 |  |
| Concentric Agriculture | Concentric develops ground-breaking agtech advancements that are safe for people, protect our natural resources and increase agriculture’s potential to feed the world. Concentric produces high-performance specialty biological products that naturally improve crop yields and replenish soils. | $15.9M | Series B | Apr 20, 2018 |  |
| Concentric Agriculture | Concentric develops ground-breaking agtech advancements that are safe for people, protect our natural resources and increase agriculture’s potential to feed the world. Concentric produces high-performance specialty biological products that naturally improve crop yields and replenish soils. | $8.9M | Series B | Jan 03, 2018 |  |
| A3 Surfaces | A3 Surfaces Inc. offers a surface treatment service incorporating various antimicrobial agents directly into the anodized aluminum layer. The antimicrobial effect of these surfaces prevents the transmission of hospital-acquired infections. The technology used by A3 Surfaces offers antibacterial products that eradicate pathogens and can be used onall commercial, industrial or institutional surfaces. Founded in 2015, this Chicoutimi company employs 5 people. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2018 |  |
| Imeka | Provider of brain imaging platform created to help researchers get the most out of their medical images. The company's platform offers MRI high standing structure and deep learning algorithms, enabling pharmaceutical companies to quantity and understand brain connectivity and white matter. | $850K | Seed | Dec 10, 2017 |  |
| Concentric Agriculture | Concentric develops ground-breaking agtech advancements that are safe for people, protect our natural resources and increase agriculture’s potential to feed the world. Concentric produces high-performance specialty biological products that naturally improve crop yields and replenish soils. | $28.4M | Series B | Mar 28, 2017 |  |
| IONODES | Founded in 2007, IONODES is focused on developing the latest in video encoding, decoding and management appliances and software platforms. Our unique experience in IP based video managements solutions, as well as our key partnerships with other leading companies in the security space means we can help you with both hardware and software for IPvideo surveillance. Let us guide you through the steps needed in building the right solution, from hybrid analog and IP solutions, to more advanced multi-site all-IP deployments. | $1.5M | Seed | Jun 22, 2016 |  |
| Reacts | Reacts is an integrated, secure solution, with tools that allow you to perform multi-stream videoconferencing, file sharing (documents, videos, images, digital objects), live file transfer, and simultaneous live chats with multiple users.Reacts is loaded with groundbreaking features. Use checklists and reporting tools to assess, supervise,teach and document any kind of virtual interaction. Incorporate augmented reality within live audio-video sessions. | $2.9M |  | Jun 15, 2016 |  |
| nGUVU | nGUVU is a cloud-based software provider of gamified solutions that use machine learning and behavioral analytics to create sustained agent engagement in contact centers. Our mission is to revolutionize contact centers, one agent at a time, by creating a better everyday work experience for agents. We gamify their responsibilities, empowering andmotivating them to self-manage and improve continuously by bringing a sense of fun and collaboration to achieving objectives. | $2.2M | Series A | Apr 12, 2016 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Desjardins-Innovatech invest in?

Desjardins-Innovatech invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Desjardins-Innovatech's check size?

Desjardins-Innovatech typically joins rounds of $850k–$2.7M at Seed, $2.2M–$3.1M at Series A and $8.9M–$28M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Desjardins-Innovatech participates in.

### When did Desjardins-Innovatech last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Desjardins-Innovatech closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 15 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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