# Desjardins Securities

> Desjardins Securities is a VC fund in Lévis backing Mineral, Oil and Gas and Energy. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lévis, Canada
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/mvtdesjardins
- Website: https://www.desjardins.com/ca/about-us/desjardins/governance-democracy/structure/desjardins-securities/
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Desjardins Securities is a VC fund in Lévis focused on Mineral and Oil and Gas. Desjardins Securities offers a complete range of securities brokerage products and services through its investment advisors and its Disnat Online Brokerage division. The needs of businesses and institutions are handled by its Corporate Financing, Debt Capital Markets, and Equity Capital Markets departments, which are solidly backed by its highlyreputed Research department.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mineral | 4 | 18% |
| Oil and Gas | 4 | 18% |
| Energy | 3 | 14% |
| Mining | 2 | 9% |
| Industrial | 2 | 9% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Equity | 11 | 50% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 3 | 14% |
| Post-IPO Secondary | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 14 | 64% |
| Japan | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| K92 Mining | K92 Mining Inc is focused on advancing the Kainantu Gold Mine, located in the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea, towards production. The Kainantu property covers a total area of approx. 410 km2 and was previously mined by Highlands Pacific and Barrick Gold from 2006-2009. K92 Mining Inc. was purpose built for the acquisition of theKainantu Gold Mine. In addition to targeting a move towards production, K92 will focus on ‎both expanding known areas of mineralization and drilling high priority exploration targets.K92 is led by an experienced team of industry professionals with substantial international expertise in mining, production start ups, production re-starts, mineral exploration, and finance. | $38.8M | Post-IPO Equity | Jun 13, 2022 |  |
| Artis REIT | Artis REIT is the largest diversified commercial real estate investment company located in Winnipeg. | $200M | Post-IPO Debt | Apr 26, 2022 |  |
| Superior Plus | Superior Plus operate and build businesses. Superior Plus goal is to provide long-term stable dividends and premium returns to shareholders through value-based growth in core assets. | $288M | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 28, 2022 |  |
| GoGold Resources | GoGold Resources Inc. (TSX: GGD) is a Canadian-based, mineral resource company with active development and exploration properties in Mexico.The company’s development property, The Parral Tailings Project, is in Chihuahua State, Mexico and is currently fully funded and permitted and in construction of a heap leach facility that will process thetailings. | $35.7M | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 08, 2022 |  |
| Kraken Robotics | Kraken Robotics is a marine technology company engaged in the design, development, and marketing of advanced sonar and acoustic velocity sensors for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles used in military and commercial applications.Over the last two years, the company has earned a reputation as world leaders in Synthetic Aperture Sonar - a revolutionaryunderwater imaging technology that dramatically improves seabed surveys by providing ultra-high resolution imagery at superior coverage rates. Kraken’s series of SAS products called AquaPix® leverages nearly two decades of R&D conducted by NATO’s Undersea Research Centre and millions of dollars in funding support from NATO government sponsors. AquaPix® offers comparable performance to existing high-end military systems at less than 20% of the cost.Kraken is currently engaged in various stages of technology validation and teaming agreements with leading laboratories and strategic industry partners including Defence Research and Development Canada, U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA); the UK Ministry of Defence; Northrop Grumman; ECA Robotics and others. Kraken is located in beautiful, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland. | $8M | Post-IPO Equity | Jul 29, 2021 |  |
| Nomad | Nomad is a co-working space that also engages in investment and support for start-up companies. | $19.6M | Post-IPO Secondary | Dec 11, 2020 |  |
| Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust | Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust (the Trust) is a Canada-based open-ended real estate investment trust. The Trust owns and rents commercial real estate properties. The Trust's segments include Major canadian oil and gas company, International fast-food company, International convenience store company, and Others. The Trust operates in thecommercial real estate market. The Trust holds approximately 20 investment properties, which are located in the province of Quebec and the province of Ontario. The Trust's properties are occupied by tenants, including fast food chains, oil/gas companies, and convenience store chains. The Trust's properties include Les Coteaux, Rivieres-du-Loup, Saint-Jean-sur-le-Richelieu, Trois-Rivieres, Val-David, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Louiseville, Levis, Cornwall, 1901 Raymond Blais, 2000 Leonard de Vinci, 2050 Leonard de Vinci, 2051 Nobel and 4200 Bernard-Pilon. | $12.6M | Post-IPO Equity | Nov 13, 2020 |  |
| Ag Growth International | Ag Growth International provides innovative solutions for portable and stationary grain handling, storage, and food processing systems. AGI has manufacturing facilities in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, India, France, and Italy and distributes its product globally. | $64.1M | Post-IPO Debt | Feb 13, 2020 |  |
| Stornoway Diamonds | Stornoway is a leading Canadian diamond exploration and development company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol SWY. Their flagship asset is the 100% owned Renard Diamond Project, now under construction and on track to becoming Québec’s first diamond mine. Stornoway is a growth-oriented company with a world-class asset, situatedin one of the world’s best mining jurisdictions. | $10M | Post-IPO Equity | Feb 03, 2020 |  |
| Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust | Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust (the Trust) is a Canada-based open-ended real estate investment trust. The Trust owns and rents commercial real estate properties. The Trust's segments include Major canadian oil and gas company, International fast-food company, International convenience store company, and Others. The Trust operates in thecommercial real estate market. The Trust holds approximately 20 investment properties, which are located in the province of Quebec and the province of Ontario. The Trust's properties are occupied by tenants, including fast food chains, oil/gas companies, and convenience store chains. The Trust's properties include Les Coteaux, Rivieres-du-Loup, Saint-Jean-sur-le-Richelieu, Trois-Rivieres, Val-David, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Louiseville, Levis, Cornwall, 1901 Raymond Blais, 2000 Leonard de Vinci, 2050 Leonard de Vinci, 2051 Nobel and 4200 Bernard-Pilon. | $13.2M | Post-IPO Equity | Jan 20, 2020 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [National Bank Financial](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/national-bank-financial) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [TD Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/td-securities) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Scotia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scotia-capital) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Cormark Securities Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cormark) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Paradigm Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paradigm-capital) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [GMP Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmp-securities) — VC Fund, 9 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Desjardins Securities invest in?

Desjardins Securities invests primarily in Mineral, Oil and Gas and Energy startups, most often at Post-IPO Equity and Post-IPO Debt stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Desjardins Securities last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Desjardins Securities closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 22 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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