# Fonds de solidarité FTQ

> Fonds de solidarité FTQ is a VC fund backing Manufacturing and Biotechnology. See 229 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 229
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last fund: Aug 2016
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fonds-de-solidarite-ftq
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/fondsftq
- Website: http://www.fondsftq.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FondsFTQ/

Fonds de solidarité FTQ is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in start-ups, early venture, mergers, business acquisitions, management buyouts, market development project or a buyout, financing for new programs, organic growth and cash flow, growth and expansion financings, development capital, business succession,financial restructuring, business transition financing, family and non-family buyout, consolidations, turnaround, and leveraged management buyouts. It also invests in new markets, product and business line developments, market diversification, interim financings, new product marketing, additional working capital, purchase of tangible and intangible assets, equipment modernization, equipment purchases or upgrades, and integrator projects. The firm has regional funds that do not invest in retail, real estate, farming, biotechnology, and financial services. Fonds de solidarité FTQ invests in small and medium-sized businesses. It typically invests in export projects, forest products, productivity improvement, natural resources, aerospace, agri-food, wood, pulp and paper, chemicals, construction and construction materials, printing, transportation equipment and automobiles, transportation services, furniture and fixtures, combinatorial chemistry and other lead generating technologies, mining and exploration, social economy, textiles, plastics, life sciences, business services, telecommunications, distribution and consumer goods, environment, equipment and machinery, financial services, information and communication technology, metal products, recreational tourism, and culture sectors. Within the culture sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest in pre-production and creative projects, production projects, infrastructures and services, post-production projects, distribution, and broadcasting and multiplatform broadcasting. Within the environment sector, it invests in waste management and energy conversion for residual waste; air treatment and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; processes to reduce industrial energy and water consumption; water treatment; and soil rehabilitation and decontamination (metals and organic compounds). Within the life sciences sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ focuses on services for the biopharmaceutical industry; nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals; diagnostics and medical supplies and equipment; biopharmaceuticals and generic drugs; biotechnology, and animal health. Within the tourism sector, it focuses on urban tourism, nature tourism, resort type tourism, and local tourism for Quebecers, and in the textiles sector it invests in companies engaged in development and production of specialty textiles as well as development of industrial applications for the construction, transportation, health and safety, and work apparel industries. Fonds de solidarité FTQ prefers to invest in Quebec and in companies impacting the Québec economy. It focuses on investing in the following regions- Abitibi –Témiscamingue, Bas Saint Laurent, Chaudière-Appalaches, Côte-Nord, Estrie, Gaspésie Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Lanaudière, Laurentides, Laval, Mauricie - Centre-du-Québec, Montérégie, Nord-du-Québec, Outaouais, and Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest in projects of $3 million or more and also provides loans of up to $ 2 million. It invests in companies in business succession sector having minimum capitalization of $500,000 and EBITDA of over $35.5 million in case of majority interest; equipment and machinery sector with average investment in excess of $3 million; environment sector with funding needs of more than $500000; financial services sector having net assets between $20 million and $50 million in equity; metal products sector having annual sales of over $5 million and financing needs of at least $2 million; and printing sector having investment needs of over $1 million. In the information technology sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest $2 million as initial investments while total investments can be more than $10 million. It invests in the form of equity financing (common or preferred shares) and unsecured debt requiring no collateral (debenture). Fonds de solidarité FTQ can take both a minority interest including an equity stake of up to 49 percent as well a majority interest in its portfolio companies in case of business succession financing. It seeks a minority stake for the portfolio companies in the equipment and machinery sector. It typically holds its investments for a period of five to ten years in case of equity financing and for more than ten years in case of business succession financing. Fonds de solidarité FTQ began operation on June 23, 1983. It has its headquarters in Montreal in Canada with additional offices in the same city and Quebec in the same country.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $6M–$50M |
| Series B | $7.5M–$75M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 43 | 19% |
| Biotechnology | 24 | 10% |
| Software | 18 | 8% |
| Health Care | 17 | 7% |
| Information Technology | 15 | 7% |

202 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 64 | 28% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 25 | 11% |
| Series A | 22 | 10% |
| Series B | 22 | 10% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 17 | 7% |

16 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 175 | 76% |
| United States | 5 | 2% |
| Israel | 1 | 0% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chantal Doré | Senior Vice President of Information Technology | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chantal-dor%C3%A9 |
| Claude Bergero | Member of the Integrated Risk Management Committee | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claude-bergero |
| Dany Sarazin-Sullivan | Investment Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dany-sarazin-sullivan |
| Frédéric Bernard | Vice-président régional | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-bernard |
| Janie Béïque | President and CEO | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/janie-b%C3%A9%C3%AFque |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ElleLogic AI Consulting Inc. | ElleLogic AI develops an AI-driven co-pilot platform for high-acuity healthcare settings such as emergency departments and urgent care clinics. The software serves as an intelligence layer for intake and triage, analyzing symptoms, medical history, vitals, and lifestyle risk factors in real time. It integrates with hospital EHR systems and externalhospital networks to consolidate fragmented clinical data into a unified view at the point of care. The platform generates risk scores, prioritizes patients by severity, and highlights high-risk cases to support faster, more informed clinical decisions. ElleLogic AI focuses on reducing manual intake workload, cutting triage delays, and improving resource allocation across beds and equipment. Its tools are used by nurses, physicians, and hospital administrators seeking to streamline emergency workflows and strengthen clinical decision support without replacing human judgment. | $45K | Grant | Jul 10, 2026 |  |
| OWI Labs | OWI Labs provides workforce intelligence infrastructure that maps how work actually happens across people, processes, and systems, helping organizations make evidence-backed decisions for AI adoption, restructuring, growth, and operational transformation. | $7.1K | Grant | Jul 10, 2026 |  |
| Nesto | Nesto is a digital mortgage and home financing platform that helps individuals obtain, renew, and refinance mortgages through an online application process. The company combines mortgage comparison tools, lending services, and advisor support to help borrowers evaluate financing options, submit applications, upload documentation, and managemortgage transactions digitally. Its platform uses technology to match borrowers with suitable mortgage products while providing guidance throughout the approval and funding process. Nesto also offers educational resources covering mortgage rates, home buying, refinancing, and other financing topics, and provides mortgage technology solutions that financial institutions can use to support digital mortgage origination and servicing workflows. | $216.5M | Series E | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Nesto | Nesto is a digital mortgage and home financing platform that helps individuals obtain, renew, and refinance mortgages through an online application process. The company combines mortgage comparison tools, lending services, and advisor support to help borrowers evaluate financing options, submit applications, upload documentation, and managemortgage transactions digitally. Its platform uses technology to match borrowers with suitable mortgage products while providing guidance throughout the approval and funding process. Nesto also offers educational resources covering mortgage rates, home buying, refinancing, and other financing topics, and provides mortgage technology solutions that financial institutions can use to support digital mortgage origination and servicing workflows. |  | Secondary Market | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Fiera Capital | Fiera Capital is a prominent Canadian investment management firm recognized for its excellence in portfolio management, innovative and personalized investment solutions, and its ability to surpass client expectations. We offer a unique expertise in both traditional and absolute return investment strategies and are one of only a handful ofindependent investment firms providing extensive expertise in Canadian active and structured fixed income, Canadian and foreign equity, asset allocation and non-traditional investment solutions through a broad range of strategies and services. | $73.6M | Post-IPO Debt | May 04, 2026 |  |
| Congruence Therapeutics | Congruence Therapeutics operates as a biotechnology company working at the interface of computational and experimental drug discovery to design novel small molecules for diseases of protein misfolding. | $39.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 19, 2026 |  |
| Femtum | Femtum offers mid-infrared pulsed fibre lasers, fibre amplifiers, and tunable fibre lasers for medical and industrial use. They give access to mid-infrared spectroscopy with laser systems. Their team developed know-how and patented technologies to make a difference in the laser industry. | $11.8M | Series A | Mar 12, 2026 |  |
| Groupe Somavrac | Groupe Somavrac is a logistics supply chain management company located in Trois-Rivieres. |  | Private Equity | Jan 07, 2026 |  |
| Oligon | Oligon company provides emerging biotechnology services developing a novel class of multimodal RNA therapeutics. They provide RNA oligonucleotide consultants, research associates, and research scientists. Their contact is done through phone and email. | $14M |  | Sep 23, 2025 |  |
| Thryv Therapeutics | Thryv Therapeutics is a genetic disorder that causes a prolongation between the beginning of the QRS complex and the end of the T waveQ and T waves on the EKG, indicating a prolongation of ventricular repolarization and the action potential duration. The lengthening of this complex is associated with unexpected and life-threatening ventriculararrhythmias. Click below to learn more about our programs. |  |  | Sep 17, 2025 |  |

10 of 229 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Investissement Quebec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investissement-quebec) — VC Fund, 40 deals together
- [Fonds régionaux de solidarité FTQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fonds-r%C3%A9gionaux-de-solidarit%C3%A9-ftq) — VC Fund, 23 deals together
- [La Caisse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caisse-de-depot-et-placement-du-quebec) — VC Fund, 22 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Fonds de solidarité FTQ invest in?

Fonds de solidarité FTQ invests primarily in Manufacturing, Biotechnology and Software startups, most often at Funding Round and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 229 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Fonds de solidarité FTQ's check size?

Fonds de solidarité FTQ typically joins rounds of $6M–$50M at Series A and $7.5M–$75M 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 Fonds de solidarité FTQ participates in.

### How do I contact Fonds de solidarité FTQ?

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### Who are the partners at Fonds de solidarité FTQ?

The team at Fonds de solidarité FTQ includes Chantal Doré (Senior Vice President of Information Technology), Claude Bergero (Member of the Integrated Risk Management Committee) and Dany Sarazin-Sullivan (Investment Manager), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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