# Francois Lafortune

> Francois Lafortune is a seed investor at Diagram Ventures backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Diagram Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diagram-ventures)
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flafortune
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/francoisdiagram
- Website: https://x.com/francoisdiagram

Francois Lafortune is a seed investor at Diagram Ventures in Montréal focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Francois Lafortune - Co-Founder & CEO @ Diagram Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 67% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Walnut Insurance | Walnut Insurance is a technology firm that provides embedded insurance infrastructure to retailers, financial services providers, and consumer platforms. It has removed the barriers that previously prevented businesses from incorporating insurance into their product. Walnut provides the core infrastructure and access to a diverse set of insuranceproducts that can be embedded into or alongside consumer experiences, similar to how embedded payment and lending work. | $3.3M | Series A | Aug 08, 2024 |  |
| Obeo Biogas | Obeo Biogas is a biogas developer specializing in the design, construction, and operation of biogas systems specifically tailored for dairy farms. Our core mission is to convert organic waste, specifically manure, into renewable energy, sanitized bedding, and nutrient-rich fertilizer through anaerobic digestion. | $2.2M | Seed | May 09, 2023 |  |
| Breathe Life | Breathe Life is an enterprise Software-as-a-Service, or SaaS, for the life insurance industry. We provide insurers with a modern end-to-end platform that increases the speed of policy delivery and reduces operational costs for the distribution of financial security products. | $3.3M | Seed | Feb 26, 2019 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Highline Beta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/highline-beta) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Interaction Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/interaction-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NAventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Portage Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portag3-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Real Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TELUS Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/telus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Diagram Ventures

VC Fund · Montréal, Canada

Diagram is a venture builder that conceives and launches technology companies in the financial services, insurance, and health industries. Working alongside world-class founders, we combine access to venture capital investment, hands-on support, and a deep ecosystem of partners into a unique platform to launch a business and pursue global success.

5 contacts available at Diagram Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Guillaume Marion | Partner, CFO, Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guillaume-marion |
| Daniel Robichaud | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-robichaud |
| Francois Lafortune | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francois-lafortune |
| Frédéric Latreille | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-latreille |
| Mike Cegelski | Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-cegelski |

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Francois Lafortune invest in?

Francois Lafortune invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Francois Lafortune last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Francois Lafortune closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co