# Inovia Capital

> Inovia Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 386 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 386
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/inovia-capital/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/inovia
- Website: https://www.inovia.vc
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/iNoviaCapital/

Inovia Capital is a venture capital firm that works with founders to create influential and permanent businesses. The team leverages an operator mindset to provide founders with support, mentorship, and access to a worldwide network.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$8.3M |
| Series A | $2M–$20M |
| Series B | $5M–$65M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 68 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 37 | 10% |
| SaaS | 24 | 6% |
| Machine Learning | 23 | 6% |
| FinTech | 21 | 5% |

231 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 101 | 26% |
| Series A | 78 | 20% |
| Series B | 52 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 24 | 6% |
| Series C | 23 | 6% |

13 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 109 | 28% |
| United States | 62 | 16% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 2% |
| France | 3 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Francois Gauvin | Advisor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franois-gauvin |
| Geoff Judge | Advisor | 58 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geoff-judge |
| Hugues Lalancette | Principal | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hugues-lalancette |
| Mia Morisset | Principal | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mia-morisset |
| Patrick Pichette | General Partner | 27 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-pichette |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| StrongestLayer | StrongestLayer is a differently built, Zero Maintenance AI-based cybersecurity platform, provides products that mainly focus on email security, like TRACE, an AI system that provides genuine reasons about threats, more than just recognizing them. | $4.1M | Seed | Jul 22, 2026 |  |
| Skyfall AI | Skyfall AI builds AI-driven Enterprise Super Intelligence, so that businesses can plan, decide, and operate by themselves efficiently. |  | Seed | Jul 20, 2026 |  |
| Katalyze AI | Katalyze AI develops artificial intelligence software for the biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry. Its platform connects raw material, laboratory, and manufacturing data to support process monitoring, quality management, and production workflows. The company uses purpose-built AI models to analyze bioprocess data, identify process deviations,and provide insights that help improve manufacturing efficiency while supporting regulatory compliance. Its software integrates with existing laboratory and manufacturing systems, enabling organizations to consolidate data and automate parts of their biomanufacturing operations. | $10.5M | Seed | Jul 06, 2026 |  |
| Paraito | Paraito is an AI-powered platform that automates title examinations at the Land Registry for notaries in Quebec, Canada. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Paraito dramatically reduces the time and cost involved in real estate transactions, allowing notaries to focus on higher-value work while improving accuracy and compliance. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | Jul 06, 2026 |  |
| Talentir | Content Monetization | $4.5M | Seed | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Talentir | Content Monetization | $4.5M | Seed | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Talentir | Content Monetization | $4.5M | Seed | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Float Financial | Float offers modern financial services, powerful software and industry-leading support designed for every company and stage of growth. Our product suite includes corporate cards, bill pay, expense management and high-yield accounts, giving finance teams everything they need to manage spending and cash flow efficiently. | $59.7M | Series C | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| Autonomique | Autonomique develops artificial intelligence (AI) for robots to enable smooth integration into the workforce. These robots can think, plan, adapt to real-world situations, and perform highly dexterous object manipulation. |  | Seed | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Harry Howard | Harry Howard AI is a specialized AI agent platform built for the new generation of one-person companies. By combining large language models, agent orchestration, persistent project memory, and a secure cloud-native architecture, Harry Howard AI acts as a digital startup team for solo founders. The platform empowers entrepreneurs to validate ideas,plan products, build business assets, and manage operations inside a single, context-aware environment. | $3M | Seed | May 29, 2026 |  |

10 of 386 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Golden Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 19 deals together
- [Real Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-ventures) — VC Fund, 19 deals together
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- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [Hedgewood](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hedgewood) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Uncork Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softtech-vc) — VC Fund, 14 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Inovia Capital invest in?

Inovia Capital invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 386 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Inovia Capital's check size?

Inovia Capital typically joins rounds of $1M–$8.3M at Seed, $2M–$20M at Series A and $5M–$65M 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 Inovia Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Inovia Capital?

Public channels for Inovia Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Inovia Capital?

The team at Inovia Capital includes Francois Gauvin (Advisor), Geoff Judge (Advisor) and Hugues Lalancette (Principal), among 21 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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.

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