# Karl Théard

> Karl Théard is a debt financing investor at Silicon Valley Bank Canada backing FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Silicon Valley Bank Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silicon-valley-bank-canada)
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karltheard/?originalSubdomain=ca

Karl Théard is a debt financing investor at Silicon Valley Bank Canada in Montréal focused on FinTech and Software. Karl Théard is the Director, Technology Banking, Quebec at Silicon Valley Bank. Karl Théard attended HEC Montreal.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 50% |
| Insurance | 1 | 50% |
| Marketing | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emma | Emma is a family-centric insurance platform that makes buying life insurance easy, affordable and accessible. Our solution leverages big data to underwrite our insurance products, and we've built a proprietary chat platform that allows our customers to get on-demand advice from our experts. Emma combines innovative technology and insuranceexpertise to simplify and accelerate the life insurance buying process. | $1.5M | Debt Financing | Nov 29, 2022 |  |
| designstripe | designstripe provides non-designers with a combination of customizable content and simple tools for both consumer and enterprise clients. End users looking for design assets no longer have to start from scratch because designstripe has a large repository of customizable assets and illustrations that can be exported to a variety of file types. Sincethe release of its first product, the company has experienced significant growth in terms of new clients and daily users.Francois Arbour founded designstripe in 2020. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 23, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Silicon Valley Bank Canada

VC Fund



2 contacts available at Silicon Valley Bank Canada.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Karl Théard | Director, Technology Banking, Quebec | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karl-th%C3%A9ard |
| Nathan Meaux | Senior Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nathan-meaux |

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## FAQ

### What does Karl Théard invest in?

Karl Théard invests primarily in FinTech, Software and InsurTech startups, most often at Debt Financing and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Karl Théard?

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### When did Karl Théard last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Karl Théard closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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