NAventures
VC Fund
Montréal, Canada
NAventures is a VC fund in Montréal focused on FinTech and Financial Services. NAventures is the corporate venture capital arm of National Bank of Canada.
- Total investments:
- 45
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 22%
Last updated:
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Industries NAventures invests in
FinTechFinancial ServicesArtificial IntelligenceFinanceSoftware
Stages NAventures invests in
Series ASeries BSeedSeries CFunding Round
Countries NAventures invests in
CanadaUnited StatesIsraelSpain
Round sizes
Seed $2M–$3.7MSeries A $4.9M–$37MSeries B $8M–$100M
Round size
- Seed
- $2M–$3.7M
- Series A
- $4.9M–$37M
- Series B
- $8M–$100M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 20 (44%)
- Financial Services 17 (38%)
- Artificial Intelligence 10 (22%)
- Finance 8 (18%)
- Software 8 (18%)
Stage
- Series A 13 (29%)
- Series B 7 (16%)
- Seed 5 (11%)
- Series C 4 (9%)
- Funding Round 2 (4%)
Country
- Canada 19 (42%)
- United States 9 (20%)
- Israel 2 (4%)
- Spain 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiverse Computing creates quantum computing software that uses probabilistic or nondeterministic technology to solve complicated real-world challenges. The company provides software tailored to the needs of portfolio optimization challenges, risk analysis, and market simulation, giving companies in a variety of industries, including banking,energy, manufacturing, and logistics, the opportunity to benefit from the second quantum revolution. | $569.6M / Series C / Jul 27, 2026 | ||
| 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 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 | ||
| Sardine specializes in providing risk management solutions primarily for the financial services sector. They focus on using artificial intelligence and machine learning to help enterprises manage risks associated with fraud, credit, and compliance. The company aims to serve businesses in the digital economy by offering tools and services thatenhance operational efficiency and ensure regulatory compliance. | $25M / Series C / May 20, 2026 | ||
| Providing AI merchant extraction, brand logos, merchant locations, and categorization as a service to fin-techs. | $40M / Series B / Mar 24, 2026 | ||
| Cybercrime is on the rise, with attacks becoming ever more frequent and sophisticated. Innocent users who surf the web and communicate online are falling into traps and scams as they have no sufficient way to know if the business they are dealing with is real or fake.While the market has invested tremendous effort into end-user authentication,the natural next step for the industry is a fully comprehensive solution that covers every point of impact between the user and the organization.PoSA is the world’s first solution that provides strong and secure proof of website and communication authenticity via a digital watermark. It has unique protection capabilities to secure both the organization and the user. PoSA provides the organization with an extremely easy-to-install watermark and real-time alerts. The intuitiveness of the solution allows full visibility and control over potential attacks. It can be deployed in stages, and be integrated with existing SOC systems.The users receive immediate visual confirmation that the organization they are interacting with is real, all the while requiring no installation or registration from them. | $37M / Series A / Jan 27, 2026 | ||
| Nova Credit helps you access credit in the U.S. by translating your international credit score into a U.S.-equivalent credit score. This translated score is made available to U.S. financial institutions so you can apply for credit cards, loans, housing and more without having to build a U.S. credit score from scratch. Founded by newcomers, thecompany has a diverse team from around the globe who are creating a world beyond borders to help newcomers arrive and thrive. | $35M / Series D / Oct 14, 2025 | ||
| Synctera's platform provides technology infrastructure, sponsor bank connections, and a compliance framework to support the launch of FinTech or embedded banking products for companies of all sizes. Utilizing a unified set of robust APIs, businesses can efficiently introduce and expand products like debit cards, bank accounts, charge cards,lines of credit, and money movement. Whether you're a FinTech startup or an established company looking to integrate banking services into your existing product lineup, Synctera offers the tools to bring your vision to fruition quickly and effectively. | $15M / Series A / Mar 12, 2025 | ||
| Sardine specializes in providing risk management solutions primarily for the financial services sector. They focus on using artificial intelligence and machine learning to help enterprises manage risks associated with fraud, credit, and compliance. The company aims to serve businesses in the digital economy by offering tools and services thatenhance operational efficiency and ensure regulatory compliance. | $70M / Series C / Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| 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 | ||
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FAQ
What does NAventures invest in?
NAventures invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 45 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does NAventures invest in?
NAventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$3.7M at Seed, $4.9M–$37M at Series A and $8M–$100M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not NAventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds NAventures took part in.
When did NAventures last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for NAventures closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 45 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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