Inovia Capital was founded in Montreal in 2007 and has built itself into a full-stack venture platform spanning pre-seed through pre-IPO - a stage range wider than most firms attempt, backed up by a Continuity Fund specifically built to keep supporting winners all the way to public markets. Its clearest proof point is Lightspeed Commerce: Inovia was the point-of-sale company's first Canadian investor, helped lead a 2017 buyout to keep it Canadian-owned rather than see a foreign firm force a sale, and stayed in through its 2019 dual listing on the NYSE and TSX. The firm has since grown past $2.5 billion under management across offices in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, San Francisco, London, and Abu Dhabi.
Lightspeed Commerce's 2019 dual listing on the NYSE and TSX - Inovia was Lightspeed's first Canadian investor and helped lead a 2017 buyout that kept the Montreal point-of-sale company from a foreign takeover ahead of its IPO