Dennis Kavelman

Partner at Inovia Capital · Joined 2018

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Biography

Dennis Kavelman is a Partner at Inovia Capital in Toronto. According to his firm bio he joined Inovia in 2018 to launch Growth Fund I with Chris Arsenault and Patrick Pichette and leads the firm's value creation strategy. Before Inovia he worked at KPMG and at Research In Motion, where he was CFO and COO and helped the company grow to over 14,000 employees before departing in 2010, overseeing financing including an IPO and over 1.8 billion dollars in equity raises, and he later became an angel investor and joined D2L as COO. His firm bio states that he currently sits on the boards of AlayaCare, Symend, WorkJam, Vidyard and BenchSci.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

AlayaCareBenchSciSymendWorkJamVidyardGuestyFloat

Board Seats

Career Timeline

2010
Departed Research In Motion, where he had served as CFO and COO as the company grew to over 14,000 employees.
2018
Joined Inovia Capital to launch Growth Fund I with Chris Arsenault and Patrick Pichette.
2021
Joined the board of Symend when Inovia led the company's Series B in January.

Sources & References

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