iNovia is Looking for an Analyst 
As the title suggests, we are looking to expand our team once again. One of the questions VCs get asked the most is how to… More
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iNovia is Looking for an Analyst
GROWtalks is coming to Montreal
We’ve got Debbie Landa and the team that produces the GROW Conference announcing that they are bringing us a piece of GROW right here in Montreal. How cool is that! GROWtalks Montreal is a conference built for startup teams and it will take place February 19th at McGill… More
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Airbnb acquires Localmind!
And it was also iNovia’s smallest investment, out of our Fund II portfolio of 30 companies. Why did we participate in a $650k seed round? Because of: Lenny Rachitsky, Beau Haugh and Nelson Gauthier! Once you meet them, you want to back them. Congratulations guys, and thank you for the ride!… More
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Winners are easy
……..Winners are easy. Of course, the truth is that winners are tough as well. The success on the outside masks the hard work, constant issues and macro threats/opportunities the Company is constantly addressing. In fact, there was a period early on when the Company was teetering on the brink, before Chris and his team stepped up and pivoted to break through walls standing between them and the next level… More
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Chango Secures $12M in Funding, Launches Programmatic Site Retargeting, Opens 50 New Positions
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Nov 21, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Chango Inc., the industry’s only ‘Programmatic Marketing Platform’ for managing real-time data-driven digital advertising, announced today that it has secured $12 million in funding. All of Chango’s existing investors including iNovia, Rho Canada Ventures, Metamorphic Ventures, Mantella Venture Partners and Extreme Venture Partners took their full allocation in the round… More
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Prepaid Is Now In Business
Every so often you come across a founder with a business concept that solves a significant problem for a very large segment of businesses. Toffer Grant is such a founder. He’s the CEO of Prepaid Business Card Solutions and their service, Pex Card. Today a ton of businesses can’t get large enough lines of credit on their company credit cards to allow their employees to make normal business expenditures on a card… More
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The Rocky Road of an Entrepreneur’s Journey #GROWTalks #Entrepreneurship
You’re gonna screw up. If you’re gonna go fast enough to succeed, you’re gonna make mistakes,” explains Box’s Dan Levin. “If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not going fast enough—you’re never going to win. It’s all about how you deal with those mistakes… More
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Not a Viral Video
A few weeks ago, we sent out a videographer and introduced her to some of the entrepreneurs that have chosen to work with us. This is what happened… More
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Not a Viral Video
A few weeks ago, we sent out a videographer and introduced her to some of the entrepreneurs that have chosen to work with us. This is what happened… More
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The Art of Closing a (first) VC Deal
I am often asked by startups what it takes to close funding. Having just closed my first investment, I thought it would worthwhile to share my experience. The investment was in Crowdbase, an early stage Quebec City company. Crowdbase allows teams to easily share questions, answers, notes, and Web links in a private social network, and then intelligently structures that data into relevant topics and pages. www.crowdbase.com… More
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