Chris Arsenault
@chrisarsenault
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Canadian Tech Entrepreneur turned Investor. Co-Founder & Partner @inovia. A loving dad. A company builder. Always curious, emphatic, and ambitious.
Montréal, Québec
Joined November 2008
Building with purpose, taking risk, creating financial+intellectual+community wealth, attracting talent to our country, creating optionality for entrepreneurs and investors alike, rewarding entrepreneurship, investing & believing in ourselves. That's the future Canada 🇨🇦 I want
What is optionality? How do founders and startups create optionality? Don't miss out on answers to these questions and other invaluable insights with @chrisarsenault , Co-Founder, President & CEO of @inovia Tune into the full episode now. #StartUpTok
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Let the builders build 💪 SIX’s @kristinesteuart reflects on Canada’s unique strengths, the support of its VC ecosystem, and how AI is transforming the pillars of their work. Watch her story now 👇 👀 See more: https://t.co/9FXeyFnwot
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In our Canadian Roots. Global Mindset. campaign, @cohere's @nickfrosst shares why they chose to build here, how principled Canadian VCs fuel their journey, and why now is the time to be even bolder. 🙌 👉 Watch their story: https://t.co/MVZ1eF5E34
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Canada. AI. Global ambition. 🌎✨ We asked founders why they chose to build here, and how Canadian roots fuel global success. 👉 Teaser #1 of our new campaign: Canadian Roots. Global Mindset. Watch the full stories soon at https://t.co/MVZ1eF56dw
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🍂 September's here! As we all dive back into the rhythms of fall, it's the perfect time to re-engage with our vibrant tech ecosystem. Here's where our team will be this month: https://t.co/V8BWmyh0aK
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turns out training a model specifically for translation outperforms all other models, including gpt5.
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Proud to back @jimohovb again and to support Jeffrey and Maxim as we co-lead @bench_iq's $5.3M seed with @BatteryVentures. Bench IQ’s approach to bringing real strategic intelligence to litigation is game-changing... Can’t wait to see what’s next for the team! 🚀
We’re excited to announce that Bench IQ has raised $5.3M, co-led by @BatteryVentures and @inovia, with participation from @MVP_Ventures, @CIBCInnovation, @MapleVCFund, and @haystackvc. 🚀 In the last year, we’ve partnered with 4 of the top 5 AmLaw 100 firms, supported customers
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BREAKING: Cohere just raised $500 million at $6.8 billion valuation > also hired Joelle Pineau, META AI research leader we are so back
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AI lab @cohere just announced it has raised $500M at a $6.8B valuation 👀 Last week, I spoke with CEO @aidangomez about its big product launch of the year, agents platform North. Aidan is always a thoughtful interview. It's still worth reading here 👇 https://t.co/vDWQyd0OyO
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Big news today: we’ve raised $500M to grow @cohere, and have added some incredible new leaders to our team! We’re fortunate to build Cohere to be the world’s best choice for enterprises alongside some of the best investors, partners, and customers in the business.
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☀️ As summer hits its stride, we're thrilled to share our Q2 2025 newsletter. Highlights: 1 exit, 4 core investments, strong portfolio momentum and an engaging AGM! 👀 To learn more: https://t.co/qfkM9nQk4v
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Today we're announcing a $25M Series B funding round led by @frameworkvc. Thank you to the over 3,000 customers and 750,000 users that rely on Botpress to power millions of actions every single day. Happy bot building!
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BAM 💥 @getbotpress team are building the future from a useful and purposeful agentic framework approach. I'm mindblowed with how simple and powerful the platform is 🙌 Congrats team Botpress #CompanyBuilders #Inovia #Framework
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The Quebec City firm, which sells software to help developers build, test and manage AI agents, believes it’s carved out a major gap in the market
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🌞 June is shaping up to be another busy month for Inovia across the global tech and investment ecosystem! From international conferences to hometown gatherings, here’s where you’ll find us: https://t.co/stPZnW8npW
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Yep! AI startup @cohere acquires @ottogrid_ai , a platform for conducting market research | TechCrunch
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AI startup Cohere has acquired Ottogrid, a Vancouver-based platform that develops enterprise tools for automating certain kinds of high-level market research.
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Stephanie and the Photonic team are one of the best Quantum teams in the world. Canada can take a leadership role in the low energy consumption and high output quantum algorithm output race 🙌🏼
Great to meet this afternoon with Stephanie Simmons, Co-Chair of the Canada’s Quantum Advisory Council and Chief Quantum Officer at Photonic. Our government remains committed to supporting cutting-edge technologies as we build a stronger, more innovative future.
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🎉 Welcoming Ilia Tulchinsky as our new EiR! A Google alum and now SVP at Verily, Ilia launched the Google Cloud Healthcare & Life Sciences team and brings 30+ years of experience across healthtech, AI, and enterprise. https://t.co/chZkNZR7mC
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🔍 Did you know 90% of enterprise buyers consult analyst reports before making a decision? So how can B2B SaaS companies build meaningful relationships with analyst firms? 👉 https://t.co/5e9BHzaiG0
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🔊 Please join us in welcoming Paul Church as our new EiR! With nearly 20 years at Google, Paul brings deep expertise in machine learning, cloud, and healthcare data systems. 🎉 Welcome, Paul! https://t.co/Lut1uSm1cI
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🌼 May is packed with opportunities to connect with the Inovia team across the tech ecosystem! Here's where you can find us this month: https://t.co/KOj37Li34N
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