Panache Ventures

Panache Ventures is a Canadian early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on pre-seed and seed investments in technology startups. Founded in 2018, it maintains an office network across Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, and San Francisco. The firm backs companies in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, blockchain, virtual reality, enterprise software and data analytics, fintech, digital health, B2B software, consumer tech, property technology, and supply chain, among other technology-driven sectors. Panache seeks to support ambitious startups with potential for scale, emphasizing opportunities in Canada while enabling cross-border activity into the United States.

Dan Belostotsky

Venture Partner

Mukund Chopra

Venture Partner

Domenic Del Vecchio

Associate

David Dufresne

Partner

Timothy Kwok

Associate

Nadia Lachman

Analyst

Scott Loong

Partner

Prashant Matta

Partner

Chris Neumann

General Partner

Geneviève Tanguay

Partner

Sarah Willson

Analyst

Past deals in Quebec

Livescale

Seed Round in 2021
Livescale is a live shopping solution based in Montreal, Canada, founded by Virgile Ollivier. The company offers a platform that enables brands to enhance audience engagement and sales conversion through immersive shoppable live video experiences. By providing a fully-customized, brand-owned environment, Livescale allows businesses to create awareness and foster community among their customers. Its unique technology includes integrated checkout features and comprehensive client resources, making it a distinctive player in the global market. Livescale aims to optimize revenues, expand market reach, and strengthen client relationships for e-commerce businesses through its innovative approach to live shopping.

Qohash

Series A in 2021
Qohash is a data security company that offers a threat detection and data protection platform known as Qostodian. The platform provides discovery, integrity assurance, detection, and reporting to protect data assets and support governance. It enables insider risk monitoring with alerts on risky employee behavior, including potential data exfiltration, and includes entitlement reviews, export of access control lists, and endpoint monitoring to support compliance across regulated environments. The solution consolidates core data security capabilities to give information security and compliance teams visibility, control, and reporting over digital assets. Its customers span roles such as chief information officers, chief information security officers, system administrators, auditors, risk advisors, and security analysts. Founded in 2018 and based in Quebec City, Canada, Qohash focuses on helping organizations quantify risk, prevent data breaches, and maintain trust in data assets.

Flinks

Series A in 2020
Flinks is a data company that develops a financial data aggregation platform to connect users' bank accounts with mobile apps, validate account ownership, verify balances, and access transaction history. Through hosted APIs, it enables businesses to test and integrate its solutions, connect financial accounts, and enrich data to power products while emphasizing secure handling of sensitive information and compliance. Founded in 2016 and based in Montreal, Flinks serves clients by helping them link users’ financial data to deliver improved services and user experiences.

Bliinx

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Bliinx Inc. is a Montreal-based software company, established in 2018, that focuses on enhancing business relationships for professionals. It offers a sales engagement platform designed to help go-to-market teams identify their product's most qualified users, facilitating faster conversions and revenue expansion. The platform aggregates all interactions between professionals and their contacts into a streamlined relationship timeline within Office 365, accessible through inbox, calendar, and mobile devices. By providing actionable intelligence to sales, marketing, and customer success teams, Bliinx enables businesses to engage with clients at optimal moments, thereby improving close rates, minimizing lost opportunities, and boosting overall client satisfaction.

InVivo AI

Pre Seed Round in 2019
InVivo AI is a Montreal-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance pharmaceutical research and development, with a particular focus on preclinical toxicology. The company has developed advanced AI methods for molecular representation, structure and ligand-based de novo design, and multiparameter optimization, enabling the creation of novel chemistry to address complex biological challenges.

StreamingFast

Seed Round in 2019
StreamingFast develops highly scalable open-source software for processing and indexing blockchain data. Established by experienced tech entrepreneurs, the company specializes in large-scale data science.

Livescale

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Livescale is a live shopping solution based in Montreal, Canada, founded by Virgile Ollivier. The company offers a platform that enables brands to enhance audience engagement and sales conversion through immersive shoppable live video experiences. By providing a fully-customized, brand-owned environment, Livescale allows businesses to create awareness and foster community among their customers. Its unique technology includes integrated checkout features and comprehensive client resources, making it a distinctive player in the global market. Livescale aims to optimize revenues, expand market reach, and strengthen client relationships for e-commerce businesses through its innovative approach to live shopping.

Qohash

Seed Round in 2019
Qohash is a data security company that offers a threat detection and data protection platform known as Qostodian. The platform provides discovery, integrity assurance, detection, and reporting to protect data assets and support governance. It enables insider risk monitoring with alerts on risky employee behavior, including potential data exfiltration, and includes entitlement reviews, export of access control lists, and endpoint monitoring to support compliance across regulated environments. The solution consolidates core data security capabilities to give information security and compliance teams visibility, control, and reporting over digital assets. Its customers span roles such as chief information officers, chief information security officers, system administrators, auditors, risk advisors, and security analysts. Founded in 2018 and based in Quebec City, Canada, Qohash focuses on helping organizations quantify risk, prevent data breaches, and maintain trust in data assets.

Audible Reality

Seed Round in 2018
Audible Reality Inc. is a Montreal-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in developing artificial intelligence-driven three-dimensional (3D) audio solutions. The company focuses on creating immersive audio experiences by utilizing proprietary technology that processes sound through multiple channels, effectively replacing traditional stereo audio with a dynamic and personalized format. Audible Reality's innovative approach caters to the evolving needs of audio consumers and creators across streaming, mobile, and consumer device markets. Additionally, the company offers the Audible Reality Player, a device that integrates its software to provide customized audio solutions tailored to individual user preferences.

Flinks

Seed Round in 2018
Flinks is a data company that develops a financial data aggregation platform to connect users' bank accounts with mobile apps, validate account ownership, verify balances, and access transaction history. Through hosted APIs, it enables businesses to test and integrate its solutions, connect financial accounts, and enrich data to power products while emphasizing secure handling of sensitive information and compliance. Founded in 2016 and based in Montreal, Flinks serves clients by helping them link users’ financial data to deliver improved services and user experiences.
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