Chris Arsenault

Investing Profile

Sweet spot: $1.5M Range: $100K–$5M Fund: $400M

iNovia Capital thesis

Home Home 2025 Report The 2025 State of Canadian Software Report is here! Over the last three years, Canada’s tech ecosystem has progressed with consistency and resilience. Discover the key trends driving this momentum. Download the report Inovia at a glance Inovia Capital is the leading full-stack venture capital firm anchored in Canada, with an established presence in the EU. We partner with founders to build impactful and enduring global companies. With investments spanning from pre-seed to pre-IPO, and a team of seasoned investors, operators, and advisors, we support founders with capital,

Sector and stage focus

  • Seed: Local Services, Fashion, Games, Social Commerce, Retail, Developer Tools, Media/Content, Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer Health, Marketplaces
  • Series B: Consumer Health, Developer Tools, Cloud Infrastructure, Fashion, Games, Local Services, Marketplaces, Media/Content, Social Commerce, Retail
  • Series A: Developer Tools, Fashion, Consumer Health, Cloud Infrastructure, Games, Local Services, Social Commerce, Retail, Media/Content, Marketplaces

Recent investments by Chris Arsenault

Chris Arsenault has 8 named past investments in the public record. The most recent:

Company Stage Date Round size
Lightspeed Commerce Series D Oct 2017 $170M
Plenty Seed May 2024 $5M
Talent.com Series B Mar 2022 $120M
Vessel Seed Jun 2025 $8M
Sonder Series E Jun 2020 $170M
Poka Series Unknown Jun 2020 $5M
Life House Series C Dec 2021 $60M
Super.com Debt Financing Apr 2023 $25M

Frequent co-investors

Chris Arsenault has co-invested with: Alireza Masrour, Sean Percival, David Sze, Ashton Kutcher, Niki Scevak, Ryan Sweeney.

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