Chris Arsenault

Co-Founding Partner at Inovia Capital

Chris Arsenault has more than 25 years of operating and investing experience, and through his vision, has been a key pillar of today's rich Canadian tech ecosystem. Through his decades of leadership, Chris has developed an outstanding track record of identifying high potential companies early on, supporting them as they scale, and managing their path to exit. Chris played a key role in supporting many of inovia capital’s most valuable companies, including Lightspeed and AppDirect, where he currently serves as a board member and a personal coach to the founders. Chris founded inovia capital in 2007 and leveraged his entrepreneurial instincts to not only shape the culture of the Firm but also its vision and path forward which led to the inception of inovia growth. Chris is an active Charter Member of Silicon Valley-based entrepreneurs association The C100. He is a Campaign Cabinet Member of the Sainte-Justine Hospital UHC Foundation, a member of the Secretariat du AI (part the Quebec-based supercluster for Artificial Intelligence), an active member of Réseau Capital (Quebec-based Venture Capital Association) and the Canadian Venture Capital Association (“CVCA”).


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Work style

How I prefer to work

Remote & Office

Morning

Mostly in a team

Qualities I value in my colleagues

  • Honesty
  • curiosity
  • work ethic
  • ownership
  • empathy

My communication style

  • Transparent
  • persuasive
  • positive
  • open
  • genuine