Desjardins Group

Desjardins Group, established in 1900, is a cooperative financial group based in Montreal, Canada. It offers a wide range of financial services to individuals and businesses, including personal banking, credit and loans, investments, insurance, and wealth management. Through its subsidiary, Desjardins Capital, the group provides venture capital and development capital to businesses and cooperatives across various sectors such as healthcare, manufacturing, technology, and agriculture. Desjardins Capital invests in startups, early-stage, and mature companies, typically providing equity or debt financing ranging from $0.09 million to $20 million for periods of 3 to 10 years. The group also offers corporate financing, debt capital markets, and equity capital markets services through its Desjardins Securities division.

Daniel Archambault

Investment Manager

Nathalie Bernard

COO

Eric Bolduc

Investment Director

Jean-Yves Bourgeois

Managing Director and Group Head, Capital Markets

Martin Brunelle

Vice President of Growth, Acquisition and Development

Jean-Philippe Bujold

Investment Manager

Jean-Philippe Coiteux

Investment Manager

Philippe Collerette

Director of Development

Boris Collignon

Vice President, Strategy, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships

Guy Cormier

President and CEO

Claude Delâge

Senior Investment Manager

Sylvain Fontaine

Investment Manager

Nicolas Gravel

Vice President, Venture Capital

Michel Leclerc

Vice President, Subordinated Debt

Roland Leger

Associate Vice President

Caroline Poissant

Investment Director

Marie-Andrée Roy-Turgeon

Investment Manager

John-Patrick Saker

Investment Manager

Marc Villeneuve

Vice President, Development and Outreach

Jean-Marc Wassef

Senior Investment Manager

Past deals in Commercial Real Estate

FirstService

Post in 2025
FirstService Corporation is a leading provider of real estate-related services, primarily operating in two business divisions: FirstService Residential and FirstService Brands. FirstService Residential manages thousands of residential communities, encompassing a range of property types including high-rise, medium-rise, and low-rise condominiums and cooperatives. FirstService Brands focuses on delivering property services to both residential and commercial clients, generating most of the company's revenue through various well-known brands such as California Closets, Paul Davis Restoration, CertPro Painters, Pillar to Post, Floor Coverings International, College Pro Painters, and Service America. The majority of FirstService's revenue is derived from operations in the United States, serving a diverse clientele across commercial, institutional, and residential markets.

First Capital REIT

Post in 2024
First Capital REIT is a mixed-use urban real estate developer, owner, and operator primarily focused on grocery-anchored, open-air centers located in Canada’s populated neighborhoods. The company aims to develop vibrant communities that enhance the experiences of local businesses, consumers, and residents. Through its commitment to creating thriving neighborhoods, First Capital REIT seeks to deliver value to all stakeholders, including investors and the communities it serves.

First Capital REIT

Post in 2024
First Capital REIT is a mixed-use urban real estate developer, owner, and operator primarily focused on grocery-anchored, open-air centers located in Canada’s populated neighborhoods. The company aims to develop vibrant communities that enhance the experiences of local businesses, consumers, and residents. Through its commitment to creating thriving neighborhoods, First Capital REIT seeks to deliver value to all stakeholders, including investors and the communities it serves.

Local Logic

Series B in 2023
Local Logic is a location intelligence platform based in Montreal, Quebec, that specializes in digitizing the built environment to provide actionable insights for consumers, investors, developers, and governments. By leveraging artificial intelligence and geospatial data, the platform quantifies lifestyle and location characteristics, offering predictive analytics that inform decision-making in the real estate sector. With access to over 75 billion data points, Local Logic supports clients in the $217 trillion real estate market across the US and Canada, providing tools for urban planning and project strategy. The company collaborates with various stakeholders, including commercial real estate, travel, and media firms, to enhance the planning and development of sustainable and equitable urban spaces.

Artis REIT

Post in 2022
Artis REIT is a diversified commercial real estate investment trust and an unincorporated closed-end real estate investment trust focusing on industrial, office, and retail properties. Through value investing, Artis REIT seeks to increase net asset value per unit and distributions to its investors. Artis REIT is fully internalized and manages its own assets and properties. Its functions are in charge of managing the REIT's portfolio on a daily basis as well as providing administrative services.

Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust

Post in 2020
Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust (the Trust) is a Canada-based open-ended real estate investment trust. The Trust owns and rents commercial real estate properties. The Trust's segments include Major canadian oil and gas company, International fast-food company, International convenience store company, and Others. The Trust operates in the commercial real estate market. The Trust holds approximately 20 investment properties, which are located in the province of Quebec and the province of Ontario. The Trust's properties are occupied by tenants, including fast food chains, oil/gas companies, and convenience store chains. The Trust's properties include Les Coteaux, Rivieres-du-Loup, Saint-Jean-sur-le-Richelieu, Trois-Rivieres, Val-David, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Louiseville, Levis, Cornwall, 1901 Raymond Blais, 2000 Leonard de Vinci, 2050 Leonard de Vinci, 2051 Nobel and 4200 Bernard-Pilon.

Local Logic

Series A in 2020
Local Logic is a location intelligence platform based in Montreal, Quebec, that specializes in digitizing the built environment to provide actionable insights for consumers, investors, developers, and governments. By leveraging artificial intelligence and geospatial data, the platform quantifies lifestyle and location characteristics, offering predictive analytics that inform decision-making in the real estate sector. With access to over 75 billion data points, Local Logic supports clients in the $217 trillion real estate market across the US and Canada, providing tools for urban planning and project strategy. The company collaborates with various stakeholders, including commercial real estate, travel, and media firms, to enhance the planning and development of sustainable and equitable urban spaces.

Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust

Post in 2020
Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust (the Trust) is a Canada-based open-ended real estate investment trust. The Trust owns and rents commercial real estate properties. The Trust's segments include Major canadian oil and gas company, International fast-food company, International convenience store company, and Others. The Trust operates in the commercial real estate market. The Trust holds approximately 20 investment properties, which are located in the province of Quebec and the province of Ontario. The Trust's properties are occupied by tenants, including fast food chains, oil/gas companies, and convenience store chains. The Trust's properties include Les Coteaux, Rivieres-du-Loup, Saint-Jean-sur-le-Richelieu, Trois-Rivieres, Val-David, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Louiseville, Levis, Cornwall, 1901 Raymond Blais, 2000 Leonard de Vinci, 2050 Leonard de Vinci, 2051 Nobel and 4200 Bernard-Pilon.

Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust

Post in 2019
Crombie REIT is one of Canada's leading real estate investment trusts. We believe in building high-quality, sustainable real estate that enhances local communities for the long term. We invest in welcoming, convenient properties where people want to live, work, shop and play. With more than 280 properties nation-wide, we’re proud of how we’re helping shape Canada.

Local Logic

Seed Round in 2017
Local Logic is a location intelligence platform based in Montreal, Quebec, that specializes in digitizing the built environment to provide actionable insights for consumers, investors, developers, and governments. By leveraging artificial intelligence and geospatial data, the platform quantifies lifestyle and location characteristics, offering predictive analytics that inform decision-making in the real estate sector. With access to over 75 billion data points, Local Logic supports clients in the $217 trillion real estate market across the US and Canada, providing tools for urban planning and project strategy. The company collaborates with various stakeholders, including commercial real estate, travel, and media firms, to enhance the planning and development of sustainable and equitable urban spaces.

Davinci Compass

Venture Round in 2017
DaVinci Compass is a Canadian holding company aiming to create a group of manufacturers of commercial foodservice and food processing equipment that build 100% of their products in America. To this day, DaVinci Compass has acquired 3 companies: Sipromac, a Canada-based manufacturer of packaging and food processing equipment based, Picard Ovens, a manufacturer of bakery and pizza ovens also based in Canada, and Lambertson Inc., a leading manufacturer of stainless steel commercial kitchen equipment, based in Nevada, USA.

EnerCare

Post in 2016
Enercare Inc. is a Canadian company that specializes in providing home and commercial services, as well as energy solutions. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Markham, Enercare operates through three main segments: Home Services, Sub-metering, and Service Experts. The Home Services segment focuses on the rental and maintenance of HVAC products, including water heaters, furnaces, and air conditioners, while also offering protection plans, duct cleaning, plumbing, and electrical services. The Service Experts segment is dedicated to the sale, installation, and repair of HVAC systems and water heaters. Enercare is recognized as the largest non-utility sub-meter provider in Canada, offering advanced metering solutions for electricity and water consumption in residential and commercial properties. Serving approximately 1.6 million customers annually, Enercare continues to expand its reach and capabilities within the energy sector.

Groupe Surmesure

Seed Round in 2015
Founded in 2013, Groupe Surmesure specializes in interior systems and offers a full range of services to commercial and institutional construction industries, both private and public, in Montréal and the surrounding areas. The company is based in Chambly and has between 40 and 60 employees depending on the season.

TB4 Construction

Seed Round in 2014
A general construction contractor founded in 2011, TB4 Construction specializes in project management in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors, with a particular focus on sports complexes. Based in Québec City, the company is home to some 30 employees.
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