Panache Ventures

Panache Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Montréal, Canada, with additional offices in Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, and San Francisco. The firm specializes in pre-seed and seed-stage investments, focusing on sectors that leverage Canada's strengths, including artificial intelligence, fintech, digital health, enterprise software, and blockchain. Panache Ventures aims to support innovative startups primarily within Canada, although it has a presence in the United States as well. The firm typically seeks to make initial investments of up to USD 1 million, targeting a diverse array of technology sectors such as cybersecurity, virtual reality, and data analytics.

Michael Cegelski

Founder & Chairman

Taylor Gendron

Associate

Timothy Kwok

Associate

Scott Loong

Partner

Patrick Lor

Partner

Prashant Matta

Partner

Chris Neumann

Partner

Past deals in Montreal

Simplyk

Seed Round in 2021
Simplyk develops an online platform that allows organizations to receive donations or other types of payment online with no transaction fees for non-profit organizations. The company also allows individuals to find organizations to volunteer for them. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Montreal, Canada.

Pathway Medical

Seed Round in 2021
Pathway is a health tech company working on helping clinicians and patients access important medical information more effectively throughout the care journey. We leverage AI and big data to create a medical knowledge graph and software solutions that drive evidence-based medicine into clinical practice.
AON3D is a manufacturer of high-temperature industrial 3D printers. The AON-M2, its flagship 3D printer, is a direct response to demands for hotter print conditions and the careful thermal control needed for producing strong and dimensionally stable parts from advanced materials. It offers an open filament platform that empowers users to choose the right materials for their project and slash costs by avoiding expensive proprietary materials and license fees. Founders Andrew Walker, Randeep Singh, and Kevin Han established the company in 2015 in Montreal, Quebec.

Eli

Seed Round in 2020
Eli enables women to take control of their health across their lives, by providing them with powerful information on their daily hormone profile. We develop an at-home device to monitor hormones in saliva and an app to provide personalized insights. Eli's initial focus is to give women a no-compromise option to own their fertility and contraception decisions.

Flinks

Series A in 2020
Flinks Technology Inc. is a financial data aggregator based in Montreal, Canada, founded in 2016. The company provides solutions that enable businesses to connect their users' bank accounts, allowing access to critical financial data such as account balances and transaction histories. Flinks offers a hosted application programming interface (API) that facilitates the integration of banking information with mobile applications, helping companies enrich their data and deliver enhanced financial products. The platform not only validates account ownership but also ensures compliance in handling sensitive information. Trusted by numerous leading companies, Flinks aims to simplify online transactions and empower businesses to better serve their customers through improved data utilization.

Bliinx

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Bliinx Inc. is a Montreal-based company established in 2018 that focuses on developing software designed to enhance business relationships. Its platform aggregates interactions between professionals and their contacts into a streamlined relationship timeline, accessible through Office 365, including inbox, calendar, and mobile devices. Bliinx primarily serves sales, marketing, and customer success teams by providing tools that uncover relationship-based insights and automate data capture. This functionality aims to save time, improve win rates, enhance strategic decision-making, and ultimately drive revenue growth.

InVivo AI

Pre Seed Round in 2019
InVivo AI is a Montreal-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in using artificial intelligence to enhance pharmaceutical research and development. The company primarily focuses on preclinical toxicology, aiming to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of drug development processes. By leveraging advanced AI technologies, InVivo AI seeks to transform traditional methodologies in the pharmaceutical industry, ultimately contributing to faster and more reliable outcomes in drug safety assessments.

StreamingFast

Seed Round in 2019
StreamingFast, formerly known as dfuse Platform Inc., specializes in developing blockchain applications and solutions that facilitate the creation of efficient, decentralized applications. Founded in 2013 and based in Montreal, Canada, the company offers a suite of robust APIs designed to help developers organize and access decentralized data. Key products include dfuse Stream, dfuse Lifecycle, dfuse Search, and dfuse On Demand Networks, which collectively enable real-time state updates, rapid searches, and reliable transaction guarantees. Through its low-latency architecture, StreamingFast empowers developers to create superior user experiences and supports the ongoing evolution of the blockchain ecosystem.

Audible Reality

Seed Round in 2018
Audible Reality Inc. designs and develops an artificial intelligence (AI) based three dimensional (3D) audible reality solutions. The company solution uses AI to offer 3D audio and also processes sound through multiple channels. The company also develops Audible Reality Player, a device which uses the company's software and offers customized audio solutions. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Montreal, Canada.

HumanFirst

Seed Round in 2018
HumanFirst is a conversational artificial intelligence that helps companies in their transactions. It helps companies leverage their B2C conversations by transforming their raw conversational data into high-quality labelled data at scale to create business value. HumanFirst integrates with platforms like Zendesk, Intercom, Drift, Live Chat, Front, SMS, WhatsApp, messenger to name a few. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.

Flinks

Seed Round in 2018
Flinks Technology Inc. is a financial data aggregator based in Montreal, Canada, founded in 2016. The company provides solutions that enable businesses to connect their users' bank accounts, allowing access to critical financial data such as account balances and transaction histories. Flinks offers a hosted application programming interface (API) that facilitates the integration of banking information with mobile applications, helping companies enrich their data and deliver enhanced financial products. The platform not only validates account ownership but also ensures compliance in handling sensitive information. Trusted by numerous leading companies, Flinks aims to simplify online transactions and empower businesses to better serve their customers through improved data utilization.
AON3D is a manufacturer of high-temperature industrial 3D printers. The AON-M2, its flagship 3D printer, is a direct response to demands for hotter print conditions and the careful thermal control needed for producing strong and dimensionally stable parts from advanced materials. It offers an open filament platform that empowers users to choose the right materials for their project and slash costs by avoiding expensive proprietary materials and license fees. Founders Andrew Walker, Randeep Singh, and Kevin Han established the company in 2015 in Montreal, Quebec.

Lexop

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Lexop Solutions Inc. develops a software that automates account collection and legal communication. It offers an email technology that enables account collection teams to monitor and optimize customer outreach, payment experience, and collection rates. The company enables property managers and landowners to send notices to their tenants; manage communication with tenants; and schedule admin tasks. Lexop Solutions Inc. allows law firms to serve and share legal documents electronically. It also enable users to request, collect, and sort documents online. In addition, it offers e-signature solution to law firms. Lexop Solutions Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Montreal, Canada.
We aim to become the gold standard in omnichannel healthcare services for patients, nurses, doctors and governments. Our innovative customer experience strategies, state-of-the-art facilities and digital tools will allow for an at-scale system that patients and doctors alike love and governments can afford.