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Vention

Vention is a robotics and physical AI company based in Montréal, Quebec. It had raised C$352.3M as of November 2026, most recently a US$110M Series D in January 2026 led by Investissement Québec.

Manufacturing automation platform; FANUC/Teradyne physical-AI partnerships.

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Founded: 2016
HQ: Montréal, QC
Category: Robotics/Physical AI
Status: Active
Disclosed raised: C$352.3M

Funding history

Round	Date	Amount	Investors
Series D	Jan 27, 2026	US$110M	Investissement Québec (lead); NVentures (Nvidia), Desjardins Capital, Fidelity
Venture round	Oct 10, 2023	US$15M	Fonds de solidarité FTQ (lead). Follow-on from an existing investor; the release does not say whether it was primary.
Series C	May 10, 2022	US$95M	Georgian (lead); Fidelity, White Star Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Bolt. Fidelity participated through Fidelity Investments Canada funds.
Series B	Jun 2, 2020	C$38M	Georgian (lead); Bain Capital Ventures, White Star Capital
Series A	Jan 15, 2019	C$17M	Bain Capital Ventures (lead); White Star Capital, Bolt, Real Ventures
Seed	Jan 16, 2018	C$3.5M	White Star Capital (lead); Bolt, Real Ventures, Louis Têtu, Jon Stevenson, Rob Stevens. Sources give no currency; CAD per Canadian coverage.
Pre-seed	Feb 22, 2017	Undisclosed	Bolt and Real Ventures (co-leads); Jon Stevenson, Rob Stevens. Announced with the beta launch; amount not disclosed.

Founders

Etienne Lacroix, Co-founder/CEO.
Max Windisch, Co-founder/CTO.

Also backed by

Investors listed on their own portfolio pages or in reported coverage. Round details are not tracked in the Index.

BDC Growth Venture Fund

Sources

Data as of November 10, 2026.