Founders / Etienne Lacroix
Etienne Lacroix
Etienne Lacroix is the co-founder and CEO of Vention, a robotics and physical AI company based in Montréal. Etienne Lacroix co-founded Vention with Max Windisch. Vention had raised C$352.3M across 7 rounds as of November 2026, most recently a US$110M Series D in January 2026 led by Investissement Québec. The Canadian AI Newsletter last covered Vention in September 2026.
Co-founder/CEO of Vention.
Vention
Manufacturing automation platform; FANUC/Teradyne physical-AI partnerships.
- Role
- Co-founder/CEO
- HQ
- Montréal, QC
- Founded
- 2016
- Status
- Active
- Disclosed raised
- C$352.3M
- Latest round
- Series D, Jan 27, 2026
- Website
- vention.com
Co-founders: Max Windisch
Investors: Investissement Québec, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Georgian, Bain Capital Ventures, White Star Capital, Bolt, Real Ventures, NVentures (Nvidia), and 6 more
In the newsletter
- CanadianAI: $50B AI data centre in Saskatchewan and five AI startups raiseSep 15, 2026
- CanadianAI:A US$220M contract for sovereign AI, and Qualcomm circles a Toronto companyJun 23, 2026
- Canadian AI: $6.5B for a Calgary cooling company, another Vancouver acquisition and Canada's largest data centre to begin constructionMar 24, 2026
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Data as of November 10, 2026.