Benoit Girard, Mba, Cfa

Managing Director @ Investissement Québec | Venture Capital | Impact Investment

📍 Canada, Canada🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2021
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Board Observer / Investor (Series B)
Jun 2021
Torc Robotics Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Algolux https://torc.ai/torc-algolux-acquisition
Board Observer
Dec 2020
nesto is on a mission to offer a positive, empowering and transparent property financing experience, simplified from start to finish. Powered by the most advanced technology, we screen the whole market in seconds to find the most affordable mortgage while our commission-free experts provide you with unbiased support along the process. Simply, welcome to the bright future of home buying.
Board Observer
Dec 2020
Hopper is a global travel platform that powers Hopper’s mobile app, as well as partners direct channels via HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions). Hopper combines a best-in-class travel agency, industry-leading e-commerce, and proprietary financial services to help users travel better — and partners earn more. To do this, the company developed several unique fintech ancillaries that address everything from pricing volatility to avoiding trip disruptions. Through HTS, Hopper’s B2B business, the company supercharges its partners’ direct channels with its full suite of offerings. Hopper sells billions worth of travel and travel fintech every year. The Hopper app has over 120 million downloads, and 70% of users are Gen-Z and Millennials travelers. HTS powers many of the world’s leading brands with travel fintech ancillaries, partner-branded travel portals, and industry-leading e-commerce. Hopper’s proprietary fintech ancillaries include Price Freeze, Cancel for Any Reason, and Premium Disruption Assistance. To find out more about the Hopper app, visit Hopper.com; for more on HTS, visit hts.hopper.com.
Board Observer / Investor (Series C)
Aug 2020
Your bus and train booking experts. Search, compare and book tickets in over 80 countries and choose from more than 3900 companies.
Board Observer / Investor (Series A)
Jul 2020
Breathe Life is redefining the life insurance industry. Whether driven by Advisors, Consumers, or a Hybrid of both, our distribution platform provides life insurers with best-of-breed tools to increase the speed of policy delivery while reducing operational costs.
Board Observer
Dec 2019
The music world has changed. New technology has made it easy and affordable for artists to create and share their work with total independence, but the final step in making music a fully DIY enterprise - mastering - has remained a complicated and elusive step. Until now. LANDR revolutionizes the mastering process with drag-and-drop simplicity, achieving results that rival professional studio work in minutes. This opens up a world of possibilities for producers: LANDR your demos before sharing them, drop in full length DJ mixes or live recordings, make a track on the road and have it mastered in time for your gig the same night. LANDR lets you integrate mastering seamlessly into your creative process.
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Experience · 15 entries
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Investments (9)
Board (9)
2022
Senior Director (Directeur principal), Venture Capital, Innovation and Impact investment
Nov 2022
Investissement Québec is the go-to partner for foreign and Québec-based businesses seeking to make a go of it in the province. You can count on our experienced team, resources and financial solutions to assist you on the road to success. Working out of 17 offices across Québec and 12 more around the world, our experts have a thorough understanding of your business environment and the unique challenges you face. That is our defining strength and the reason why so many businesses put their trust and faith in us.
2021
Board Observer / Investor (Series B)
Jun 2021
Torc Robotics Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Algolux https://torc.ai/torc-algolux-acquisition
Board Observer / Investor (Series D)
Feb 2021
Founded in 2007, LeddarTech is an automotive ADAS and AD software company that offers comprehensive end-to-end raw data fusion and perception solutions enabling customers to solve critical challenges across the entire value chain. LeddarTech’s automotive-grade software technology, LeddarVision™, is a flexible, robust, cost-effective, sensor-agnostic solution that delivers highly accurate 3D environmental models. This scalable software supports all SAE autonomy levels by applying AI and computer vision algorithms to fuse raw data from sensors employed in L2-L5 applications. LeddarTech’s use of raw data fusion detects very small obstacles on the road with better detection rates and fewer false alarms than legacy “object fusion” solutions. In addition, unclassified obstacles are also detected, providing an additional layer of safety to the vehicle. LeddarTech is responsible for several innovations in cutting-edge automotive and mobility applications, with over 150 patents granted or applied for, enhancing ADAS and autonomous driving capabilities. https://leddartech.com https://investors.leddartech.com/
2020
Board Observer
Dec 2020
nesto is on a mission to offer a positive, empowering and transparent property financing experience, simplified from start to finish. Powered by the most advanced technology, we screen the whole market in seconds to find the most affordable mortgage while our commission-free experts provide you with unbiased support along the process. Simply, welcome to the bright future of home buying.
Board Observer
Dec 2020
Hopper is a global travel platform that powers Hopper’s mobile app, as well as partners direct channels via HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions). Hopper combines a best-in-class travel agency, industry-leading e-commerce, and proprietary financial services to help users travel better — and partners earn more. To do this, the company developed several unique fintech ancillaries that address everything from pricing volatility to avoiding trip disruptions. Through HTS, Hopper’s B2B business, the company supercharges its partners’ direct channels with its full suite of offerings. Hopper sells billions worth of travel and travel fintech every year. The Hopper app has over 120 million downloads, and 70% of users are Gen-Z and Millennials travelers. HTS powers many of the world’s leading brands with travel fintech ancillaries, partner-branded travel portals, and industry-leading e-commerce. Hopper’s proprietary fintech ancillaries include Price Freeze, Cancel for Any Reason, and Premium Disruption Assistance. To find out more about the Hopper app, visit Hopper.com; for more on HTS, visit hts.hopper.com.
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