Investor profile
Gilles Genest
Private equity, Venture capital & Investment Director at Fonds de solidarité FTQ
Gilles Genest is an Investment Director at Fonds de solidarité FTQ, whose known portfolio counts 21 companies.
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Affiliated funds' portfolios
Investment Director at Fonds de solidarité FTQ, whose known portfolio counts 21 companies
- Flare
- Congruence Therapeutics
- Epitopea
- Femtum
- GHGSat
- Sharethrough
- Thryv Therapeutics
- Feldan Therapeutics
- KisoJi Biotechnology
- Oligon
- Rustica Foods
- Energir
- and 9 more
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors AI, Climate, Hardware and Healthcare, and focus areas Aerospace, Biotech, Clean Energy and Computer Vision. Startups operating in these areas may find Gilles Genest relevant.
Fonds de solidarité FTQ appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Gilles Genest is worth approaching.
Colleagues at Fonds de solidarité FTQ
Camille Crueghe
Investor
Montreal, Canada
Pierre Paffenhoff
Climate Tech Venture Capital - Investment Director
Montreal, Canada
Marc Olivier Sirard
Investment Manager
Montreal, Canada
Olivier Brossard
Director, Private Equity and Impact Investing
Laval, Canada
Mickael Galvani
Investment Director
Montreal, Canada
Sylvain Masse
Principal
Montreal, Canada
Veronique Gagnon
Investment Director
Montreal, Canada
Eric Huart
Principal
Canada
Steeven Hovington
Investment Director
Québec City, Canada
Justin Brasier
Investment Director
Montreal, Canada
Steeve Fillion
Principal
Montreal, Canada
Danny Gagné
Investment Director
Montreal, Canada
Nicolas du Parc
Investment Director
Montreal, Canada
Sonia Laveran
Investor
Paris, France
Marie-Pierre Donati
Investment Director
Montreal, Canada
Marc Paiement
Board Of Directors
Toronto, Canada
Frequently asked questions
Who is Gilles Genest?
Gilles Genest is a private equity investor and venture capital investor based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, listed as Investment Director at Fonds de solidarité FTQ. The known portfolio of that firm counts 21 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Gilles Genest personally.
What does Gilles Genest invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Climate, Hardware and Healthcare; listed focus areas include Aerospace, Biotech, Clean Energy and Computer Vision. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Gilles Genest invest at?
Fonds de solidarité FTQ appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Gilles Genest is listed there as Investment Director. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Gilles Genest listed at?
Gilles Genest is listed as Investment Director at Fonds de solidarité FTQ. 16 other people in the database share a firm with Gilles Genest.
How do I contact Gilles Genest?
A LinkedIn page is on file for Gilles Genest. It is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address and no phone number for this profile.
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