Investor profile
Paul Desmarais
Accelerator, Corporate VC, Venture capital & Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Sagard Wealth, Co-Founder and Chairman at Diagram, Investor at Empower
Paul Desmarais is a Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Sagard Wealth, whose known portfolio counts 23 companies.
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Investment focus
- Sector
- AIFinTechHealthcareSaaS
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Sagard Wealth, whose known portfolio counts 23 companies
- Alpaca
- Flex
- TILT
- Angle Health
- Workwolf
- Allure Security Technology
- Retirable
- SecurityScorecard
- Virtru
- Benepass
- Formance
- Morphisec
- and 11 more
Co-Founder and Chairman at Diagram, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies
- Alpaca
- Coral
- Skyward Wildfire Technologies
- JetScale AI
- Baselane
- Enurgen
- Mahalo
- LocusX
- Veritree
Investor at Empower, whose known portfolio counts 3 companies
- Upsoil Technologies
- WeeSure
- Bioscan Research
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors AI, FinTech, Healthcare and SaaS, and focus areas AI Infrastructure, Banking, Cybersecurity and Digital Health. Startups operating in these areas may find Paul Desmarais relevant.
Sagard Wealth appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Pre-Seed rounds across its known deals.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Paul Desmarais is worth approaching.
Colleagues
Ross Darwin
Principal, Portage Capital Solutions
New York, United States
Jake Bodanis
Partner
Toronto, Canada
Devon Kirk
General Partner, Portage Capital Solutions
Toronto, Canada
Tim Tham
Investment Associate
Toronto, Canada
Melis Ozoner
Investor
London, United Kingdom
Abdullahi Ahmed
Late-Stage Fintech Investor
Toronto, Canada
Francois Lafortune
Investor
Westmount, Canada
Adam Felesky
Co-Founder and CEO of Portage
Toronto, Canada
Ed Chandler
Owner
Winnetka, United States
Ricky L.
General Partner
Toronto, Canada
Stephanie Choo
General Partner
New York, United States
Daniel Ballen
General Partner & Co-Head, Portage Capital Solutions
New York, United States
Hélène Falchier
Partner, Portage Ventures
France
Tripp Shriner
General Partner
New York, United States
Juliette Souliman
Principal
London, United Kingdom
Victoire de Lavigne
Principal
France
Rory MacMillan
Investor
London, United Kingdom
Mike Cegelski
Fellow
Montreal, Canada
Steve Schultz
General Partner
Menlo Park, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Paul Desmarais?
Paul Desmarais is an accelerator partner and corporate venture investor based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, listed as Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Sagard Wealth. The known portfolio of that firm counts 23 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Paul Desmarais personally.
What does Paul Desmarais invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, FinTech, Healthcare and SaaS; listed focus areas include AI Infrastructure, Banking, Cybersecurity and Digital Health. 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 Paul Desmarais invest at?
Sagard Wealth appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Pre-Seed rounds across its known deals, and Paul Desmarais is listed there as Co-Founder and Executive Chairman. 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 Paul Desmarais listed at?
Paul Desmarais is listed as Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Sagard Wealth. 19 other people in the database share a firm with Paul Desmarais.
How do I contact Paul Desmarais?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Paul Desmarais. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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