La Caisse
Institutional investorMontréal · Growth–Late Stage · 2 people tracked
Also known as Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec · Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec · Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ) · CDPQ
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Investment thesis
La Caisse is a large institutional investor managing over $500 billion in assets across 70 countries, including roughly $100 billion in Québec. It operates under a dual mandate: generating commercial market-rate returns to secure its depositors' financial future while actively building Québec's economy. The firm invests across private equity, fixed income, real estate, infrastructure and public equity markets, and increasingly develops its own projects. It emphasizes market-based financing over subsidies and champions strategic sectors where Québec and Canada can compete globally—energy and materials, defence and aerospace, and artificial intelligence—while promoting productivity, innovation, entrepreneurship and public-private partnership models such as asset recycling and project derisking.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 30, 2026.
Team · 2 people
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What they invest in
from 21 of 24 portfolio companiesSaaS ×9AI & Machine Learning ×5Healthtech ×5Enterprise Software ×4Fintech ×4Medical Devices ×4Biotech ×3Cybersecurity ×3
HQs:United States×8Canada×4France×2Italy×1Uruguay×1
Investments · 24 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 32023 · 12022 · 32021 · 42020 · 213 dated
MacroGenics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing antibody-based therapies for cancer patients.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
Scott Koenig(Director)inEric Risser(President and Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsHavencrest Capital ManagementRidgeback CapitalRiverVest Venture PartnersSanofi VenturesTPG
Vertical Bridge is an infrastructure company.
HardwarePropTech
Alex Gellman(Executive Chairman and Co-Founder)inMichael Belski(Co-Founder and Executive Vice President)
Co-investorsDigitalBridgeStonepeak
AlayaCare Cloud is an AI-powered operating system for home-based care providers that integrates caregiving, scheduling, billing, and clinical workflows in a single platform.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDigital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsInovia CapitalKensington Capital Partners LimitedKlass CapitalventureLAB Innovation CentreGeneration Investment Management
Alvest is a group organized around a Supervisory Board, an Alvest Management Committee, and a Steering Committee that oversee its global operations and governance.
CleantechSector Agnostic
Valentin Schmitt(President and CEO)in
Co-investorsPAI PartnersArdian
Biogroup Fertilité operates a network of fertility and assisted reproduction centers providing in vitro fertilization, artificial insemination, and fertility preservation services to patients across multiple locations.
HealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsAndera Partners
PagerDuty Workflow Automation lets Dev and IT Operations teams automate manual business processes by combining human-in-the-loop steps such as approvals and decisions with technical automation like Runbook Automation.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSChicago, US
Sean Chou(Executive Officer, Director)inRavi Singh(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPeter Barris(Director)in
Co-investorsboldstart venturesChicago VenturesIn-Q-TelIntel CapitalLightbankGIC+3 more
CleverTap is a customer engagement and retention platform used by businesses to analyze user behavior and run marketing campaigns across channels.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Anand Jain(Founder)inSunil Thomas(Co-founder & CEO)inSuresh Kondamudi(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelPeak XV PartnersVelocityRecruit HoldingsTiger Global Management
Official government portal of Québec providing information about the elected government, its priorities, municipalities, organizations, and public sector job opportunities.
GovTech
Co-investorsMAIN500 GlobalFelicis VenturesGreylock Partners
Corealis Pharma is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in oral solid dosage formulation and GMP manufacturing for biotech companies developing complex therapies.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesLaval, CA
David Leroux-Petersen(Chief Executive Officer)inPatrick Gosselin(Vice-President, Pharmaceutical R&D)Yves Mouget(Vice-President, Analytics)Pascal Tougas(Chief Financial Officer)in
Co-investorsARCHIMED JapanArchiMed Pte. Ltd.
Druva provides a cloud-native SaaS platform for data backup, protection, recovery, and AI-driven data insights across enterprise data and workloads.
Cloud ComputingCybersecuritySaaSSunnyvale, US
Milind Borate(Director)inJaspreet Singh(Founder & CEO)inMahesh Patel(Executive Officer)inEugenia Buzogly(Executive Officer)
BoardShailendra Jit Singh(Director)inJishnu Bhattacharjee(Director)in
Co-investorsArbor Ventures UKFounders Circle CapitalHercules Capital, Inc.Orios Venture PartnersPeak XV PartnersRiverwood Capital+8 more
Fonds de solidarité FTQ is a Quebec labour-sponsored investment fund offering retirement and savings products (RRSP, TFSA, RRIF) that channel individuals' savings into Quebec businesses.
FintechImpact & Social Good
Co-investorsGrandBanks CapitalDiagramEndeavor CatalystFondactionFonds de solidarité FTQNAventures
GSoft develops and implements business software for companies in Uruguay, including electronic invoicing, point-of-sale, restaurant management, and payment processing tools, along with implementation and support services.
FintechRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsVesta Software Group
OneTrust provides a governance platform for privacy, risk, data, and compliance across organizations' technology stacks.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAtlanta, US
Alan J. Dabbiere(Manager)inJohn Marshall(Manager)Kristina Bergman(Founder)inKabir Barday(Founder)in
BoardRichard Wells(Manager)inDavid K. Dabbiere(Manager)
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAdams Street PartnersAmplify PartnersAspect VenturesBitkraft Esports VenturesBlackRock+19 more
Nuvei builds payment infrastructure that enables businesses to accept payments, process payouts, issue cards, and manage treasury and foreign exchange needs across 190+ countries.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechMontreal, CA
Phil Fayer(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer)inJocelyne Gagnon(Executive Officer)Edi Kadashev(Executive Officer)inYuval Ziv(Executive Officer)inEdward Garcia(Executive Officer)Max Attias(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsKensington Capital Partners LimitedNovacap
Onapsis provides cybersecurity solutions focused on protecting enterprise applications, particularly SAP and Oracle systems, across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBoston, US
Mariano Nunez(Chief Executive Officer)inSadik Al-Abdulla(Chief Product Officer)inDenis Cashman(Chief Financial Officer)inDebi Dowling(Chief Marketing Officer | Chief of Staff)inPaul Kleinschnitz(Chief Revenue Officer)inJuan Pablo Perez-Etchegoyen(Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investors.406 VenturesEvolution Equity PartnersGolub GrowthNightDragon
Plusgrade provides white-label ancillary revenue solutions for airlines, rail, cruise, and hospitality brands, letting travelers bid for or purchase upgrades, extra seat space, priority services, and stay extensions.
FintechSaaSTravel & HospitalityMontreal, CA
Co-investorsGeneral AtlanticNovacapTA Associates
Poka provides a platform for factory workers to learn, solve problems, and share knowledge in real time on the factory floor.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsGarage CapitalMcRock CapitalSE VenturesInovia CapitalRobert Bosch Venture CapitalUncork Capital
Sama provides data annotation and labeling services for training AI models, serving companies across various industries.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureImpact & Social GoodSan Francisco, US
Leila Janah(Founder)in
Co-investorsRidge VenturesAntlerFirst Ascent VenturesSalesforce VenturesVistara Growth
Leading grower and distributor of organic fresh herbs using indoor growing tech with 90% less water; merged with 80 Acres Farms in August 2025.
Co-investorsArborview CapitalDns CapitalMiddleland CapitalXPV Water Partners
Stago develops and manufactures hemostasis testing systems, analyzers, and reagents for clinical and laboratory diagnostics.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsARCHIMED JapanArchiMed Pte. Ltd.
Terrion is building an integrated domestic supply chain for synthetic graphite in the United States, covering feedstock through finished material for defense, energy, and industrial applications.
CleantechDeep TechDefense TechNew MaterialsFrederick, Maryland, US
Dr. Kam Ghaffarian(Co-founder & Executive Chairman)Dustin Berra(Co-founder and CEO)inDr. Pete Pappano(Co-founder and CTO)PeteMichael
BoardKam
Co-investorsIBX
Unito is the University of Turin, a public university offering study programs across 27 departments and 6 schools with 22 libraries.
EdTechTurin, IT
Co-investorsTosetti Value SIMBessemer Venture PartnersRainfall Ventures
Co-investorsCanal VenturesKensington Capital Partners LimitedFonds de solidarité FTQ
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Exits · 3
1 IPOs · 2 acquisitions · showing 2Macrogenics IncNASDAQ: MGNXCatalyticacq. by PagerDuty
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Terrion · si.com · Aug 21, 2026
Nuvei · theaiinsider.tech · Aug 18, 2026
Integris · natlawreview.com · Jul 15, 2026
Catalytic · torys.com · Jun 17, 2026
Fonds de solidarité FTQ · fintechfutures.com · Jun 11, 2026
Stago · investorsinhealthcare.com · Apr 29, 2026
consultation · indianstartupnews.com · Apr 29, 2026
AlayaCare · trysignalbase.com · Mar 24, 2026
IPO stake values · per SEC filings
Value of this firm's stake in each portfolio company at its IPO price, from the prospectus principal-stockholder table.
| Company | Owned | IPO price | At IPO | Stake value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macrogenics Inc | 4.1% | $36.50 | Feb 2014 | $37.7M |
Source: SEC S-1 / 424B prospectus filings. Stake value = shares beneficially owned × the initial public offering price, as disclosed — a market value at IPO, not a return multiple (the firm's original cost is not disclosed).
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has La Caisse made?
- La Caisse has 24 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does La Caisse invest at?
- La Caisse invests at the Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does La Caisse focus on?
- La Caisse focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Crypto & Web3, Defense Tech, Energy, New Materials, PropTech.
- Where is La Caisse located?
- La Caisse is headquartered in Montréal, CA.
- Does La Caisse lead rounds?
- La Caisse has led 6 of the 10 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does La Caisse co-invest with?
- La Caisse most often shares deals with Aspect Ventures, Bitkraft Esports Ventures, DCM Ventures, among 23 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamOne-on-one with La Caisse President and CEO Charles Emond on Montreal's newest transit line – CTVNews
Charles Emond · ctvnews.ca
Bilan de mi-année de La Caisse : entrevue avec son pdg Charles Emond | Zone économie
Radio-Canada Info · Charles Emond
La Caisse de dépôt affiche un rendement de 4,2 % : entrevue avec Charles Emond | Zone économie
Radio-Canada Info · Charles Emond
Zone économie | Entrevue avec Charles Emond, PDG de la Caisse de dépôt
Radio-Canada Info · Charles Emond
Entrevue : Charles Emond, PDG de la Caisse de dépôt
Radio-Canada Info · Charles Emond
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