Fundraising Fox

David Dufresne

Investor

Partner at Panache Ventures

Montreal

Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M

Experience

  1. AQC CapitalPartnercurrent2025 — presentMontreal, QC
  2. PrefFounding Partnercurrent2021 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
  3. Audible Reality, Inc.Directorcurrent2022 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
  4. CMD CapitalPartner2023 — 2025Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  5. Panache VenturesVenture Partner2021 — 2022Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  6. Panache VenturesPartner2017 — 2021Montreal, Canada Area
  7. 500 Startups CanadaPartner - 500 Canada2016 — 2017Montreal, Canada Area
  8. BandcampHead of Strategy and Growth2015 — 2016Montreal, San Francisco
  9. BandzoogleCEO2010 — 2015Montreal
  10. JLA Ventures / BlackBerry Partners FundVenture Associate2008 — 2010Montreal, Toronto
  11. Desjardins Venture CapitalInvestment Manager2001 — 2008Montreal
  12. Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Performance des EntreprisesResearch Assistant1996 — 2001Trois-Rivières, QC
  13. Sydney Organising Committee for The Olympic GamesAccreditation Supervisor2000 — 2001Sydney, Australia

Education

  1. GP AcademyCohort II (2019 - 2021)2019 — 2021
  2. Université du Québec à Trois-RivièresMSc, Business Management1999 — 2000
  3. Université du Québec à Trois-RivièresBAA, Administration - Finance1995 — 1999
  4. Séminaire St-Joseph de Trois-Rivières

Skills & more

Start-ups96Music60Venture Capital99Multimedia13Business Strategy25Video Games7Marketing24Entrepreneurship93Angel Investing13Software12Online Marketing17Online Advertising6
+12 moreInformation TechnologyVenture FinancingMonetizationMarketing StrategyStrategic PartnershipsE-commerceSocial Media MarketingDigital DistributionStrategyPrivate EquityDigital StrategyMergers

Languages English · French

From David's professional profile.

Colleagues at Panache Ventures

Achintya Chaudhari
Analyst at Panache Ventures
Alejandro Marin
Vice President, Finance at Panache Ventures
Chris Neumann
General Partner at Panache Ventures
Christian Levan
Analyst at Panache Ventures
Domenic Del Vecchio
Principal at Panache Ventures
Genevieve Tanguay
Partner at Panache Ventures
Inshaal Qadir
Analyst at Panache Ventures
Melaniia Volkodav
Associate at Panache Ventures

Network4

Chris Neumann
General Partner at Panache Ventures
Pat Lor
Venture Partner at Panache Ventures
Sarah Willson
Principal at Panache Ventures
Sylvain Carle
Investor at Spring Impact Capital

Investors connected to David in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does David Dufresne work?
David Dufresne is Partner at Panache Ventures.
What check size does David Dufresne write?
David Dufresne typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.

Same school

Also attended Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières6

Danny AngersCo-founder, EVP & CFO at Vosker at Boreal VenturesJessica VuAdvisory Services Associate at SVXAma BartimeusMonitoring and Evaluation Manager at Shell FoundationNathalie Gogue-EboInvestor at Rising Tide Africa (RTA)Patrick MassetCEO, AIIM at Vegvisir CapitalSabina LavigueurFinancial Controller at Diagram

Shared employers

Also worked at Audible Reality, Inc.3

Tyler AshbyPrincipal at GroundBreak VenturesJulien LacherePartner, Patent Agent, Head of the Intellectual Property Group at BCF at Lalotte VenturesAngel GambinoFounder at Angel Club

Also worked at Panache Ventures17

Sarah WillsonPrincipal at Panache VenturesDomenic Del VecchioPrincipal at Panache VenturesPat LorVenture Partner at Panache VenturesPrashant MattaPartner at Panache VenturesMike CegelskiPartner at Panache VenturesGenevieve TanguayPartner at Panache Ventures

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Also worked at Desjardins Venture Capital17

Zoya ShchupakVenture Partner at TPY CapitalRobert LevesqueDirector at AQC CapitalChristine BeaubienCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Accelia CapitalGeorge AlifragisSVP, Head of Operating Network & Ecosystem at Metropolitan PartnersMark Anthony SdaoM&A Advisor, Avalon Partners at Boreal VenturesSima EtezadiBusiness Development Manager at Purpose Investments

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