Henri-Charles Machalani
InvestorInvestor at Inovia Capital
Montreal
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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About
Henri-Charles Machalani is the founder and CEO of Machalani Ventures, a family office investing in AI, robotics, medtech, and biotech startups. He previously founded Mistplay, a mobile gaming platform that generated over $300 million in annual revenue. Machalani was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year.
Experience
- Machalani VenturesFounder & CEOcurrent2022 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
- Spiralis Medical Inc.Lead Investor and Board Directorcurrent2026 — present
- Sami RoboticsInvestorcurrent2023 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
- Ora MedicalInvestor and Board Observercurrent2026 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
- GroqInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- KovaCo-Founder & Exec Chaircurrent2025 — present
- SpaceXInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- MistplayFounder and Board Membercurrent2023 — presentGreater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- MistplayFounder & CEO2015 — 2023Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Inovia CapitalLimited Partnercurrent2022 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
- ShakepayInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- GrowthCurve CapitalLimited Partnercurrent2022 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- Landish - The Smarter Food CompanyInvestorcurrent2019 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
- NEXT CanadaNext Founders 20182018Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- MicrosoftProgram/Product Manager (Windows UI/UX)2012 — 2015Redmond, WA
- MicrosoftProgram Manager (Core Networking)2012Redmond, WA
- Tabtu (acquired by Terawe)Founder & CEO2011 — 2013Greater Seattle Area
- ErgovuFounder2008 — 2011Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- VoltSoftware Tester2008
Skills & more
Deep Learning4Artificial Intelligence (AI)4Web Development2Product Management5Graphic Design1Program Management2Machine LearningDynamoDBArtificial Neural NetworksWeb ApplicationsNode.js5HTML54
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JavaAJAXAmazon Web Services (AWS)CSSMySQLPythonHTML 5C#PHPMongoDBPostgreSQLjQueryLanguages English · French
- Deep Learning Specialization II — DeepLearning.AI
- Deep Learning Specialization I — DeepLearning.AI
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Colleagues at Inovia Capital
Alex McIsaac
General Partner at Inovia Capital
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Alex Norman
Partner at N49P
Alice Reimer
Co-Founder & Venture Partner at Inovia Capital
Andreas Huber
Partner, COO at 3TS Capital Partners
Arie Koifman
Investor at Inovia Capital
Charlotte Borgognoni
Vice President at Inovia Capital
Chris Arsenault
Founder and Partner at Inovia Capital
Colleen Moorehead
Board Chair at The 51 Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Henri-Charles Machalani?
- Henri-Charles Machalani is the founder and CEO of Machalani Ventures, a family office investing in AI, robotics, medtech, and biotech startups. He previously founded Mistplay, a mobile gaming platform that generated over $300 million in annual revenue. Machalani was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year.
- Where does Henri-Charles Machalani work?
- Henri-Charles Machalani is Investor at Inovia Capital.
- What check size does Henri-Charles Machalani write?
- Henri-Charles Machalani typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Henri-Charles Machalani go to school?
- Henri-Charles Machalani studied at McGill University (Honours Software Engineering, Computer Science); Marianopolis College (Science, Pure and Applied).
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Also attended McGill University653
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Also attended Marianopolis College33
NathanielHead of Operations at BoxOne VenturesCharlotte BorgognoniVice President at Inovia CapitalSteven ChungVice President at Inovia CapitalInès HolzbaurFounder and Managing Partner at AmorChemSarah J. CaramanHead of Strategy and Operations at Sagard Credit PartnersAdrian SchauerInvestor at Klass Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Shakepay1
Also worked at Microsoft1,856
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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