Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1

- Investments
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5
- Portfolio
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1
- Exits
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5

Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer General Information
Description
Mr. Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer is a Co-Founder and serves as Board Partner at Real Ventures. He serves as a Board Member at Tenstorrent. He serves as Board Member at Acorn Biolabs. He served as a Board Observer at Validere. He served as Board Member at Delphia and Busbud. He was a Board Member at Immunio. He is also a Co-Founder and serves as Board Member at FounderFuel. He co-founded and served as a Mentor at Founder at Execution Labs. He Co-Founded and served as Board Member at Element AI. He served as a Board Member at Automat. He served as an Advisor at Kiwi Wearable Technologies. He served as Board Observer at Plotly. He has been in high technology since the mid nineties. He is currently President of Zanura, a venture accelerator and technology incubator with operations in Canada and Asia that he co-founded in late 2008. JS is also a Partner at MontrealStartup, a Montreal-based technology seed fund that he co-founded in November 2007. Prior to Zanura, JS was an investment professional with VantagePoint Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital fund with $4.5B under management. Prior to VantagePoint, he was responsible for the venture capital investment activities of la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDP) in IT. Prior to CDP, JS was Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, business development at Terrascale Technologies Inc., a storage software company he seeded and joined as employee #4 and that was sold to Rackable Systems (NASDAQ: RACK). He served as a Board Member at Landr. He serves as Board Member at Datacratic, and OMsignal. He served as a Board Observer at BlockStream.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- Montreal, Quebec
- Canada
Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer Investments & Acquisitions (5)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Ready Education | 03-May-2018 | Merger of Equals | Communication Software | Generating Revenue | ||
iSentium | 12-Dec-2013 | Other Financial Services | Out of Business | |||
Oohlala Mobile | 16-Aug-2011 | Educational Software | Generating Revenue | |||
OZ Sports | 01-Jan-2007 | PE Growth/Expansion | Multimedia and Design Software | Generating Revenue | ||
Terrascale Technologies | 28-Apr-2004 | Early Stage VC | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue |
Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer Exits (5)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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iSentium | 01-Jul-2019 | Out of Business | |
Oohlala Mobile | 03-May-2018 | ||
Darwin Dimensions | 22-Aug-2011 | ||
OZ Sports | 04-Nov-2008 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Terrascale Technologies | 08-Sep-2006 | Merger/Acquisition |
Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer FAQs
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Who is Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer?
Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer is an angel Investor who has made 5 investments.
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What kind of investor is Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer?
Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer is an angel investor.
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What does Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer do?
As an angel investor, Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer invested in?
Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer has made numerous investments in companies like Ready Education, iSentium, and Oohlala Mobile within the Communication Software, Financial Services, and Educational Software industries.
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What has Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer invested in recently?
Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer's latest investment was on 03-May-2018 in Ready Education, a company within the Communication Software industry.
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