Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 5

  • Portfolio
  • 1

  • Exits
  • 5

Exits

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
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • Montreal, Quebec
  • Canada

Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer Investments & Acquisitions (5)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
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
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

Investments by Industry

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Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer FAQs

  • Who is Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer?

    Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer is an angel Investor who has made 5 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer?

    Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer is an angel investor.

  • What does Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer do?

    As an angel investor, Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • 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.

  • 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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