Specialist · Montreal, QC
Glen Ventures
Backing visionary entrepreneurs to reshape healthcare through technology.
- Cheque
- $250k to $1M
- Role
- Can lead a round
- Pace
- Actively deploying
- Kind
- Specialist
- Based in
- Montreal, QC
- Founded
- 2024
- Works in
- EN + FR
- Last deal seen
- July 2025
- Sectors
- Health and biotech
Their thesis, in full
Montreal early-stage healthtech VC, MUHC-affiliated, investing pre-seed and seed via SPVs while raising a dedicated fund. A $5M Eureka co-investment mandate (late 2024) funds up to four startups whose IP originates from Quebec public research, while the firm invests more broadly in healthtech outside the mandate. It led the seed rounds of Paperplane Therapeutics and Sensifai Health.
What they bring past the cheque
- Quebec research IP commercialization
- McGill health centre affiliation
- Healthtech domain expertise
- Seed lead capacity
- Academic and clinical network
Questions they usually ask
Have an answer ready for each one before the first call.
- Is your core IP cleanly licensed from the research institution?
- What clinical or adoption evidence do you have so far?
- Who is the payer, and how long is the sales cycle?
Follow-on
Glen Ventures invests from SPVs today, with capital already reserved for extensions alongside each first cheque, and plans to raise a dedicated fund. It prepares portfolio companies for Series A by building syndicates, partnerships and governance around them. Follow-on tracks clinical and adoption milestones.
Who to talk to
- Michael GoodmanFounding Partner
- Samuel OhayonManaging Partner
Portfolio
Names they back, most notable first.
- Paperplane TherapeuticsSeed · 2025
- Sensifai HealthSeed · 2025
- Leaflet SolutionsSeed · 2025
- Paratus Medical
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