White Star Capital

Great to see La Caisse (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) backing a local champion! 🇨🇦 Congratulations to Charles Assaf and the brilliant team at Novisto on this strategic sustainability partnership and investment. White Star Capital has been a proud, long-term investor in Novisto, and it is very rewarding to see a local success story secure the backing of a powerhouse like La Caisse to accelerate its global growth. With increasing regulatory pressures like the CSRD and new climate disclosure laws, Novisto’s software is no longer just a "nice-to-have", it is essential infrastructure for the future of corporate governance. More about the announcement from La Presse: https://lnkd.in/efsJfjvj

With the rapid advances in AI, the nature of cybersecurity threats is changing 👾 Security models were traditionally built around protecting companies from external actors outside the firewall. But today, AI coding agents increasingly behave like external actors operating inside the firewall, with access to code, credentials, and internal systems. Recent high-profile supply chain attacks, including Vercel and Trivy, were just the opening act. That's why I'm excited to announce that White Star Capital's Seed Fund has invested in boostsecurity.io alongside our friends at Amiral Ventures, Accelia Capital, and Sorenson Capital. Boost is addressing this new reality with, among others, a cutting-edge software supply chain security platform, and a world-class cybersecurity team led by Zaid Al Hamami, including among other Rajiv Sinha and François Proulx . Alongside this new funding, Boost Security is also announcing its acquisition of SecureIQx and Korbit.ai to cement their position as the AI-Native SDLC Defense Platform, unifying endpoint protection, supply chain security, and AI-Native ASPM. Congrats to Zaid and the entire Boost Security team! Onward! Frederic Bastien Dominic Becotte Nectarios Economakis Annick Charbonneau Ken Elefant Sanjay Zimmermann Manon Saldmann

Today is a very special milestone for us at Cata. Less than a year after launch, we’re excited to announce our USD 5.3M seed round led by Portage, alongside White Star Capital, 468 Capital, FoodLabs, FJ Labs, Rally Cap VC, and Iterative. We started Cata because we believed modern consumer brands — from fast-growing operators to large QSR chains — deserve better digital infrastructure. While customer expectations around consumer-facing technology evolve rapidly, most businesses are still stuck managing fragmented systems across ordering, payments, promotions, loyalty, CRM, and customer data. Cata changes that by enabling brands to launch premium branded apps and other enterprise-level digital capabilities for businesses that have historically been locked out of such tech due to its complexity, cost and required skillset. One thing that feels especially meaningful to Marija, Sebastian and me is having Portage lead this round. From day one, they were one of the dream partners we almost didn’t dare to hope for - so we could not be more excited for them to join us with such deep conviction and understanding around where this market is heading. Thank you Jake Bodanis, Alex Tung and the whole Portage team for your trust in Cata and us as a team. We’ve been humbled by the trust customers have already placed in us and by the strong traction we’re seeing across the platform — including powering digital business of Guzman y Gomez Singapore, Goldies, Brammibal's Donuts and many more through Cata. Huge thank you to our investors, customers, partners, and team - the list of incredible supporters is endless (you know who you are!) so I’ll just name a few:  Marija Brunier Sebastian Hannecker Ali Irawan Ashwin Irappa Darryl Chua Jake Bodanis Alex Tung Till Hoelzer Guilherme Steinbruch Alexander Kudlich Sanjay Zimmermann Nick Stocks Brian Ma Cathy Guo Jeff Berger Kyane Kassiri Hayden Simmons Josh Bell Adora Sarah Chou Jasko Celebic Bram van Montfort We’re just getting started. Learn more: www.cata.sg -- A special thanks to e27 (Optimatic) for the great article (https://lnkd.in/dCiU6pXu)

Today marks a major milestone for Cata. Less than a year after launch, we’re incredibly proud to announce our USD 5.3M seed round led by Portage, alongside White Star Capital, 468 Capital, FoodLabs, FJ Labs, Rally Cap VC, and Iterative. We started Cata with a simple belief: The next generation of ambitious consumer brands — from fast-growing operators to large international QSRs and enterprise chains — should have access to the same level of digital infrastructure historically reserved for the world’s largest companies. Today, too many restaurants and retail brands still operate fragmented systems across ordering, payments, marketing and promotions tools, omni-channel loyalty, CRM, and customer data. We believe there’s a fundamentally better way. Cata brings these capabilities into one integrated platform — enabling fast-growing brands, multi-unit operators, and enterprise chains to build and scale sophisticated digital ecosystems with greater control, speed, intelligence, and ownership. Over the past months, we’ve been deeply humbled by the trust major brands have already placed in us and by the strong adoption and performance we’ve already seen across the platform — including powering the digital business of Guzman y Gomez Singapore, Goldies, Brammibal's Donuts and many more. This new capital allows us to continue building the products we believe modern consumer businesses desperately need — alongside a team, customers, and partners that inspire us every day. A huge thank you to our investors for believing in this vision. And an even bigger thank you to every customer, partner, and team member building this journey with us. This is only the beginning. https://lnkd.in/giZ5Rsh8 #fundraising #retailtech #foodtech #saas #consumerbrands #crm #loyalty #marketingtechnology Marija Brunier Sebastian Hannecker David Brunier Ali Irawan Ashwin Irappa

The energy transition is growing more relevant than ever, with the focus shifting to the ability to optimize energy systems through software-driven solutions and digitized energy infrastructure technology among others. It is a very consequential space creating massive opportunities. While it has been a privilege over the years to contribute to the development of the financial framework enabling the sector’s transformation through M&A and capital raise advisory, I am thrilled to join the White Star Capital team as Venture Partner, focusing on innovation and opportunities within the global energy transition. White Star Capital is a global multi-stage technology investment platform that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to help them scale globally. It is led by a fantastic group of LPs and co-founded by Eric Martineau-Fortin and Jean-Francois Marcoux #energytransition #innovation

Lancer le fond d'amorcage chez White Star Capital avec Sanjay Zimmermann, c’est une aventure exigeante, mais tellement pleine de sens et énergisante. Les récentes avancées technologiques ont inspiré une nouvelle génération d'entrepreneurs visionnaires au Québec et au Canada à se lancer, et nous sommes fiers de les appuyer dans leurs ambitions 🚀 , en collaboration avec nos partenaires de l'écosytème. Quel moment incroyable de l'histoire pour investir en tech! Ravie d’avoir pris part à cette discussion au sujet de la création de fonds émergents avec Marianne Dubois, Maxime Pelletier, menée par Beatrice Couture, au congrès annuel de Réseau Capital. La nouvelle génération est prête! Merci à Réseau Capital pour cette belle journée, sur le thème de la collaboration.

Thrilled to share that Kulipa has raised $6.2M in seed funding, co-led by Flourish Ventures and 1kx, with White Star Capital and Fabric Ventures Stablecoins settle $300B+ daily, but spending them in the real world is still broken. We built the infrastructure to fix that. Thank you to our investors, our team, and our customers. This is just the beginning 🌍💳 https://lnkd.in/gUDKNhid

In construction, trust and reliability is like religion. That is exactly why Anna Berger and Cara Kessler stood out immediately. Construction payroll and labor management are among the most painful workflows in the industry, yet many contractors still manage them through paper, spreadsheets, and generic software not built for the realities of the job. Trayd: Construction Payroll, HR, & Compliance is changing that by bringing time tracking, payroll, dispatch, and HR into one platform purpose-built for trade contractors. From our first meeting, it was clear Anna Berger and Cara Kessler are a rare combination. Anna grew up in a multi-generational construction family and understands contractors from the inside. Cara brings immense technical depth to build mission-critical systems that have to work every time. Today, I’m proud to share that White Star Capital is partnering with Trayd by leading its $10M Series A to build the back-office operating system for trade contractors, starting with payroll. In an industry where relationships matter, switching costs are high, and mistakes are expensive, that blend of domain credibility and execution is incredibly hard to find. We are thrilled to partner with Anna and Cara as they scale Trayd. Ted Vinnitchouk and I wrote more on why we’re excited to back Trayd. Link in comments. https://lnkd.in/g3Vw6PFC