Dominion Dynamics lands $139 million in Canada's largest defence-tech Series A (opens in a new tab)
BetaKit reports Georgian leading a large defence-tech round, with Canadian and international co-investors.
Growth & Venture Capital
Toronto growth equity firm backing B2B AI software companies, with an in-house AI Lab.
Georgian (Georgian Partners) is a Toronto-headquartered growth equity firm founded in 2008 by three software entrepreneurs. It invests in high-growth B2B technology companies across the AI stack, from infrastructure and applications to cybersecurity and developer tools, targeting about six new investments a year with initial cheques of US$25 million or more from its sixth flagship Growth Fund. Its in-house AI Lab of ML engineers and scientists works directly with portfolio companies on production AI.
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Flagship fund family, now investing from its sixth fund, targeting about six new investments a year with initial cheques of US$25 million or more in companies that can lead $10B+ markets.
Follow-on vehicle used to back existing portfolio companies in later rounds, e.g. leading Glooko's Series F through Alignment Fund II.
Smaller early cheques into emerging technologies or markets, such as defence-tech and physical-AI companies, to build conviction before larger rounds.
In-house team of ML engineers and researchers that embeds with portfolio companies on production AI work and supports technical due diligence.
Capital Formation and Strategic Investments team covering fundraising, co-invest and SPV products, capital management and LP relations (overseen by co-founder John Berton), alongside a Portfolio Value Creation group.
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Venture interviews test sourcing and judgement rather than technicals. Bring a company they have not invested in and explain why you would back it, then name a portfolio company of theirs you find interesting and why. That does more than any structural reason.
Runs an in-house applied research and data science team that works directly with portfolio companies, which almost no other Canadian fund does: the firm is a product organisation as much as an investor.
Software and AI focus with a defined, published investment thesis.
Toronto-based with North American deal flow.
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Co-Founder, CEO
Investment
Co-founded Georgian in 2008, is now listed as its CEO and sits on the investment committee. As a lead investor he has led 25 Growth Fund investments, including Shopify, and he oversees the AI Lab, People and Culture and Community teams. Earlier he co-founded and ran DWL, acquired by IBM in 2005, then was a strategy VP at IBM.
Founder, Head of Customer Operations, Lead Investor
Investment
Co-founder and lead investor at Georgian who focuses on go-to-market design for cloud and SaaS companies. He previously led worldwide sales and marketing at DWL and, after IBM acquired DWL in 2005, was a worldwide sales director in IBM Software Group.
Co-Founder
Firm leadership
Co-founded Georgian in 2008 and sits on its investment committee, overseeing capital formation (fundraising, co-invest/SPV products, capital management, LP relations) plus legal and finance. Previously a software company CEO for five years and spent five years at a merchant bank. CFA; Queen's BSc and Calgary computer science degree.
Partner
Investment
Joined Georgian in 2016 and became a partner in 2018 after working as a McKinsey consultant in financial services. She has led 11 Growth Fund deals in business software, including Expo, Render, PolyAI, Contentstack and Dagster Labs. Cornell Johnson MBA, Juilliard BFA.
Partner
Investment
Joined Georgian in 2017 and was promoted to lead investor in 2020; now a partner. She has led investments including Supabase, Dominion Dynamics, Tenstorrent and Replit. Previously a senior product manager at Amazon, COO of OneSpout and an Accenture consultant. Cornell MBA, University of Waterloo degree.
Partner
Investment
Partner who joined Georgian alongside its co-founders in 2008 and has led 13 Growth Fund investments with a focus on cybersecurity, including Cyera, Island, Armis, Chainguard and Eon. Previously a sales leader at IBM and head of channels and alliances at DWL.
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Sep 9, 2024
Parinaz SobhaniDeparture
Head of AI
Georgian → Sagard Holdings
Georgian's head of AI left after about seven and a half years to become Sagard's first head of AI.
Jun 30, 2026
Dominion Dynamics
Lead investor · Defence technology (Arctic autonomy)
Buyer Investor syndicate led by Georgian
Georgian led a C$139 million Series A, reported by BetaKit as Canada's largest defence-tech Series A, after leading the C$21 million (US$15 million) seed in January 2026 as a Pathfinder deal.
Jun 5, 2026
Supabase
Co-investor · Developer infrastructure / database
Buyer Investor syndicate
Georgian joined Supabase's US$500 million Series F at a US$10 billion pre-money valuation, per Georgian's own announcement.
Feb 11, 2026
Bedrock Robotics
Co-investor · Physical AI / construction automation
Buyer Investor syndicate
Georgian took part in Bedrock's US$270 million Series B as a Pathfinder investment in autonomous retrofitted construction equipment.
Dec 24, 2025
Armis
Seller · Cybersecurity
Buyer ServiceNow · Seller Armis shareholders incl. Georgian
ServiceNow agreed to buy cyber exposure management company Armis. Georgian first invested in Armis's April 2020 buyout round, kept backing it through its follow-on fund, and its AI Lab worked with Armis engineers.
Oct 10, 2024
Glooko
Lead investor · Digital health
Buyer Investor syndicate led by Georgian
Georgian led Glooko's US$100 million Series F from Alignment Fund II, having first led its Series C in 2017.
BetaKit reports Georgian leading a large defence-tech round, with Canadian and international co-investors.
Participation in a US$500 million round.
C$21 million seed into an Arctic defence-autonomy start-up, framed as a Pathfinder deal.
Georgian's own post on the planned sale of portfolio company Armis and its history with the business.
US$100 million round led via Alignment Fund II.
Parinaz Sobhani left Georgian to become Sagard's first head of AI.
BetaKit covers the departure of Georgian's long-time AI head to Sagard.
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