Jean-Francois Pariseau
Board Observer

Jean-François is co-founder and Partner at Amplitude Ventures, a full-stack venture capital firm using a unique growth model to build Canadian companies with world-class management teams and scale companies to breakout potential. With offices in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, Amplitude applies a proven, evidence-based approach to investing in leading precision medicine companies.

Before co-founding Amplitude, Jean-Francois was Partner at the Healthcare Fund of BDC Capital and an investment manager with CDP Capital Technology Ventures, a subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, where he was responsible for healthcare investments in Canada and the US. While completing his graduate studies in biomedical sciences at a university hospital, Jean-Francois co-founded a consulting company specializing in regulatory affairs, and a pharmaceutical-product distribution company.

Jean-François currently sits on the Board of Directors of Thryv Therapeutics Inc., Imagia Canexia Health Inc., the CVCA and Reseau Capital.  When Jean-Francois is not on a plane meeting with entrepreneurs, he splits its time between the dojo, his bike or as the personal driver of his two teenagers.