David Dufresne

Investment Partner, AQC Capital

David started his career in the Canadian VC industry in the early 2000s at Desjardins Venture Capital and the BlackBerry Partners Fund. David left to pursue entrepreneurial roles and acted as CEO of music tech company Bandzoogle for 5 years. He then worked with music platform Bandcamp as their Head of Strategy and Growth before returning to VC. He was a founding partner of both 500 Startups Canada and Panache Ventures. After focusing on building his angel investor portfolio and consulting with different firms and startups, David recently joined AQC Capital. This Montreal-based VC firm leads pre-seed and seed rounds, co-investing with angel investors.