asterX Capital

Profile and leaders

Parent QuebecorHQ Montreal, CanadaFounded 2021

asterX Capital is the corporate venture arm of Quebecor, a telecommunications company. It was founded in 2021 and is based in Montreal, Canada. It invests from seed to Series B. Sectors it names: media and gaming, enterprise software, cybersecurity, consumer and retail.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Series B

Data behind this graphic

Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Seed to Series B
Sectors	Media and gaming, Enterprise software, Cybersecurity, Consumer and retail, Education, Climate and energy
Offices	Montreal, Canada

Sources: S2 asterX Capital value proposition page.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
Offices: Montreal, Canada

LeadersS1

Pelra AzondekonManaging Director, asterX and Director of Corporate VC at QuebecorLinkedIn Firm page

asterX Capital on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Quebecor (TSX:QBR.B)	Single source	S4
Parent industry	Telecommunications	Single source	S4
Founded	2021	Single source	S3
Headquarters	Montreal, Canada	Single source	S3
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S4
Stages	Seed, Series A, Series B	Single source	S2

About Quebecor

Item	Detail	Source
Listed as	TSX:QBR.B	S4
Headquarters	Canada	S4

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Stages	Seed, Series A, Series B	S2
Check size, Seed	CAD 250,000 to CAD 5M	S2
Contact form	asterx.vc/en/introduce-us-to-your-start-up/	S2

History

2021Quebecor unveiled asterX and the asterX Capital fundS3

Portfolio

Portfolio companies named in public sources: Aerial Technologies, Optable.S2

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

1 companies on the asterX Capital portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Deloitte Ventures	1	Optable
Hearst Ventures	1	Optable

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Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website asterx.vc/en/
Portfolio asterx.vc/en/asterx-capital-en/

Sources

S1asterX Capital team pageFirm
S2asterX Capital value proposition pageFirm
S3Quebecor: Quebecor unveils asterX, its corporate venture capital armParent company
S4asterX Capital about usFirm

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