David Massé

Past

• Portfolio Manager at Fondaction
• President at LSDM Consultation
• Portfolio Manager at GTI Capital

• Consultant at David Massé Consultant

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Education

• CFA Institute
• CFA Institute
• Université de Montréal - HEC Montréal

• Université de Montréal - HEC Montréal

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Connections

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Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

David Massé’s Summary

David has spent the last 15 years advising and managing investment funds and high tech companies as consultant and portfolio manager. David has been involved at all levels of the investment process in multiple transactions :
- strategic planning
- start-up
- VC financing rounds
- follow-up
- Board of directors
- turnarounds
- exits in cash & stocks.

David holds a Bachelor degree in finance-economics and a M.Sc. (International Management) from HEC Montréal.

David Massé’s Specialties:

Teaming with the fund Partner and companies seeking financing to manage the investment process before and after the investment.
Although broad, most experience in IT and biotech. Cleantech cases since 2007.

David Massé’s Experience

• Portfolio Manager

  Fondaction

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  February 2003 — September 2006 (3 years 8 months)

  I managed a portfolio of companies in life sciences and IT making investments in the range of 1.5 to 3M$. My portfolio size was between 5 and 15M$, with 4 to 10 companies.

• President

  LSDM Consultation

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Investment Banking industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years)

  Financial advisory and coaching for high tech companies and VC funds in telecom, medical devices, energy, software/Internet and biotech.

• Portfolio Manager

  GTI Capital

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  1997 — 2000 (3 years)

  I managed a 10M$/10 companies fund dedicated to companies in software, Internet and photonics.

• Consultant

  David Massé Consultant

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1994 — 1997 (3 years)

  • Mandated to perform market/technology analysis by venture capital corporations.
  • Laid out the strategic planning and business plan and performed other mandates for/regarding high tech companies in medical devices, software/Internet and biotech.

David Massé’s Education

• CFA Institute

  Level II Candidate, June 2008, 2008 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  With the pace of change observed in the global financial markets and by celebrating my 20 years of graduation in finance in 1988, now is a good time to revisit finance and explore new avenues that benefits my clients and me. The CFA program is my continuing education program.

• CFA Institute

  Level I, 2007 — 2007

• Université de Montréal - HEC Montréal

  M.Sc., International Business, 1992 — 1994

  Activities and Societies:

  My thesis was titled : «Managing the technological innovation within the multinational corporation : the case study of Bombardier»

• Université de Montréal - HEC Montréal

  Bachelor in Business Administration, Finance-Economics, 1984 — 1988

Additional Information

David Massé’s Groups:

•    HEC Montréal member

David Massé’s Contact Settings

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