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Marc Faucher

Managing Partner at ArcTern Ventures

Toronto, Ontario

Overview 

Marc Faucher is currently the Managing Partner at ArcTern Ventures in Toronto, Ontario, specializing in venture capital investments in EnergyTech and ClimateTech/CleanTech sectors. With a background in engineering and an MBA from Ivey Business School, he has successfully co-founded and led companies like Unata Inc., and made strategic investments in startups like Winnow and Emitwise.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2020 - Current

    ArcTern Ventures is a Toronto-based, early-stage venture capital firm investing globally in breakthrough technologies with a positive environmental impact. ArcTern was founded on the belief that accelerating the transition to a greener economy will disrupt all industries, presenting a multi-trillion dollar opportunity for both outsized financial returns and positive environmental impact. For more information, please visit www.arcternventures.com.

  • Unata COO | CFO

    2018 - 2019

    Unata was successfully acquired by Instacart in January 2018, now Instacart Enterprise division. Instacart is a digital grocery marketplace, connecting consumers to the groceries they love from the retailers they adore, to enable on-demand delivery in up to one hour. Today, Instacart is accessible to more than 75% of North American households, working with more than 300 retail partners that include Albertsons, ALDI, Costco, CVS, Loblaw, Publix, Sam's Club, Sprouts and Wegmans, among others.

Instacartshopper is an online grocery platform.

  • COO | CFO & co-founder

    2012 - 2018

    Unata powers industry-leading digital experiences for some of North America’s most well-respected grocers, with the mission to innovate the future of the grocery shopping experience. Unata enables 1-to-1 eCommerce, eCircular and eLoyalty experiences, powering the entire digital grocery experience through a single platform. Unata’s award-winning work is featured by retailers including Lowes Foods, Raley’s, SpartanNash, Longo’s and more.

  • Partner

    2008 - 2012

    The BlackBerry Partners Fund is a $150M venture capital fund with a mandate to identify and fund innovative tech companies looking to shape the global mobile ecosystem of tomorrow.

  • Principal

    2003 - 2008

    Summerhill Venture Partners (a $175M LP/GP based spin out fund from BCE Capital) is an early stage venture capital firm which invests in the areas of Communications, IT and Digital Media.

  • Associate Director

    2002 - 2003

    Corporate development, strategic equity investments

  • Senior Consultant

    2000 - 2001

    The McKenna Group (founded by Regis McKenna) is a boutique strategic consulting firm focused on developing go-to-market growth strategies for technology based businesses.

  • Product Manager - Wireless Networks

    1995 - 1998

    Product Manager for radio base station products in wireless networks

Ericsson Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in innovative companies.

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