Francois Lafortune
Co-Founder & CEO at Diagram
Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolFrancois Lafortune is a founder-investor and CEO with over 15 years of experience building and scaling fintech, insurance, and health technology companies from idea to exit. As co-founder and CEO of Diagram Ventures he has helped raise $205M and launched 14 companies across North America, pairing capital with hands-on incubation and a deep partner ecosystem. He also serves on multiple boards and is a Managing Partner at Sagard, bringing an operator’s mindset to institutional capital allocation. A former McKinsey tech practice leader, Francois combines strategy, cybersecurity and enterprise architecture expertise with street-level startup building. He was named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 and began his entrepreneurial journey assembling PCs at 13, a throughline that highlights his practical, product-first approach. Educated at McGill (Engineering, Great Distinction) and Stanford GSB, he blends rigorous technical training with elite business strategy.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration and Management General, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration and Management General at Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessCollège Jean-EudesEngineer’s Degree Mechanical Engineering, Engineer’s Degree Mechanical Engineering at McGill University
French, English
Github Skills (15)
foursquare7
storm5
api4
twitter3
javascript-client3
inject3
jquery3
isolate3
javascript3
javascript-api3
trending3
jquery-plugin3
nodejs3
computation3
realtime2
Github contributions (5)
praized/marelle
Jan 2011 - Mar 2011
Contributions:75 commits in 2 months
apijavascript-clientfoursquarejavascriptfoursquare-api
quickredfox/jQuery-Quarantine
Aug 2010 - Apr 2013
Contributions:10 commits in 2 years 8 months
isolatejqueryjavascriptjquery-plugininject
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