David Fontaine stands out for being unusually visible and hands-on with founders: he has organized Toronto coffee meetups for early-stage SaaS founders, personally hosts and interviews guests on Framework's podcast, and is named directly in company financing announcements like Airspeed's Series A rather than just being tied to the fund brand. His path into venture also looks different from most investors—he spent four years at Ivanhoé Cambridge working on growth markets and industrial and logistics, then built his venture skills at CDPQ's venture capital team doing diligence, portfolio management, and board observer work, before becoming a bilingual Canadian investor at Framework who has grown from Senior Associate to Principal.