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National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program

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Total investments 130
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 112
Lead investments 19
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.14
Exits 20
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Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Information Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
Summary

The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Ottawa. The venture was found in North America in Canada.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2 partakers. Despite the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program, startups are often financed by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Ontario Centres of Excellence, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Volition Capital, Royal Bank of Canada, Greenspring Associates. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Ontario Centres of Excellence, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Innovacorp.

The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The important activity for fund was in 2017. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 1 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The average startup value when the investment from National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program is 1-5 millions dollars.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Canada. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Assent Compliance, Zucara Therapeutics, Smart Skin Technologies. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Elder Care, Health Care.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Dispersa

Biotechnology
Chemical
CleanTech
$1M20 Apr 2023 Laval, Quebec, Canada

Connektica

Machine Learning
Telecommunications
$2M31 Oct 2022 Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Adatra

FinTech
Trading Platform
$238K20 Apr 2022 Calgary, Canada

Eva

Blockchain
Information Services
Information Technology
$1M01 Sep 2021 Montréal, Quebec, Canada

EhEye

Artificial Intelligence
Public Safety
Security
Software
$380K15 Jan 2018 Saint John, New Brunswick

Assent Compliance

Customer Service
Environmental Consulting
Information Technology
SaaS
Software
Supply Chain Management
$31M14 Jul 2017 (Old) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

VaxAlta

Health Care
07 Jun 2016 Edmonton, Canada

Appili Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$3M25 May 2016 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Assent Compliance

Customer Service
Environmental Consulting
Information Technology
SaaS
Software
Supply Chain Management
$20M04 May 2016 Canada, Ontario

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Total investments 130
Average round size 1M
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 19
Follow on index 0.14
Exits 20
Group Appearance index 0.29

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Dispersa

Biotechnology
Chemical
CleanTech
$1M20 Apr 2023 Laval, Quebec, Canada

Connektica

Machine Learning
Telecommunications
$2M31 Oct 2022 Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Adatra

FinTech
Trading Platform
$238K20 Apr 2022 Calgary, Canada

Eva

Blockchain
Information Services
Information Technology
$1M01 Sep 2021 Montréal, Quebec, Canada

EhEye

Artificial Intelligence
Public Safety
Security
Software
$380K15 Jan 2018 Saint John, New Brunswick

Assent Compliance

Customer Service
Environmental Consulting
Information Technology
SaaS
Software
Supply Chain Management
$31M14 Jul 2017 (Old) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

VaxAlta

Health Care
07 Jun 2016 Edmonton, Canada

Appili Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$3M25 May 2016 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Assent Compliance

Customer Service
Environmental Consulting
Information Technology
SaaS
Software
Supply Chain Management
$20M04 May 2016 Canada, Ontario
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