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BDC Venture Capital

Founders David Carman

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Total investments 681
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$8M
Portfolio companies 406
Rounds per year 13.90
Lead investments 52
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.34
Exits 103
Key employees 19
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Biotechnology
  • Mobile
  • Enterprise Software
Summary

In 1975 was created BDC Venture Capital, which is appeared as VC. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Montru00e9al. The venture was found in North America in Canada.

The fund was created by David Carman. The overall number of key employees were 19.

When the investment is from BDC Venture Capital the average startup value is 100-500 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this BDC Venture Capital performs on 10 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2016. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 3 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 13-24 deals per year. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2009.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the BDC Venture Capital, startups are often financed by HIGHLINEvc, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, Export Development Canada. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are iNovia Capital, Fonds de solidaritu00e9 FTQ, Desjardins Venture Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Ventures West, iNovia Capital, OMERS Ventures.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are E-Commerce, SaaS. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Canada. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Celator Pharmaceuticals, Clementia Pharmaceuticals, GridPoint. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

MarineLabs

Analytics
Internet of Things
Marine Technology
Sensor
$3M13 Mar 2024 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Thentia

Robotics
Software
$38M25 Jan 2024 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Xaba

Artificial Intelligence
Software
$2M09 Jan 2024 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

TechBrew Robotics

Computer Vision
Industrial Automation
Robotics
$13M15 Nov 2023 Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada

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Collaboration
E-Learning
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
SaaS
Software
Training
$4M27 Sep 2023 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

GHGSat

Aerospace
Environmental Consulting
Oil and Gas
$47M07 Sep 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

InnerSpace

Big Data
Facilities Support Services
Indoor Positioning
Internet of Things
Location Based Services
Mobile
Public Safety
Smart Building
Smart Cities
$7M10 Aug 2023 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc.

Clean Energy
CleanTech
Nanotechnology
Renewable Energy
Solar
$26M31 Jul 2023 Calgary, Canada

Solink

Analytics
Big Data
Business Intelligence
Retail
Security
Software
Video
$60M25 Jul 2023 (Old) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
News
SkyWatch Space Applications Raises $17.2M in Series B Funding

– SkyWatch is a space technology startup based in Waterloo, Canada.
– The company raised $17.2M in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Drive Capital with participation from existing investors Bullpen Capital, Space Capital, Golden Ventures, and BDC Ventures.
– The new investment will be used to expand operations, growth and business reach.

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Total investments 681
Average round size 8M
Rounds per year 13.90
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 52
Follow on index 0.34
Exits 103
Group Appearance index 0.72

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

MarineLabs

Analytics
Internet of Things
Marine Technology
Sensor
$3M13 Mar 2024 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Thentia

Robotics
Software
$38M25 Jan 2024 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Xaba

Artificial Intelligence
Software
$2M09 Jan 2024 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

TechBrew Robotics

Computer Vision
Industrial Automation
Robotics
$13M15 Nov 2023 Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada

Synapse

Collaboration
E-Learning
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
SaaS
Software
Training
$4M27 Sep 2023 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

GHGSat

Aerospace
Environmental Consulting
Oil and Gas
$47M07 Sep 2023 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

InnerSpace

Big Data
Facilities Support Services
Indoor Positioning
Internet of Things
Location Based Services
Mobile
Public Safety
Smart Building
Smart Cities
$7M10 Aug 2023 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc.

Clean Energy
CleanTech
Nanotechnology
Renewable Energy
Solar
$26M31 Jul 2023 Calgary, Canada

Solink

Analytics
Big Data
Business Intelligence
Retail
Security
Software
Video
$60M25 Jul 2023 (Old) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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