National Research Council Canada

Type

Government organization

Status

Active

Location

Ottawa, Canada

Total investments

56

Average round size

303K

Portfolio companies

42

Rounds per year

0.52

Lead investments

8

Follow on index

0.21

Exits

6

Stages of investment
Grant
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningHealth CareManufacturingMedicalComputer3D Printing

Summary

National Research Council Canada is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1916. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in Canada. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Ottawa.

The important activity for fund was in 2018. When the investment is from National Research Council Canada the average startup value is 5-10 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 24 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this National Research Council Canada performs on 18 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight QRA Corp, Lysac Technologies. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Software, Information Technology. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Canada. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the National Research Council Canada, startups are often financed by VA Angels, Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners, SOSV. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Societe Generale, Fonds de solidaritu00e9 FTQ, Desjardins Venture Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners, Real Ventures, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

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Analytics

Total investments
56
Lead investments
8
Exits
6
Rounds per year
0.52
Follow on index
0.21
Investments by industry
  • Software (15)
  • Artificial Intelligence (9)
  • Computer (8)
  • Information Technology (7)
  • Health Care (7)
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Investments by region
  • Canada (53)
  • United Kingdom (1)
Peak activity year
2020

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
478K
Group Appearance index
0.32
Avg. company exit year
12

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Hikai 01 Jan 2019 Seed Quebec, Montreal, Canada
OraQ AI 01 Jul 2021 Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Health Care, Dental Seed 795K Alberta, Calgary, Canada
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