National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program

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.