NBIF’s Venture Capital Fund

Total investments

16

Average round size

3M

Portfolio companies

14

Lead investments

2

Follow on index

0.12

Exits

1

Areas of investment
SoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceMobile AppsInternet of ThingsRenewable EnergyIndustrialSolarIndustrial AutomationEnvironmental Engineering

Summary

Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The high activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5 partakers. Despite the NBIFu2019s Venture Capital Fund, startups are often financed by New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, Momenta Ventures, Creative Destruction Lab. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Opportunities New Brunswick, New Brunswick angels, Globalive Technology. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Eigen Innovations Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Industrial Automation, Internet of Things.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
16
Lead investments
2
Exits
1
Follow on index
0.12
Investments by industry
  • Software (6)
  • Information Technology (3)
  • Renewable Energy (3)
  • Industrial (2)
  • Internet of Things (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (1)
  • Canada (13)
Peak activity year
2021

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
6
Avg. valuation at time of investment
713K
Group Appearance index
0.88

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Picketa Systems 26 May 2023 Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning, CleanTech, AgTech, Embedded Systems, Farming Seed 1M
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