Raiven Capital held initial closed for a Canada-Silicon Valley venture capital fund with US $25M. The is managed by GPs, Paul Dugsin in Canada and Supreet Manchanda in the US. Continue Reading
Georgian Partners launched Georgian Alignment Fund I and Inovia Capital launched iNovia Growth Fund II. Continue Reading
OurCrowd launched fourth series in its flagship portfolio index fund, OC50 Series IV, accessible to accredited investors, in addition to access to special purpose vehicles (SPVs)Continue Reading
Cycle Capital launched $15-205M water tech impact fund, the BleuImpact Fund to be led by Simon Olivier who joined Cycle Capital as Senior PartnerContinue Reading
TELUS launched $100M social impact investment fund TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good with three cornerstone partnerships with Windmill Microlending, Rhiza Capital, Tidal Vision Continue Reading
PenderFund launched Pender Ventures and final closed Pender Technology Inflection Fund I Limited Partnership at $25M with commitments from Export Development Canada (EDC), Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (Vancity) and private investorsContinue Reading
TVM Capital Life Science held final close for TVM Life Science Innovation II, formerly TVM Life Science Ventures VIII, at US $478M. Canadian parallel fund is capitalized at US $109MContinue Reading
Alberta Enterprise Corporation expanded Yaletown Partners managed Accelerate Fund III to $15M with additional $5M commitments.Continue Reading
Desjardins Group launched $50M Africa, Latin America and Asia focused Aequitas impact investment fund to be managed by Fonidi Management inc. Desjardins committed additional $15M if external investor joins the fund.Continue Reading
Arlene Dickinson’s District Ventures formed a strategic alliance with Nielsen Canada in support of its investment decisions and its portfolio clientsContinue Reading
White Star Capital held first close of its new US $30 million Digital Asset Fund to be led by GP Sep Alavi and supported by Principals, Thomas Klocanas and Sanjay Zimmerman Continue Reading
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) invested US $125M in co-investment partnership formed with Chicago based S2G VenturesContinue Reading
Brightspark Canadian Opportunities Fund (BCOF) reached $60M with 3rd close. LPs include VCCI/BDC Capital, Investissement Québec, BMO Capital Partners, Fondaction, RBC, Teralys Capital, individual investors and family officesContinue Reading
BDC Capital backed Amplitude Ventures Fund I closed $50M 2nd close with Fondaction, Ontario Capital Growth Corporation, Vancity, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Investissement Québec, CDPQ. Nancy Harrison joined Amplitude as Venture PartnerContinue Reading
National Bank and Québec government launched $200M targetted National Bank SME Growth Fund. Continue Reading
BDC Capital launched $160M new intellectual property (IP) development financing envelope led by Quantius CEO Lally Rementilla Continue Reading
Xebec Adsorption (TSX-V: XBC) and Fonds de solidarité FTQ formed $20M GNR Québec Capital L.P. investment fund to focus on renewable natural gas productionContinue Reading
