Lumira Capital Investment Management, dba Lumira Ventures, held final close for Lumira Ventures IV with total capital commitment of US $220M, and US $35M strategic venture fund with an unnamed international pharmaceutical companyContinue Reading
WELL Health Technologies Corp. launched WELL Health Ventures Inc. and invested $250K in Halifax’ Bright (formerly Cribcut)Continue Reading
Active Impact Investments final closed 2nd fund at $54M with commitments from First West Credit Union, Fondaction, Vancity, University of Victoria, Hamilton Community Foundation, clients of Genus Capital Management and othersContinue Reading
Viridis Terra International backed TreesofLives held initial close for first of two impact investment funds. Funds will used to finance restoration projects for degraded land in Latin America, with Peru serving as the starting point.Continue Reading
Vistara Capital Partners launched and held initial close for Vistara Technology Growth Fund IV led by GPs, Randy Garg and Noah Shipman.Continue Reading
Sheldon Elman and family seed funded and Josh Blair led Esplanade HealthTech Ventures final closed inaugural venture fund, Esplanade HealthTech Ventures I, with over $21M in capital commitment.Continue Reading
Version One raised US $100M for its two newest funds, Version One IV with US $70M, and Version One Opportunities II with US $30M. Limited Partners to the two funds were not disclosed.Continue Reading
BDC Capital allocated $300M for a new growth venture co-investment fund targeting late stage growth companies and co-investing alongside other partner fundsContinue Reading
Black Innovation Capital (BIC) with support of BDC Capital launched $10M Black Innovation Fund, with initial close of $6.4M. Other investors include RBC Ventures, Globalive Capital, and TELUS Ventures.Continue Reading
Serge Beauchemin led AQC Capital launched $64M Anges Québec Capital II backed by Investissement Québec, Teralys Capital, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Fondaction and FinaltaContinue Reading
Sagard Holdings backed and François Lafortune led Diagram final closed inaugural Diagram Opportunity Fund IContinue Reading
CTI Life Sciences Fund III held initial close raising $100M from BDC, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), Investissement Québec, Teralys Capital and other limited partner (LP) investors.
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Farm Credit Canada (FCC) backs a new novel $15M venture capital fund, Carrot Ventures Fund I, L.P. , launched by AVAC Ltd.Continue Reading
PenderFund Capital Management proposed to merge Working Opportunity Fund (EVCC) Ltd. into Pender Growth Fund Inc. Continue Reading
Sagard Holdings launched and held initial closing for Portage Ventures III and affiliated fund Diagram Opportunity Fund I held initial closeContinue Reading
The Canadian Gas Association (CGA) launched NGIF Capital Corporation led by President & CEO John Adams. NGIF Capital will soon launch venture capital fund, NGIF Cleantech Ventures. Continue Reading
Caisse de dépot et placement du Québec entered into co-investment partnership with Energize Ventures to invest up to US $125M over 3 years in digital transformation of energy and sustainable industry sectors.Continue Reading
