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20 Most Active Venture Capital Investors in Canada

Posted by Rob Lewis on Fri, October 2, 2009 11:27 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Funding & Exits, Research & Infographics · Comments

Today TechFinance.ca published a list of the Most Active Venture Capital investors in Canada to date for 2009.

The number preceding the firm's name is the number of deals they participated in and the dollar amount after their name is the total value of the deals in Millions.

26 - Business Development Bank of Canada - $128
25 - GrowthWorks Ltd. - $99
10 - VenGrowth Private Equity Partners - $27
5 - Fonds de solidarité FTQ - $96
5 - Yaletown Venture Partners Inc. - $19
4 - iNovia Capital - $27
4 - Ventures West Capital Ltd. - $26
4 - Lions Capital Corp. - $16
4 - Export Development Canada - $13
4 - AVAC Ltd. - $10
4 - Covington Capital Corporation - $7
3 - Desjardins Venture Capital - $19
3 - Multiple Capital Inc. - $15
3 - BDR Capital - $15
3 - B.E.S.T. Investment Counsel Limited - $9
3 - Discovery Capital Management Corp. - $7
2 - JLA Ventures Inc. - $21
2 - CTI Life Sciences Fund - $20
2 - EdgeStone Capital Partners - $18
2 - VentureLink LP - $17

Have a quick look at the 2008 results and you'll see that this year's numbers are way down.

Company:: VenGrowth
Website:: http://www.vengrowth.com
Location:: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

With approximately $1 billion in assets under management, VenGrowth is one of Canada's leading venture capital firms. Since it began operations in... [more]

Company:: Yaletown Venture Partners
Website:: http://www.yaletown.com
Location:: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Yaletown Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests time and money in seed and early-stage... [more]

Company:: GrowthWorks Capital
Website:: http://www.growthworks.ca/vc/
Location:: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

GrowthWorks is a recognized leader in the Canadian venture capital industry, specializing in the management and growth of regionally based venture... [more]

Company:: Business Development Bank of Canada
Website:: http://www.bdc.ca
Location:: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

BDC is Canada's business development bank. From 94 branches across the country, BDC promotes entrepreneurship by providing highly tailored... [more]

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