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Business Development Bank of Canada

Business Development Bank of Canada portfolio

Business Development Bank of Canada has 5 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding.

Type: Investor.

Portfolio on Recent Funding: 5.

Deals, last 12 months: 0.

Capital in their rounds: $52M.

Latest deal: Assent · Jul 1, 2017.

About this page

Its most recent investment on record is Assent's $32M Series B+ round in July 2017, alongside First Ascent Ventures, National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program, Greenspring Associates and 2 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Sales and marketing (1) and Legal and compliance (1). It has co-invested with Greenspring Associates, Volition Capital and First Ascent Ventures, most often Greenspring Associates (2 rounds).

What Business Development Bank of Canada invests in

Sales and marketing · 1 · 20%
Legal and compliance · 1 · 20%
Data and analytics · 1 · 20%
Robotics and hardware · 1 · 20%
Manufacturing and industrial · 1 · 20%
Crypto x AI · 1 · 20%
HR and recruiting · 1 · 20%
Education · 1 · 20%

How Business Development Bank of Canada invests

Stage	Deals	Capital in rounds
Series B+	1 50%	$32M
Series A	1 50%	$20M

Year	Deals	Capital in rounds
2016	1 50%	$20M
2017	1 50%	$32M

Business Development Bank of Canada portfolio companies

AAssent$32MSeries B+ · Jul 2017
PPhotonicbacker
EElement Aibacker
AApplyboardbacker
CCertnbacker

Company	Round with Business Development Bank of Canada	Total raised	Latest raise
AAssent Sales and marketing	Jul 1, 2017 Series B+ · $32M	$52M	Jan 6, 2022 round
PPhotonic Robotics and hardware	backer	$130M	Jan 7, 2026 round
EElement Ai Crypto x AI	backer	undisclosed	—
AApplyboard HR and recruiting	backer	undisclosed	—
CCertn Cybersecurity	backer	$50.98M	May 10, 2022 Series B+

Most frequent co-investors

Similar investors

Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Sales and marketing).

How this is counted

Share is of the 2 rounds on Recent Funding that name Business Development Bank of Canada. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.

Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Business Development Bank of Canada, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/business-development-bank-of-canada (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.