HOOTSUITE MEDIA INC. BC. $66. D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC. BC. $62. AURINIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. BC. $57. WP TECHNOLOGY INC., DBA
2014 CANADIAN VENTURE CAPITAL MARKET OVERVIEW
PRELIMINARY RESULTS 1
# VC DEALS AND $ BY PROVINCE IN 2014
64
12
$1.7B
$
2
2
120
$42M $532 M
Alberta
BC
53 5
$.75M Saskatchewan
$211 M Quebec
$31M
TOTAL #
269 DEALS
TOP 10 VC DEALS
IN VENTURE CAPITAL (VC) WAS INVESTED IN CANADIAN COMPANIES
1
$.15M
1
Price Edward Island
10
$5.4M
New Brunswick
TOP 10 MOST ACTIVE VC FIRMS
$16M
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
$815 M Ontario
COMPANY
PROV.
TOTAL ($ MIL)
D2L INC./DESIRE2LEARN
ON
$91 M
HOOTSUITE MEDIA INC. D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC. AURINIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. WP TECHNOLOGY INC., DBA WATTPAD LIGHTSPEED RETAIL INC. KIK INTERACTIVE INC. MEDAVAIL TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2NDSITE INC., DBA FRESHBOOKS MONTERIS MEDICAL INC. SHOP.CA NETWORK INC. ZYMEWORKS INC.
BC BC BC ON QC ON ON ON MB ON BC/QC
$66 $62 $57 $51 $38 $38 $34 $32 $31 $31 $31
COMPANY
DEALS
BDC CAPITAL INC.
81
REAL VENTURES MARS IAF INOVIA CAPITAL INC. YALETOWN VENTURE PARTNERS DIFFERENCE CAPITAL FINANCIAL INC. VERSION ONE VENTURES OMERS VENTURES INNOVACORP RHO CANADA VENTURES
19 14 11 9 9 8 8 7 7
TOP 5 VC CANADIAN EXITS
TOP VC SECTORS SECTOR
# DEALS
1
ICT
171
$1,158 M
2
LIFE SCIENCES
54
$360 M
3
CLEANTECH
25
$83 M
4
AGRI BUSINESS
7
$18 M
VC FUNDRAISING
$ RAISED
# FUNDS
641M
27
SOURCE GOVERNMENT INDIVIDUALS
CORPORATION / FINANCIAL INSITUTIONS / INSURANCE FUND OF FUNDS UNDISCLOSED PENSIONS
234M $ 144 M $ 97 M $ 90M $ 60M $ 15M $
1
TOTAL $
$
BACKERS
TYPE
COMPANY
DEAL SIZE
TECHNOCAP, HARBOURVEST
IPO
KINAXIS
$100 M
W2 GROUP AND FONDS DE SOLIDARITÉ FTQ INVESTISSEMENTS CROISSANCE
IPO
LUMENPULSE INC.
$100M
AVRIO CAPITAL
M&A
WOLF TRAX INC.
$90 M
VENTURES WEST, B.C. ADVANTAGE FUND, BAKER BROTHERS, AUGMENT INVESTMENTS, JOHNSON & JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT, PFIZER
IPO
AQUINOX PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
$51 M
MX ASSOCIATES, LIPOTERX, INTERWEST PARTNERS, FMR, INVESCO PRIVATE CAPITAL, JPMORGAN PARTNERS, NOVO A/S, PFIZER, ROYAL BANK CAPITAL PARTNERS, WORKING OPPORTUNITY FUND, VENTURES WEST, TAKEDA, NOVARTIS PHARMA
IPO
XENON PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
$47 M
MEDIAN $ RAISED
12M
$
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