BDC Capital

BDC Capital Inc. is the private equity and venture capital arm of the Business Development Bank of Canada, focusing on direct and fund of funds investments. It specializes in various financing options, including subordinate, recapitalization, bridge, and venture capital, targeting middle market, later stage, and small to medium-sized businesses. BDC Capital engages in venture capital activities across all stages, from seed funding to pre-IPO financing, with a particular emphasis on technology and healthcare sectors. Its investment strategy includes a commitment to supporting women-led firms and spans industries such as life sciences, telecommunications, information technology, and advanced technologies. The firm typically invests between CAD 0.1 million and CAD 35 million, often seeking minority stakes and board representation in its portfolio companies. BDC Capital prefers to exit investments within three to five years, utilizing strategies such as initial public offerings and strategic sales. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Montreal, the firm also has offices in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta, focusing its investments primarily within Canada.

Steven Abrams

Partner

Dinar Ahmed

Partner

Nabil El Asraoui

Associate

Lenka Baloghova

Associate

Amine Benmoussa

Principal

Disha Bhargav

Associate

Jeremy Billan

Partner, Growth Equity Partners

Ela Borenstein

Vice President

Sara Cavalluzzi

Associate

Cheri Corbett

Director

Olivier Côté

Associate

Kristina D’Amico

Director, Fund Investments

Kyle Feucht

Director

Ajay Gopal

Associate Director

Vivian Kan

Partner

Karim Kennedy

Director - Cleantech Practice

Leonard Kofman

Partner, Intellectual Property-Backed Financing

Sandy Li

Associate

Guillaume Mercier

Senior Vice President, Advisory Services and Business Strategy

Mona Minhas

Partner, Thrive Venture Fund

Claude Miron

Managing Partner - Growth Equity Partners

Anamika Mukherjee

Partner of Industrial, Clean and Energy Technology Venture Fund

Alison Nankivell

Vice President, Fund Investments and Global Scaling

Katherine Nicanorova

Associate

Michael Notto

Partner, Growth Equity Partners

Thomas Park

Partner

Salman Qadir

Associate

Loren Rafeson

Partner, Growth Equity Partners

Karl Reckziegel

Senior Vice President, Direct Investments

Joseph Regan

Managing Partner, Industrial Innovation Fund

Lally Rementilla

Managing Partner, IP-Backed Financing

Victor Scutaru

Managing Director, Private Equity Funds Portfolio

Matt Stanley

Partner, Climate Tech Fund

Stephanie Tadros

Associate

Zoltan Tompa

Director, Cleantech Practice

Ron Warburton

Managing Partner

Past deals in Publishing

#Paid

Series B in 2021
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Paper

Series C in 2021
Improve student achievement and teacher effectiveness with the leading Educational Support System. Leading school districts make Paper part of their strategic plan. Whether you need to support a high ELL population, improve math/English proficiency, reduce teacher turnover, or address opportunity gaps in a diverse socio-economic community, Paper helps you reach your district goals. Educational Equity Like Never Before Paper is the first comprehensive Educational Support System (ESS) featuring live help and writing feedback for students paired with real-time feedback and intervention tools for teachers.

Paper

Venture Round in 2020
Improve student achievement and teacher effectiveness with the leading Educational Support System. Leading school districts make Paper part of their strategic plan. Whether you need to support a high ELL population, improve math/English proficiency, reduce teacher turnover, or address opportunity gaps in a diverse socio-economic community, Paper helps you reach your district goals. Educational Equity Like Never Before Paper is the first comprehensive Educational Support System (ESS) featuring live help and writing feedback for students paired with real-time feedback and intervention tools for teachers.

Paper

Venture Round in 2019
Improve student achievement and teacher effectiveness with the leading Educational Support System. Leading school districts make Paper part of their strategic plan. Whether you need to support a high ELL population, improve math/English proficiency, reduce teacher turnover, or address opportunity gaps in a diverse socio-economic community, Paper helps you reach your district goals. Educational Equity Like Never Before Paper is the first comprehensive Educational Support System (ESS) featuring live help and writing feedback for students paired with real-time feedback and intervention tools for teachers.

Wattpad

Venture Round in 2018
Wattpad Corp. is an online community platform based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2006, that facilitates storytelling by connecting readers and writers. The platform allows users to read, write, and share stories in multiple languages, fostering collaboration through comments and multimedia interactions. With over 65 million users who collectively spend more than 20 billion minutes per month engaged in original content, Wattpad enhances the storytelling experience through its flagship app. Additionally, the company offers Tap, a product featuring short, chat-based stories, and Wattpad Studios, which co-produces stories for film, television, and print with industry partners. Wattpad Brand Solutions provides advertising products aimed at engaging Millennial and Gen Z consumers, leveraging the platform's extensive community and technological capabilities to enhance content creation and distribution.

Paper

Seed Round in 2016
Improve student achievement and teacher effectiveness with the leading Educational Support System. Leading school districts make Paper part of their strategic plan. Whether you need to support a high ELL population, improve math/English proficiency, reduce teacher turnover, or address opportunity gaps in a diverse socio-economic community, Paper helps you reach your district goals. Educational Equity Like Never Before Paper is the first comprehensive Educational Support System (ESS) featuring live help and writing feedback for students paired with real-time feedback and intervention tools for teachers.

Wattpad

Venture Round in 2016
Wattpad Corp. is an online community platform based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2006, that facilitates storytelling by connecting readers and writers. The platform allows users to read, write, and share stories in multiple languages, fostering collaboration through comments and multimedia interactions. With over 65 million users who collectively spend more than 20 billion minutes per month engaged in original content, Wattpad enhances the storytelling experience through its flagship app. Additionally, the company offers Tap, a product featuring short, chat-based stories, and Wattpad Studios, which co-produces stories for film, television, and print with industry partners. Wattpad Brand Solutions provides advertising products aimed at engaging Millennial and Gen Z consumers, leveraging the platform's extensive community and technological capabilities to enhance content creation and distribution.

Diply

Venture Round in 2015
Launched in 2013, Diply is a leading social entertainment publisher that creates captivating content for millennials. Through serving its 68+ million social fans with fun, fresh stories daily, Diply generates five billion social impressions and one billion video views on Facebook monthly. Diply is a top 10 Lifestyle property and the 85th largest site in the U.S. with 42+ million monthly readers. Headquartered in London, Ontario, Diply has offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Toronto.

RAUR

Seed Round in 2013
RAUR is a web-based social publishing platform focused on podcasts, designed to enhance the processes of discovery, listening, and content creation. Launched in October 2012 and based in Toronto, Ontario, the platform allows users to share their listening experiences with a diverse array of creators, including comedians, musicians, writers, and DJs. RAUR streamlines the podcasting experience by consolidating feeds from popular shows and providing tools for users to generate their own live and recorded audio content. This functionality enables listeners to publish live audio and access content across various devices, fostering a vibrant community around audio storytelling and performance.

Unsplash

Seed Round in 2013
Unsplash, Inc. is a photography community platform founded in 2013 and based in Montreal, Canada. It offers a collection of high-resolution photographs that are freely available for various uses, supported by a community of users who share their images under the Unsplash License. The platform allows users to upload their photos, which are then curated by a team of photo editors to ensure quality. Unsplash aims to create an open creative ecosystem, providing individuals and businesses with access to copyright-free images that can be utilized for purposes such as album art, advertisements, and product design.
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