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Seed Venture Fund

Seed-stage companies are the bedrock of innovation. By investing early in the most promising start-ups, especially in underserved regions, we help strengthen the country’s innovation ecosystem. Through close collaboration with incubators, accelerators, angel investors and venture partners nationwide, we lead with patient capital to support long-term growth.

Beyond capital

We specialize in helping founders turn bold ideas into rapidly growing scalable businesses. With deep expertise across product, technology, sales, marketing and capital strategy, we help founders navigate the toughest early-stage challenges.

Our team doesn’t just invest; we roll up our sleeves and work alongside entrepreneurs as they turn products into high-growth businesses.

We have over a decade of experience. You can see the full list of portfolio companies from the legacy investment thesis here.

Our focus

  • Work with ambitious founders innovating through new technologies and business models
  • Lead investment rounds with patient, experimental capital
  • Build go-to-market strategies that drive revenue growth
  • Establish operational telemetry to guide the path to product-market fit

Who is this fund for

The Seed Venture Fund is designed to help entrepreneurs lay the foundation for building world-class companies. The fund leads investments across software and hardware. Areas of focus include:

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Robotics
  • Internet of Things (IoT) / Industrials
  • AgTech
  • Climate / Sustainability
  • Defence / Dual Use / Deep Tech
  • Cloud
  • Health
  • Extended Reality (XR) 

Creating the foundation for world-class companies

We help Canadian entrepreneurs with early-stage capital to get ideas off the ground.

Scale

A $100-million fund to help Canadian entrepreneurs get ideas off the ground and build world-class companies

Impact

We are active across every region in Canada with a focus on underserved markets

Partnership

We work with accelerators, incubators and angel investors to grow and nurture a vibrant ecosystem for start-ups

Let’s talk

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Our team

Dinar Ahmed - Principal, venture capital at BDC
Dinar Ahmed

Partner

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Mark Smith - Partner at BDC Venture Capital
Mark Smith

Partner

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BDC employee Daniel Nieto
Daniel Nieto

Associate Principal

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Angus Fudge, Associate
Angus Fudge

Associate

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Sarah Mccullough, business manager in the venture capital team
Sarah McCullough

Associate

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Rainee Mistry, BDC employee
Rainee Mistry

Analyst

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Portfolio

Latest news

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October 30, 2023

BDC Announces New $50-Million Envelope to Invest in Emerging Start-ups

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