Whitecap Venture Partners today announced its new fund, Whitecap V, with commitments of C$140 million. Returning investors include Kensington Capital Partners, BMO Capital Partners (BMOCP), Inuvialuit Investment Corporation, and several other institutional investors and high-net-worth family offices. Ontario Capital Growth Corporation is one of several new LPs in Whitecap V.
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August 4, 2021
Yaletown Partners Announces Closing of Innovation Growth Fund II
Yaletown Partners ("Yaletown") announced the first close of its $200 million Innovation Growth Fund II ("IGF II"). IGF II's capital comes from a diverse group of leading institutional investors, including global pension funds, financial institutions, family offices, foundations, and a network of successful technology entrepreneurs. With the first closing of $130 million, the active Yaletown funds now exceed $375 million. IGF II follows and will build on the success of Yaletown's Innovation Growth Fund I ("IGF I") which closed in 2018.
July 26, 2021
Lumira Ventures Closes on US$255 Million of New Capital to Build Transformative Healthcare Companies
Lumira Ventures today announced a significant expansion of its capital base to support the founding and building of innovative healthcare companies in Canada and the U.S. The closing of the oversubscribed Lumira Ventures IV at US$220 million represents the largest fund Lumira has raised to date, and the largest institutional life sciences venture capital fund ever raised in Canada.