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    BDC's Industrial Innovation Venture Fund

    Montreal, CanadaFounded 2019

    BDC's Industrial Innovation Venture Fund is a venture capital fund managed by BDC Capital, the investment arm of the Business Development Bank of Canada. It provides direct equity investment and strategic support to Canadian technology companies in legacy industrial sectors including advanced manufacturing, agri-tech, food-tech, and extractive industries.

    Their most common stage is series-c (43% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $47.7M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    6

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Series C

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Aditya Aggarwal

    Aditya Aggarwal

    Managing Partner

    Byron Thom

    Byron Thom

    Partner

    Erin Sheets

    Erin Sheets

    Partner

    Jonathan Goodkey

    Jonathan Goodkey

    Partner

    Nicolas Gravel

    Nicolas Gravel

    Partner

    Alexander Lazier

    Alexander Lazier

    Associate Principal

    Alexandre Préfontaine

    Alexandre Préfontaine

    Principal

    Leana Keto

    Leana Keto

    Principal

    Akhilesh Prabhu

    Akhilesh Prabhu

    Associate

    Laurence Lavoie-Aubuchon

    Laurence Lavoie-Aubuchon

    Associate

    Abhi Gupta

    Abhi Gupta

    Analyst

    PR

    Perry Rizzo

    CEO — Axiom Group

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    7 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Nanoprecise logoNanopreciseSeries C$38MMar 2025
    Veerum logoVeerumGrowth$9.3MMay 2023
    Kepler Communications logoKepler CommunicationsSeries C$92MJan 2023
    Veerum logoVeerumSeries A$7.4MJan 2021
    Kepler Communications logoKepler CommunicationsSeries C$92M
    Maxa logoMaxaSeries A
    SSkygauge RoboticsSeed

    Top Co-Investors

    Last updated: 8 September 2026