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    CIBC

    Toronto, CanadaFounded 1961
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    CIBC (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce) is a major Canadian multinational bank and financial services corporation headquartered in Toronto. Through divisions such as CIBC Innovation Banking and CIBC Capital Partners, it provides venture debt, growth financing, and private equity/venture capital investment to technology and life science companies across North America.

    Average disclosed round size is $253.4M (across 10 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    13

    Fund Size

    $450M

    Top Stage

    Growth

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Amy South

    Amy South

    Senior Executive Vice-President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief of Staff

    Christian Exshaw

    Christian Exshaw

    Senior Executive Vice-President and Group Head, CIBC Capital Markets

    Eric Belanger

    Eric Belanger

    Senior Executive Vice-President and Group Head, Wealth Management

    Frank Guse

    Frank Guse

    Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer, CIBC

    Harry Culham

    Harry Culham

    President and Chief Executive Officer, CIBC

    Heather Kaine

    Heather Kaine

    Executive Vice-President and Chief Auditor

    Hratch Panossian

    Hratch Panossian

    Senior Executive Vice-President and Group Head, Personal and Business Banking, Canada

    Kevin Li

    Kevin Li

    Senior Executive Vice-President and Group Head, U.S. Region, and President and CEO, CIBC Bank USA

    Richard Jardim

    Richard Jardim

    Senior Executive Vice-President, Chief Technology and Information Officer — Global Technology, Data and AI

    Robert Sedran

    Robert Sedran

    Senior Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Enterprise Strategy

    Stephen Scholtz

    Stephen Scholtz

    Executive Vice-President and Global Chief Legal Officer

    Susan Rimmer

    Susan Rimmer

    Senior Executive Vice-President and Group Head, Commercial Banking

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    14 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Matrix Renewables logoMatrix RenewablesUnknown—Feb 2025
    Avantus logoAvantusBridge$500MJan 2025
    Fnality International logoFnality InternationalSeries B—Nov 2023
    Carbonplace logoCarbonplaceSeed—Feb 2023
    Fnality logoFnalitySeries B—Jan 2023
    Kythera Labs logoKythera LabsGrowth$20MJan 2023
    ProNavigator logoProNavigatorGrowth$10MSep 2022
    Msp Corp logoMsp CorpGrowth$35MSep 2021
    DIGITAL CURRENCY GROUP logoDIGITAL CURRENCY GROUPGrowth$700MJan 2021
    CConrac SolutionsUnknown$500MMay 2019
    Conversica logoConversicaSeries C$31MOct 2018
    CCashEdgeSeries C$18MJan 2001
    Kythera Labs logoKythera LabsSeries A$20M—
    CCubico Sustainable InvestmentsUnknown$700M—

    Top Co-Investors

    BBVA3 shared
    Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation3 shared
    UBS3 shared
    BNP Paribas3 shared
    CIBC Innovation Banking2 shared
    NatWest Group2 shared
    Lloyds Banking Group2 shared
    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.2 shared
    Nasdaq Ventures2 shared
    Barclays2 shared
    Espresso Capital2 shared
    Bain Capital Ventures1 shared
    Mastercard1 shared
    Tribe1 shared
    Novel TMT Ventures1 shared
    eCAPITAL Entrepreneurial Partners AG1 shared
    Tribe Capital1 shared
    Oak HC/FT1 shared
    Ribbit Capital1 shared
    SoftBank Vision Fund1 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026