# Ajay Gopal

> Ajay Gopal is a Series A investor at BDC Venture Capital (Toronto) backing Software and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajay-gopal-815a3159/

Ajay Gopal is an Associate Director with the IT Venture Fund. He joined BDC Capital in early 2016.Ajay has over seven years of experience in the financial sector. He has worked in hedge fund and private equity investing in New York and Toronto. Ajay began his career working in investment banking with Citigroup in New York.Ajay holds an MBAfrom the Ivey Business School, as well as Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Economics from Queen’s University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| SaaS | 2 | 40% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 40% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Analytics | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Series B | 2 | 40% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 2 | 40% |
| United States | 2 | 40% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Quandri | Quandri is a digital worker for insurance brokers & agencies. | $8.8M | Series A | Jul 16, 2025 |  |
| Castellum.AI | Our mission is to make preventing financial crime easy and effective.Risk data like sanctions, politically exposed persons and export controls are publicly available, but not in one place, language and data architecture. Clients are tired of cobbling together multiple vendors to get one source of truth. To solve this problem, Castellum.AI builtthe world’s most accurate, reliable and fastest compliance solution. Don't take our word for it, try our platform for free at www.castellum.ai. | $8.5M | Series A | Jul 08, 2025 |  |
| ZayZoon | ZayZoon is the developer of an earned wage access platform that helps employees get paid on demand and reduces financial stress. The company's technology allows employees to access their earned money before payday. | $11M | Series B | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Resilia | Our mission is to strengthen the capacity of nonprofits and help grantors scale impact through data-driven technology solutions. Our clients are champions for public good. They are big-picture entrepreneurs solving global problems. They are local organizations creating positive dialogue within their community. They found schools and fund the arts.They fight for progress where they work. We are honored and humbled to be a part of their story.Resilia powers the people changing the world. After spending nearly a decade advising nonprofits and grantmakers of all sizes, Founder and CEO Sevetri Wilson set her sights on transforming the nonprofit sector through technology.Resilia was launched in 2016 as a software solution to expedite the incorporation and exemption process of nonprofit organizations across all 50 states. Today, Resilia has evolved to serve nonprofits, foundations, corporations, governments, and other grantmakers. Our methodology is centered on trust-based philanthropy principles. Resilia, a name that represents a commitment to positive impact, is the only SaaS platform solution that enables nonprofits to increase capacity and funders to go beyond the grant with technical assistance, coaching, and capacity-building support. We meet changemakers where they are.Resilia’s mission has always been to strengthen and uplift nonprofit organizations by elevating their stories, driving advocacy efforts, and prioritizing those that are underserved through long-term capacity building. From our team to the organizations we serve, DEI is in everything we do.As of May 2021, Resilia has raised over $11M in venture capital. We are based in New Orleans with an office in New York City. | $35M | Series B | Oct 27, 2022 |  |
| ZayZoon | ZayZoon is the developer of an earned wage access platform that helps employees get paid on demand and reduces financial stress. The company's technology allows employees to access their earned money before payday. |  | Series B |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mucker Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/muckercapital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BIP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bip-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Btech Consortium](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/btech-consortium) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Callais Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/callais-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cameron Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cameron-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cultivation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cultivation-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About BDC Venture Capital

VC Fund · Calgary, Canada

BDC Venture Capital is a major venture capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on technology-based businesses that have high growth potential and that are positioned to become dominant players in their markets. The company helps create and develop strongCanadian businesses through financing, consulting services and securitization, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.BDC Venture Capital has been involved in venture capital since 1975 and has to date invested in more than 400 companies involved in the areas of Life Sciences, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Advanced Technologies.

5 contacts available at BDC Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ajay Gopal | Associate Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-gopal-2 |
| Matt Stanley | Director, Cleantech Practice | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-stanley-8813 |
| Annie Marsolais | Chief Marketing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/annie-marsolais |
| Charles Lespérance | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-lesp%C3%A9rance-a9f1 |
| Denisia Pereira | Associate Principal, Women in Tech Venture Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denisia-pereira |

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## FAQ

### What does Ajay Gopal invest in?

Ajay Gopal invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ajay Gopal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ajay Gopal closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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