# Bank of Montreal

> Bank of Montreal is a VC fund backing Financial Services and Software. See 117 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 117
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 39%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/bank-of-montreal
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bmo
- Website: http://www.bmo.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bmocommunity

Bank of Montreal is a VC fund in Toronto focused on Financial Services and Software. Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group (TSX, NYSE: BMO) is a highly diversified financial services organization. With total assets of $367 billion as of October 31, 2007 and almost 36,000 employees, BMO provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and solutions.They serveCanadian clients through BMO Bank of Montreal®, their personal and commercial banking business, BMO Nesbitt Burns®, one of Canada's leading wealth management firms, and BMO Capital Markets™, their North American investment and corporate banking division.In the United States, clients are served through Harris, a major U.S. Midwest financial services organization with a network of community banks in the Chicago area and wealth management offices across the United States, as well as BMO Capital Markets™, their North American investment and corporate banking division.They help their customers manage their financial affairs by delivering the broadest range of financial services through a single point of contact. Their financial service professionals provide access to any services their customers require across the entire enterprise.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 15 | 13% |
| Software | 13 | 11% |
| Mining | 12 | 10% |
| Precious Metals | 12 | 10% |
| Energy | 11 | 9% |

151 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Debt | 55 | 47% |
| Debt Financing | 26 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 6% |
| Grant | 5 | 4% |
| Series C | 3 | 3% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 59 | 50% |
| United States | 39 | 33% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Azam Dawood | Head Of Sourcing | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/azam-dawood-5b08 |
| Barry K. Gilmour | Group Head | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barry-k-gilmour |
| Cameron Fowler | Chief Strategy and Operations Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cameron-fowler |
| Eric R. La Flèche | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-r-la-flche |
| Jonathan Larose | Senior Director - Technology & Innovation Banking | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-larose-bbcb |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charles River Associates | Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that offers economic, financial, and strategy expertise to major law firms, corporations, accounting firms, and governments around the world.With proven skills in complex cases and exceptional strength in analytics, CRA consultants have provided astute guidance to clients in thousandsof successful engagements. We offer litigation and regulatory support, business strategy and planning, market and demand forecasting, policy analysis, and risk management consulting. | $400M | Post-IPO Debt | Aug 06, 2026 |  |
| Inseego | Inseego is a global provider of software-as-a-service and solutions for the Internet of Things. It sells its telematics solutions under the Ctrack brand, including its fleet management, asset tracking, and monitoring, stolen vehicle recovery, and usage-based insurance platforms. Inseego also sells business connectivity solutions and devicemanagement services through Novatel Wireless, Inc. and Feeney Wireless ("FW"). The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. | $20M | Post-IPO Debt | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| Uranium Royalty | Uranium Royalty is a pure-play uranium royalty company that focuses on the uranium and nuclear energy sectors. The company is focused on gaining exposure to uranium prices by making strategic investments in uranium interests, including royalties, streams, debt, and equity in uranium companies, as well as through physical uranium transactions. | $40M | Post-IPO Debt | Jul 27, 2026 |  |
| Balm Box | The Balm Box is here to make cancer treatments a little less miserable—for patients and the people who love them. | $10K | Grant | Jul 27, 2026 |  |
| Alpaca | Alpaca is a financial technology company that provides developer-first APIs and brokerage infrastructure for programmatic access to stock, options, and cryptocurrency markets, enabling businesses and individual traders to integrate trading and investing capabilities into their applications. Its platform offers REST, WebSocket, and event-driveninterfaces that support algorithmic trading, automated strategy execution, real-time market data, backtesting, and portfolio management workflows. Alpaca’s services also include brokerage account functionality, clearing and settlement services, and tools that allow firms to embed investing features into their products or to build custom trading systems on top of its API-centric architecture. The company supports global fintech partners with solutions such as tokenization, high-yield cash programs, multi-leg options trading, and advanced order types that align with diverse trading and investment use cases. Its technology is used by developers, quant traders, fintech platforms, and financial institutions seeking programmable market access and integrated financial services. | $300M | Debt Financing | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| DiPonio Contracting | DiPonio Contracting is an infrastructure maintenance and construction company. It offers new and replacement upgrades for aged and existing water, wastewater, and storm sewer systems. |  | Private Equity | Jun 22, 2026 |  |
| Triple Flag Precious Metals | Triple Flag is a pure play, gold-focused, emerging senior streaming and royalty company with a distinct culture and approach to investing. Triple Flag pride ourselves on adaptability and flexibility in structuring financing solutions that are customized to meet the needs of our mining partners. Triple Flag is to be a valued finance partner,facilitating development and expansion of mining projects that deliver value for our counterparties.As a result, a high proportion of our deal opportunities have been sourced from referrals from our existing counterparties as well as our network of contacts, leading to bilateral discussions with potential partners rather than auction processes. | $300M | Post-IPO Debt | May 25, 2026 |  |
| Hilton Grand Vacations | Hilton Grand Vacations is a vacation ownership travel company in select vacation destinations. Hilton Grand Vacations develops, markets and operates a system of brand-name, high-quality vacation ownership resorts. | $1B | Post-IPO Debt | May 21, 2026 |  |
| BMO’s Transportation Finance and Vendor Finance businesses | BMO’s Transportation Finance and Vendor Finance businesses specialized in commercial equipment and vehicle financing including related loan portfolios in the United States and Canada. |  |  | May 11, 2026 |  |
| Palisades Goldcorp | Palisades Goldcorp is a mining company that capitalizes on a deep value disconnect between the broader commodities market and junior resource equities. It offers investors a vehicle through which they can gain exposure to the leveraged segment of any commodities bull market, the junior resource equities.The company was founded in 2019 andheadquartered in British Columbia, Canada. |  | Post-IPO Debt | Apr 27, 2026 |  |

10 of 117 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [National Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/national-bank-of-canada) — VC Fund, 21 deals together
- [CIBC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canadian-imperial-bank-of-commerce) — VC Fund, 19 deals together
- [Royal Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/royal-bank-of-canada-fb33) — VC Fund, 16 deals together
- [Scotiabank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scotiabank) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Bank of America](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bank-of-america) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Toronto Dominion Bank Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toronto-dominion-bank-group) — VC Fund, 13 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Bank of Montreal invest in?

Bank of Montreal invests primarily in Financial Services, Software and Mining startups, most often at Post-IPO Debt and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 117 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Bank of Montreal?

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### Who are the partners at Bank of Montreal?

The team at Bank of Montreal includes Azam Dawood (Head Of Sourcing), Barry K. Gilmour (Group Head) and Cameron Fowler (Chief Strategy and Operations Officer), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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