BDC IT Venture Fund
VC Fund
Toronto, Canada
BDC IT Venture Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in emerging and mid-stage Internet, mobile and enterprise companies in Canada. Its initial investment typically ranges from $2M to $5M in Series A or B rounds with up to $15M invested over the life of the company.
- Total investments:
- 35
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries BDC IT Venture Fund invests in
Stages BDC IT Venture Fund invests in
Countries BDC IT Venture Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.2M–$4.9M
- Series A
- $1M–$25M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $5M–$27M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 12 (34%)
- SaaS 7 (20%)
- E-Commerce 7 (20%)
- Big Data 6 (17%)
- Analytics 5 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 14 (40%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (23%)
- Series A 5 (14%)
- Series D 2 (6%)
- Series B 1 (3%)
Country
- Canada 24 (69%)
- United States 3 (9%)
- United Kingdom 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Saif Hashmi
Principal, Seed Fund and IT Venture Fund
|
Principal, Seed Fund and IT Venture Fund | Total investments: 20 | Find email | |
Denisia Pereira
Senior Analyst
|
Senior Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Robert Simon
Senior Managing Partner
|
Senior Managing Partner | Total investments: 22 | Find email | |
Ron Warburton
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Steven Abrams
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 20 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded in 2014, League is a technology-focused health company powering the digital transformation of healthcare. Employers, payers, pharmacy retailers and healthcare providers use our award-winning platform to deliver integrated and personalized health experiences that drive consumer engagement. Millions of people across the world use digitalhealth platforms powered by League to access, navigate and pay for care. | Corporate Round / Oct 29, 2019 | ||
| TouchBistro is an iPad-based restaurant point-of-sale system enabling owners to manage reservations and take orders instantly. Instead of servers repeatedly moving between customers and terminals for order management, servers can remain with customers and instantly submit orders to the kitchen and bar. Servers no longer need to write down an orderand then enter it into a distant terminal. TouchBistro's single entry system reduces errors and increases efficiency. Menu items can be presented in vibrant color with every detail captured and can be quickly and easily updated and even published to the Web, providing more dynamic impact than a traditional menu can provide. | $118.8M / Series E / Sep 18, 2019 | ||
| CrowdRiff is a visual marketing platform for travel and tourism brands that allows to discover and deliver top-performing visual content to every marketing channel. Powered by artificial intelligence, its platform allows marketers to source and share top performing visuals with their respective audiences, at scale.The company was founded in 2011and is based in Toronto, Canada. | $9M / Series A / Oct 04, 2018 | ||
| TouchBistro is an iPad-based restaurant point-of-sale system enabling owners to manage reservations and take orders instantly. Instead of servers repeatedly moving between customers and terminals for order management, servers can remain with customers and instantly submit orders to the kitchen and bar. Servers no longer need to write down an orderand then enter it into a distant terminal. TouchBistro's single entry system reduces errors and increases efficiency. Menu items can be presented in vibrant color with every detail captured and can be quickly and easily updated and even published to the Web, providing more dynamic impact than a traditional menu can provide. | $54.9M / Series D / Jun 14, 2018 | ||
| Solink is a data-driven security platform that captures and audits 100% video and transactional data to reduce fraud proactively. Solink’s unique Video Discovery application allows users to search for any event, putting an end to manually retrieving evidence by time and location. For a monthly fee, the platform provides everything users need tocollect, analyze, investigate and manage their data. Solink’s fraud prevention as a service offering is the first one of its kind to be data driven instead of incident driven. | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 01, 2017 | ||
| Hubdoc is changing the way accountants and bookkeepers work. Our platform leverages cloud computing and machine learning to automate financial document collection and processing – helping customers save time, scale their practice and build deeper relationships with the small businesses they serve. | $4.9M / Seed / Jun 21, 2017 | ||
| TouchBistro is an iPad-based restaurant point-of-sale system enabling owners to manage reservations and take orders instantly. Instead of servers repeatedly moving between customers and terminals for order management, servers can remain with customers and instantly submit orders to the kitchen and bar. Servers no longer need to write down an orderand then enter it into a distant terminal. TouchBistro's single entry system reduces errors and increases efficiency. Menu items can be presented in vibrant color with every detail captured and can be quickly and easily updated and even published to the Web, providing more dynamic impact than a traditional menu can provide. | $12.1M / Series C / May 31, 2017 | ||
| Axonify provides eLearning software, interval reinforcement solutions, and gamified learning. Using principles of interval reinforcement and incorporating the realities of how emerging workforces learn in today’s environment, Axonify enables its customers to make training stick and improve employee performance. | $27M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 01, 2016 | ||
| Wave makes running a small business better by providing free accounting, invoicing, affordable credit card processing (payments) and payroll. Over 3 million small business owners, in more than 200 countries around the world, rely on WaveApps to run their business. Wave was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | $10.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 25, 2016 | ||
| TouchBistro is an iPad-based restaurant point-of-sale system enabling owners to manage reservations and take orders instantly. Instead of servers repeatedly moving between customers and terminals for order management, servers can remain with customers and instantly submit orders to the kitchen and bar. Servers no longer need to write down an orderand then enter it into a distant terminal. TouchBistro's single entry system reduces errors and increases efficiency. Menu items can be presented in vibrant color with every detail captured and can be quickly and easily updated and even published to the Web, providing more dynamic impact than a traditional menu can provide. | $12.9M / Series B / Oct 13, 2016 | ||
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FAQ
What does BDC IT Venture Fund invest in?
BDC IT Venture Fund invests primarily in Software, SaaS and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 35 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is BDC IT Venture Fund's check size?
BDC IT Venture Fund typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$4.9M at Seed, $1M–$25M at Series A and $5M–$27M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds BDC IT Venture Fund participates in.
How do I contact BDC IT Venture Fund?
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Who are the partners at BDC IT Venture Fund?
The team at BDC IT Venture Fund includes Saif Hashmi (Principal, Seed Fund and IT Venture Fund), Denisia Pereira (Senior Analyst) and Robert Simon (Senior Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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