# BMO Nesbitt Burns

> BMO Nesbitt Burns is a VC fund in Toronto backing Mining, Energy and Oil and Gas. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bmo-nesbitt-burns
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- Website: https://gateway.bmonesbittburns.com/
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BMO Nesbitt Burns is a VC fund in Toronto focused on Mining and Energy. BMO NesbittBurns is a full-service investment firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mining | 4 | 31% |
| Energy | 3 | 23% |
| Oil and Gas | 3 | 23% |
| Precious Metals | 3 | 23% |
| Mineral | 2 | 15% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Debt | 4 | 31% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 3 | 23% |
| Post-IPO Secondary | 2 | 15% |
| Series D | 1 | 8% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 9 | 69% |
| Japan | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AltaLink | AltaLink is Alberta’s largest regulated electricity transmission company.Their transmission system is the essential link that connects homes, farms, businesses and industries to the electricity generated across Alberta. Electricity generated from thermal energy, wind power and hydro is transported at high voltages over long distances throughtransmission lines to substations, which lower the voltage so electricity can be delivered safely to homes and businesses via distribution lines. | $248.7M | Debt Financing | Jul 20, 2026 |  |
| North American Construction Group | North American Construction Group provides a range of heavy construction and mining and pipeline installation services to customers in the Canadian oil sands, industrial construction, commercial and public construction and pipeline construction markets.The Company’s primary market is the Canadian oil sands, where it supports the customers’ miningoperations and capital projects. NAEPI provides services through all stages of an oil sands project’s lifecycle, its core focus is on providing recurring services, such as contract mining, during the operational phase. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 (fiscal 2012), recurring services represented 87% of the oil sands business. The Company’s business segments include heavy construction and mining and pipeline. In July 2013, the Company announced that it has completed sale of its Piling businesses to Keller Group plc. | $200M | Post-IPO Debt | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| North American Construction Group | North American Construction Group provides a range of heavy construction and mining and pipeline installation services to customers in the Canadian oil sands, industrial construction, commercial and public construction and pipeline construction markets.The Company’s primary market is the Canadian oil sands, where it supports the customers’ miningoperations and capital projects. NAEPI provides services through all stages of an oil sands project’s lifecycle, its core focus is on providing recurring services, such as contract mining, during the operational phase. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 (fiscal 2012), recurring services represented 87% of the oil sands business. The Company’s business segments include heavy construction and mining and pipeline. In July 2013, the Company announced that it has completed sale of its Piling businesses to Keller Group plc. | $89.6M | Post-IPO Debt | Oct 07, 2025 |  |
| North American Construction Group | North American Construction Group provides a range of heavy construction and mining and pipeline installation services to customers in the Canadian oil sands, industrial construction, commercial and public construction and pipeline construction markets.The Company’s primary market is the Canadian oil sands, where it supports the customers’ miningoperations and capital projects. NAEPI provides services through all stages of an oil sands project’s lifecycle, its core focus is on providing recurring services, such as contract mining, during the operational phase. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 (fiscal 2012), recurring services represented 87% of the oil sands business. The Company’s business segments include heavy construction and mining and pipeline. In July 2013, the Company announced that it has completed sale of its Piling businesses to Keller Group plc. | $162.1M | Post-IPO Debt | Apr 25, 2025 |  |
| AltaGas | AltaGas’ vision is to be a leading North American energy infrastructure company with a focus in Canada and the United States. Our strategy to achieve this vision is simple: capitalize on the supply and demand dynamic for natural gas and power by owning and operating assets in gas, power and utilities in places that provide a strategic competitiveadvantage. We operate physical assets and provide essential services to customers who produce and consume natural gas and power. | $299.6M | Post-IPO Debt | Jan 03, 2024 |  |
| Canadian Utilities | CU Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian Utilities Limited, an ATCO Company.CU Inc. is an Alberta-based corporation with approximately 3,500 employees and assets of $16 billion comprised of rate-regulated utility operations in natural gas and electricity distribution and transmission. | $250M | Post-IPO Debt | May 31, 2022 |  |
| Superior Plus | Superior Plus operate and build businesses. Superior Plus goal is to provide long-term stable dividends and premium returns to shareholders through value-based growth in core assets. | $288M | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 28, 2022 |  |
| Vendasta | At Vendasta, our core purpose is to drive local economies by democratizing technology for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). We accomplish this by providing a robust platform to local experts around the world—our channel partners. Partners use Vendasta’s technology to market, sell, bill, fulfill, and deliver digital solutions to their SMBclients. Our end-to-end platform and marketplace are tightly integrated into an operating system delivered to SMBs, providing a single sign-on to their digital products and analytics. Vendasta serves 50,000+ channel partners, who in turn work with more than five million SMBs worldwide. Sign up for free and explore Vendasta at www.vendasta.com. | $99M | Series D | May 27, 2021 |  |
| Nomad | Nomad is a co-working space that also engages in investment and support for start-up companies. | $19.6M | Post-IPO Secondary | Dec 11, 2020 |  |
| Great Bear Resources | Great Bear Resources is a Canadian precious metals exploration company engaged in advancing projects of special merit in leading mining jurisdictions. The company's focus is on projects that have unique combinations of geological merit, infrastructure advantages, and the capability to be rapidly advanced through resource definition and beyond.It was founded in 2001 and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. | $24.4M | Post-IPO Equity | Jun 02, 2020 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Scotia Capital — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [TD Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/td-securities) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [CIBC World Markets](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cibc-world-markets) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Raymond James](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raymond-james) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Cormark Securities Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cormark) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- RBC Dominion Securities — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does BMO Nesbitt Burns invest in?

BMO Nesbitt Burns invests primarily in Mining, Energy and Oil and Gas startups, most often at Post-IPO Debt and Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did BMO Nesbitt Burns last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for BMO Nesbitt Burns closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 13 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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