# CIBC Capital Partners

> CIBC Capital Partners is a VC fund in Toronto backing Internet and Software. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Dec 2017
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cibc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/cibc
- Website: http://www.cibcwm.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CIBC/

CIBC Capital Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in direct, fund, and mezzanine investments; providing subordinated debt and equity to mid and late stage private or public companies to finance internal growth, acquisitions, management/leveraged buyouts, and recapitalizations for middle market and mature companies. The firm prefers to invest in companies undergoing financial restructurings (or requiring short-term liquidity) and investments are typically made in later stage. The firm typically invest in Internet retail, Industrials, Consumer staples, Healthcare services and equipment, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Financials, Online services, Application Software, Computer Hardware, and Telecommunication Services sector. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Canada, Europe, and Australia. The firm prefers to invest between CAD10 million ($9.81 million) and CAD20 million ($19.61 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm typically exits its investments between 3 and 5 years and form transitional a capital investment, such as bridge financing, a horizon of up to 24 months is typical. CIBC Capital Partners was founded in 1989 and is based in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in New York, United States, Greater London, United Kingdom, Massachusetts, and United States.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 5 | 29% |
| Software | 3 | 18% |
| Telecommunications | 3 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 18% |
| Energy | 2 | 12% |

40 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 6 | 35% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 24% |
| Series C | 2 | 12% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 12% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 65% |
| Canada | 4 | 24% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jinder Sidhu | Nexus and Mosaic Platform Lead (Contract) | 0 | — |
| Mark O’Connor | Executive Director | 0 | — |
| Teddy Rosenberg | Managing Director | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emera | Emera Inc. is a geographically diverse energy and services company headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia with approximately $10 billion in assets and 2014 revenues of $2.97 billion. The company invests in electricity generation, transmission and distribution, as well as gas transmission and utility energy services. Emera's strategy is focusedon the transformation of the electricity industry to cleaner generation and the delivery of that clean energy to market. Emera has investments throughout northeastern North America, and in four Caribbean countries. Emera continues to target having 75-85 percent of its adjusted earnings come from rate-regulated businesses. Emera common and preferred shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and trade respectively under the symbol EMA, EMA.PR.A, EMA.PR.B, EMA.PR.C, EMA.PR.E, and EMA.PR.F | $700M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 28, 2017 |  |
| SecureKey Technologies | For online services that require privacy and security, SecureKey is the identity and authentication service provider that gives consumers secure and convenient access to critical online services. Its services allow organizations to build or subscribe to an identity network that connects consumers with online services where both privacy and securityare paramount. SecureKey is headquartered in Toronto, with offices in Boston, Washington D.C., and San Francisco. The company is backed by a world-class group of venture and corporate investors that include strategic investments from Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Rogers Venture Partners, and Intel Capital. | $19.7M |  | Oct 18, 2016 |  |
| Dynamics | Dynamics designs and manufactures interactive payment cards that utilize programmable magnetic stripes to communicate dynamic information. The computer-in-a-card technology is completely customizable and offers enhanced choice, control, convenience, and security. It was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Cheswick, Pennsylvania. | $70M | Series C | Dec 08, 2014 |  |
| Seven Generations Energy | Seven Generations Energy Ltd. explores and develops oil and gas resources. The company focuses on developing non-conventional resource plays in Canada and the United States. Seven Generations Energy Ltd. was founded in 2008 and is based in Calgary, Canada. | $251M | Private Equity | Dec 18, 2013 |  |
| RenewData | Renew Data Corp. provides e-discovery, electronically stored information (ESI) risk management services, and forensic consulting solutions. It offers eDiscovery services, including planning, preservation and collection, processing, document review, production, and price estimation; and evidence storage services, including original media storage,Activevault data storage, and repository hosting. The company also offers ESI risk management services, including backup tape liability management, data migration services for symantec EV, and risk assessment questionnaire, as well as inventory of corporate data; analysis, de-duplication, and the consolidation of historical data; reduction in quantity of removable media storing historical data; unparalleled speed of extraction, normalization, and de-duplication across various supported data formats, backup software, and media types; and concurrent legal productions of data during data consolidation process. In addition, it offers project management services, including managing various aspects of a project that includes project status reports, creating project documentation, and managing scope changes; and client advisory services, including consulting and technical services, which includes digital forensics, preservation, analysis, and the production of electronic data from hard drives to corporate networks. Further, the company offers ActiveVault, an evidence management platform for media and data extraction, native file filtering, and production output, which allows for the extraction of electronic information from various electronic media or computer environment. It serves corporations and law firms responding to lawsuits, investigations, and audits. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | $30M | Series C | Sep 20, 2006 |  |
| Cardiokine | Cardiokine, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, engages in the development of pharmaceuticals for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Its products include lixivaptan, an orally active vasopressin receptor antagonist for patients with congestive heart failure who suffer from hyponatremia. The company was founded in 2004and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | $50M | Series B | May 01, 2006 |  |
| Critical Mention | Critical Mention provides the most comprehensive Web-based real time broadcast monitoring service and is changing the way corporate communications and business intelligence professionals search, track and view vital information from television and radio. The company's CriticalTV platform provides real-time search, monitoring and email alertsfor organizations that require up-to-the-minute news about their company, clients, competitors, industry news and more. | $4M | Series B | Dec 05, 2005 |  |
| Gloucester Pharmaceuticals | Gloucester Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company owned by hematological malignancies. The Company retains worldwide exclusive rights to romidepsin, an oncology candidate within a new class of anti-cancer agents known as histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors. Preclinical studies suggest that romidepsin is a potent inhibitor of Class I, Class II and Class IV HDACs. | $29M | Series B | Oct 14, 2004 |  |
| Peopleclick Authoria | Authoria, Inc. provides integrated talent management software, performance management, recruiting software, and compensation management software. Its products provide talent management solutions that help companies to recruit, develop, compensate, retain, and engage employees. The company’s products include recruiting, performance, incentive,salary, succession planning, and communications software. Authoria was formerly known as Foundation Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Authoria, Inc. in 1999. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts with additional offices in Austin, Texas; Santa Barbara, California; and Bangalore, India. | $10.5M | Series D | Jul 27, 2004 |  |
| Datawire Communication Networks | Datawire Communication Networks, Inc. develops and provides Internet based transaction delivery networks to payment processors and merchant acquirers in North America and Europe. The company offers Datawire VXN, a distributed transaction transport network that provides Internet money transfer and credit-card-processing services for the paymentprocessing industry. It also provides Datawire NAM, which offers an Internet protocol connectivity solution to Windows-based point of sale applications. | $11M | Series B | Aug 01, 2003 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Menlo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/menlo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [RBC Capital Markets](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rbc-capital-markets) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [RBC Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rbc-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Scotiabank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scotiabank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Southeast Interactive Technology Funds — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TD Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/td-bank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does CIBC Capital Partners invest in?

CIBC Capital Partners invests primarily in Internet, Software and Telecommunications startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact CIBC Capital Partners?

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### Who are the partners at CIBC Capital Partners?

The team at CIBC Capital Partners includes Jinder Sidhu (Nexus and Mosaic Platform Lead (Contract)), Mark O’Connor (Executive Director) and Teddy Rosenberg (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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