# Duncan Stewart

> Duncan Stewart is a seed investor at BDC Venture Capital backing Big Data. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital)
- Location: Ottawa, Canada
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncan-stewart-09259223/

Duncan Stewart is a seed investor at BDC Venture Capital in Ottawa focused on Big Data and Hardware. Dr. Duncan Stewart is Director General of the NRC's Security and Disruptive Technologies Research Centre. From 2009 to 2012, he was Acting Director of Research at the NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences.Before joining the NRC in 2008, he worked for a decade at Hewlett-Packard (HP) Laboratories in Palo Alto, California, in theadvanced technology Information and Quantum Systems Laboratory. His research focused on nanoscale computing devices and systems, from basic science to applied nanotechnology. He has authored more than 60 patents and published 46 scientific papers on nanoscale electronics and materials with more than 11,000 citations (Scopus). In 2008, he co-authored a series of papers reporting the discovery of the fourth fundamental "memristor" circuit element. This work has led to new research and technology development worldwide in memristive materials and devices for computing memory and logic.Dr. Stewart holds a BASc in Engineering Physics from the University of Toronto and an MSc and PhD (1999) in Applied Physics from Stanford University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Big Data | 1 | 100% |
| Hardware | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Quantum Computing | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xanadu | Since its founding in 2016, Xanadu has focused extensively on the effects quantum will have on society and how to best service those needs. Xanadu's ultimate goal is to provide quantum on demand to enable significant computational improvements over the best classical methods to solve really tough real-world problems. Xanadu has amalgamatedleading scientists and professionals to pair academic research with industry veterans to develop a massively scalable venture.For more information, please visit xanadu.ai |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2017 | http://www.xanadu.ai |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## 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 |
| Claude Miron | Managing Partner - Growth Equity Partners | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claude-miron |

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## FAQ

### What does Duncan Stewart invest in?

Duncan Stewart invests primarily in Big Data, Hardware and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Duncan Stewart last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Duncan Stewart closed in Jan 2017. Shizune tracks 1 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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