# Export Development Canada

> Export Development Canada is a VC fund backing Software and Manufacturing. See 251 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ottawa, Canada
- Total investments: 251
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 30%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/export-development-canada
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ExportDevCanada
- Website: http://www.edc.ca/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ExportDevCanada

Export Development Canada (EDC) is a Crown corporation dedicated to assisting Canadian businesses of all sizes in achieving global success. It provides them with the tools they need to grow their business with confidence, including trade knowledge, financial solutions, equity, insurance, and connections.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3.5M–$22M |
| Series B | $5M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 38 | 15% |
| Manufacturing | 25 | 10% |
| Renewable Energy | 23 | 9% |
| Energy | 21 | 8% |
| Information Technology | 17 | 7% |

197 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 45 | 18% |
| Series B | 24 | 10% |
| Series A | 22 | 9% |
| Debt Financing | 20 | 8% |
| Series C | 19 | 8% |

15 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 139 | 55% |
| United States | 6 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 2% |
| India | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Siddartha Krishnan | Partner - Private Equity Investments | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/siddartha-krishnan |
| Eugene Siklos | Head of Direct Investments | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eugene-siklos |
| Georges Nasr | Investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/georges-nasr |
| Greg McElheran | Head of Fund Investments | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-mcelheran |
| Jennifer Dean Brooy | Vice President Head of Equity | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-dean-brooy |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CleanPlanet Chemical | CleanPlanet Chemical is changing the way companies acquire chemicals and manage waste. CleanPlanet Chemical transforms your chemical waste into reusable, virgin-quality, product—on-site and without buying or leasing equipment. | $25M | Debt Financing | Aug 06, 2026 |  |
| Velto Renewables | Velto Renewables is a renewable energy company that specializes in enabling global economy to decarbonize by developing renewable assets. | $913M | Debt Financing | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| Ionik | PopReach operates as a multi-platform technology company. It focuses on acquiring, optimizing, and growing companies and assets that provide services, technology, or products within the digital media ecosystem. Its portfolio of assets includes PopReach Games, a free-to-play mobile game publisher with over 25 games enjoyed by millions of players;notifyAI, a push notification subscription and monetization platform; Q1Media, a digital media advertising services provider; and Contobox, an award-winning personalization, eCommerce and creative advertising technology platform. | $100M | Post-IPO Debt | Jun 23, 2026 |  |
| Generation Mining | Generation Mining is a mineral development company that focuses on zinc and molybdenum projects in Canada. It completed a Preliminary Economic Assessment in early 2020 and plans to follow up with a Definitive Feasibility Study beginning in Q1, 2020. | $310M | Post-IPO Debt | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Green Circuits | GC designs and manufactures electronics circuit boards for the aerospace, defense, and health tech industries. |  | Debt Financing | Jun 01, 2026 |  |
| Photonic | Photonic develops quantum computing and networking technologies, utilizing silicon spin qubits and native telecom networking interface. Photonic is turning fault-tolerant quantum technologies into reality through its distinctive silicon spin-photon interface. This innovative technology combines the memory and computing capabilities of spins withthe connectivity of photonics, enabling the creation of one of the world's initial scalable, fault-tolerant, and networked quantum computers. | $70M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 12, 2026 |  |
| Troilus Gold | Troilus Gold is a Canadian based development stage resource company focused on the potential restart and mineral expansion of the former producing Troilus gold and copper mine, located within the Frotêt-Evans Greenstone Belt in Quebec. |  | Post-IPO Debt | May 05, 2026 |  |
| SK ecoplant | SK ekoplant is a top-tiered global city developer and infrastructure builder. SK ekoplant is one of the leading subsidiaries of SK group.SK ekoplant is one of the world’s best companies in the engineering industry, undertaking plants on EPCC basis (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning) in the fields of Refineries,Petrochemicals, Fertilizer, Industrial Plants and Environmental Plants, Plants to wireless mobile communication equipment worldwide. As a major player in high-tech engineering market of the 21st century, SK ekoplant is committed to becoming the top-tier company by acquiring the drive for the future growth through the expansion of overseas markets and the launching of new products and by successful establishing the developed enterprise structure through improvement of internal system and process as well as performance assessment system.SK ekoplant is currently carrying out huge projects in U.S, Saudi Arabia, China, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Ecuador, Qatar, Algeria, Venezuela and CIS. This outstanding achievement is the culmination of SK ekoplant's extensive project experience, superior technology, and talents. | $255.7M | Debt Financing | Mar 31, 2026 |  |
| SPARK Microsystems | SPARK Microsystems is a fabless semiconductor company that is leading the way towards ultra-low power wireless communications for the Internet of Things revolution. With its patented technologies, SPARK Microsystems will bring to market a high performance wireless transceiver that allows for orders of magnitude improved power consumption andlatency while providing higher data rates than competing technologies. For more information, please visit www.sparkmicro.com. | $12.4M | Series B | Mar 23, 2026 |  |
| Nouveau Monde Graphite | Nouveau Monde is developing its operations with the highest environmental standards in one of the most advanced mining friendly jurisdictions in the world in Québec, Canada; they’re targeting the growing North-American lithium-ion battery market. Local, green, and safe supply of natural graphite produced with a low environmental footprint is,according to us, of added value to the North-American lithium-ion battery manufacturers. | $335M | Post-IPO Debt | Mar 17, 2026 |  |

10 of 251 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-development-bank-of-canada) — VC Fund, 21 deals together
- [Investissement Quebec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investissement-quebec) — VC Fund, 19 deals together
- [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [Fonds de solidarité FTQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fonds-de-solidarit-ftq) — VC Fund, 16 deals together
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-capital) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Cycle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cycle-capital) — VC Fund, 12 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Export Development Canada invest in?

Export Development Canada invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 251 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Export Development Canada's check size?

Export Development Canada typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$22M at Series A and $5M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Export Development Canada participates in.

### How do I contact Export Development Canada?

Public channels for Export Development Canada include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Export Development Canada?

The team at Export Development Canada includes Siddartha Krishnan (Partner - Private Equity Investments), Eugene Siklos (Head of Direct Investments) and Georges Nasr (Investment Manager), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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