Rolf Dekleer
VP, Investments @ GrowthWorks Capital
Vancouver, Canada
Rolf Dekleer is a Series B investor at GrowthWorks Capital in Vancouver focused on Electronics and Manufacturing. Rolf Dekleer has eighteen years of operating experience with technology companies such as Cymbolic Sciences, MacDonald Dettwiler, Agilent Technologies, Hewlett-Packard and Schlumberger. He has extensive experience in product management and business development, including 10 years with venture capital backed firms. Rolf has an MA and an MBA fromYork University, and graduated from BCIT's Electronics Engineering program.Current and past board positions include Angstrom Power, BC Photonics Industry Assoc., Canadian Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Assoc., Cellex Power, Clearwater Technologies, CoolEdge Lighting, CopperLeaf Technologies, D-Wave Systems, Dyaptive Systems, General Fusion, NxtGen Emission Controls, Radiant Communications, Redlen Technologies, Spark Integration, Switch Materials, Versawave Technologies and Zeugma Systems.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 7%
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Industries Rolf Dekleer invests in
Stages Rolf Dekleer invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Electronics 2 (14%)
- Manufacturing 2 (14%)
- Semiconductor 2 (14%)
- VoIP 1 (7%)
- Energy 1 (7%)
Stage
- Series B 4 (29%)
- Series C 3 (21%)
- Series A 2 (14%)
- Funding Round 2 (14%)
- Secondary Market 2 (14%)
Investments
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| D-Wave Quantum develops quantum computing systems, software, and cloud-based services for commercial, government, and research organizations. The company provides both annealing and gate-model quantum computing technologies, along with application development tools, hybrid solvers, and cloud access that support the development and deployment ofquantum applications. Its technologies are used to address computational challenges in areas such as optimization, materials science, artificial intelligence, logistics, manufacturing, financial services, and scientific research. The company also offers professional services and software development tools that help organizations integrate quantum computing into existing workflows. Through its combination of hardware, software, and cloud services, D-Wave Quantum supports the development and execution of quantum computing applications across a range of industries. | Secondary Market / Mar 01, 2019 | ||
| General Fusion pursues a commercially oriented path toward fusion energy by developing a magnetized target fusion (MTF) technology. The company applies advances in plasma physics, modern electronics, materials, and compression mechanisms to generate fusion-relevant conditions. It operates a demonstration system, Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), thatinjects magnetized plasma into a liquid metal liner and compresses it using coordinated mechanical pistons to reach high temperatures and pressures. The technology serves as a practical stepping stone toward building a fusion demonstration facility and ultimately delivering fusion-derived electricity to the grid. The approach focuses on closing the gap between demonstration milestones and a deployable power-plant system. | Secondary Market / Mar 01, 2019 | ||
| SWITCH Materials develops revolutionary new materials based on proprietary organic molecules that "switch" optical properties on command.SWITCH’s molecular switches can be developed for a number of applications, especially in the areas of molecular electronics and health sciences, including optical filters, photochromic inks, paintsand fibers, high-density optical information storage systems, molecular sensors and biomarkers for labeling and tracking of live cells.SWITCH has assembled a team of cutting-edge materials scientists with combined expertise in synthetic chemistry, polymer processing, optics, and molecular & materials engineering. SWITCH conducts its research and development activities in our own laboratories and the state-of-the-art analytical and clean room facilities at 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University's new $40 million materials science research centre. | $3M / Series C / Jun 24, 2015 | ||
| General Fusion pursues a commercially oriented path toward fusion energy by developing a magnetized target fusion (MTF) technology. The company applies advances in plasma physics, modern electronics, materials, and compression mechanisms to generate fusion-relevant conditions. It operates a demonstration system, Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), thatinjects magnetized plasma into a liquid metal liner and compresses it using coordinated mechanical pistons to reach high temperatures and pressures. The technology serves as a practical stepping stone toward building a fusion demonstration facility and ultimately delivering fusion-derived electricity to the grid. The approach focuses on closing the gap between demonstration milestones and a deployable power-plant system. | $22.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 19, 2015 | ||
| D-Wave Quantum develops quantum computing systems, software, and cloud-based services for commercial, government, and research organizations. The company provides both annealing and gate-model quantum computing technologies, along with application development tools, hybrid solvers, and cloud access that support the development and deployment ofquantum applications. Its technologies are used to address computational challenges in areas such as optimization, materials science, artificial intelligence, logistics, manufacturing, financial services, and scientific research. The company also offers professional services and software development tools that help organizations integrate quantum computing into existing workflows. Through its combination of hardware, software, and cloud services, D-Wave Quantum supports the development and execution of quantum computing applications across a range of industries. | $30M / Oct 04, 2012 | ||
| General Fusion pursues a commercially oriented path toward fusion energy by developing a magnetized target fusion (MTF) technology. The company applies advances in plasma physics, modern electronics, materials, and compression mechanisms to generate fusion-relevant conditions. It operates a demonstration system, Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), thatinjects magnetized plasma into a liquid metal liner and compresses it using coordinated mechanical pistons to reach high temperatures and pressures. The technology serves as a practical stepping stone toward building a fusion demonstration facility and ultimately delivering fusion-derived electricity to the grid. The approach focuses on closing the gap between demonstration milestones and a deployable power-plant system. | $19.5M / Series B / May 05, 2011 | ||
| Redlen Technologies is a leading manufacturer of high resolution Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) semiconductor radiation detectors which are enabling a new generation of high performance detection and imaging equipment including Nuclear Cardiology, CT Scanning, Baggage Scanning and Dirty Bomb Detection.Having successfully pioneered a breakthroughproduction process for manufacturing advanced CZT semiconductor wafers with its proprietary Traveling Heater Method (THM) technology, Redlen is revolutionizing the performance, cost and availability of radiation detection and imaging – enabling the widespread adoption of this technology for the medical and security markets.The company also offers an advanced thin film solar Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) feedstock product, delivering volume quantities of high purity, high performance semiconductor material to the Thin Film Solar Photovoltaic (PV) market.With its industry-leading CZT growth technology, pioneered by a management and technical team that is deeply rooted in semiconductor and imaging technology, Redlen is changing the landscape for high performance, cost effective radiation-based medical and security imaging equipment. | $7.8M / Feb 09, 2010 | ||
| SWITCH Materials develops revolutionary new materials based on proprietary organic molecules that "switch" optical properties on command.SWITCH’s molecular switches can be developed for a number of applications, especially in the areas of molecular electronics and health sciences, including optical filters, photochromic inks, paintsand fibers, high-density optical information storage systems, molecular sensors and biomarkers for labeling and tracking of live cells.SWITCH has assembled a team of cutting-edge materials scientists with combined expertise in synthetic chemistry, polymer processing, optics, and molecular & materials engineering. SWITCH conducts its research and development activities in our own laboratories and the state-of-the-art analytical and clean room facilities at 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University's new $40 million materials science research centre. | $7.5M / Series B / Jan 15, 2010 | ||
| General Fusion pursues a commercially oriented path toward fusion energy by developing a magnetized target fusion (MTF) technology. The company applies advances in plasma physics, modern electronics, materials, and compression mechanisms to generate fusion-relevant conditions. It operates a demonstration system, Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), thatinjects magnetized plasma into a liquid metal liner and compresses it using coordinated mechanical pistons to reach high temperatures and pressures. The technology serves as a practical stepping stone toward building a fusion demonstration facility and ultimately delivering fusion-derived electricity to the grid. The approach focuses on closing the gap between demonstration milestones and a deployable power-plant system. | $13.8M / Series A / Aug 04, 2009 | ||
| Zeugma Systems is a privately held telecommunications equipment supplier delivering open solutions that accelerate new service deployment for broadband service providers of all types. The Zeugma Services Node, a service delivery router (SDR), uniquely combines massive compute resources with next-generation capacity, service awareness, andsubscriber awareness in a carrier-grade, fully redundant system. The result is a new class of equipment that enables service providers to:Rapidly prototype and launch new revenue-generating services and network behaviors,Identify and monitor session flows on a highly granular per-subscriber, per-service basis,Manage individual session flows in order to enforce policy-based quality of service (QOS),Develop applications, such as targeted ad insertion, that add value to individual session flows,Reduce the number and types of edge devices required to deliver high-value services while performing, standard broadband aggregation and subscriber management functions. | $8.8M / Series C / Mar 17, 2009 | ||
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About GrowthWorks Capital
Invest in our experienceGrowthWorks* offers you more: more accountability, more experience and more proven know-how to make the most of your investment.A principled approach to adding valueOver the last 20 years, we've built GrowthWorks into one of Canada's venture capital management companies. We've done that by managingfunds that rigorously follow core principles: structure strategic investments in growth-oriented companies, value portfolio assets conservatively, build vital industry connections and minimize risk through diversification. It's a simple formula that delivers powerful results.Regional know-how. National ReachAt GrowthWorks, we offer regionally based retail venture capital funds (RVCs) right across Canada.GrowthWorks specializes in the management of and growth of regionally based venture capital funds. The funds under management include the following RVCs: Working Opportunity Fund, GrowthWorks Commercialization Fund and GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund.Partners in performanceWe have specialized teams in each of our core sectors to identify and structure investments in potential winners. These skilled teams also help create success by helping the companies that GrowthWorks managed funds invest in to grow with strategic management support and advice. This way, the companies get guidance from experienced leaders. In turn, the funds’ investors know that these companies receive direction to help them thrive.
GrowthWorks Capital Contacts
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What does Rolf Dekleer invest in?
Rolf Dekleer invests primarily in Electronics, Manufacturing and Semiconductor startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 14 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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The most recent investment recorded for Rolf Dekleer closed in Mar 2019. Shizune tracks 14 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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