RBC Capital
VC Fund
Toronto, Canada
RBC Capital is a VC fund in Toronto focused on Software and Financial Services. Royal Bank of Canada is a financial services company that focuses on banking, wealth management, insurance, investment, and capital markets. RBC Capital Markets is RBC's worldwide investment and corporate banking subsidiary, while the investment brokerage firm is known as RBC Dominion Securities. Investment banking services are also provided through RBC Bank and the focus is on middle-market clients. It was founded in 1869 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.
- Total investments:
- 42
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 24%
Last updated:
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Industries RBC Capital invests in
Stages RBC Capital invests in
Countries RBC Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 11 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series B
- $20M–$65M
- Series D
- $24M–$63M
- Debt Financing
- $1M–$600M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 10 (24%)
- Financial Services 6 (14%)
- Information Technology 6 (14%)
- SaaS 4 (10%)
- FinTech 4 (10%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 9 (21%)
- Series B 6 (14%)
- Series D 4 (10%)
- Funding Round 4 (10%)
- Grant 3 (7%)
Country
- Canada 17 (40%)
- United States 13 (31%)
- Bahamas 1 (2%)
- Germany 1 (2%)
- Ireland 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Barrie Laver
Managing Director, Head of Venture Capital & Private Equity
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Managing Director, Head of Venture Capital & Private Equity | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
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Peter von Schilling
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
David P. O'Brien
Chairperson
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Chairperson | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Foteini Agrafioti
Chief Science Officer
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Chief Science Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Gabriel Woo
Vice-President, Innovation
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Vice-President, Innovation | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 11 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Itafos, formerly MBAC Fertilizer Corp, is a Canada-based company, which is a producer of phosphate-based fertilizers and related products. The Company operates in the business of fertilizer operations, management, marketing and finance. The Company owns and operates the Itafos-Arraias SSP Operations, which consists of an integrated fertilizer producing facility comprised of a phosphate mine, a mill, a beneficiation plant, a sulphuric acid plant, an SSP plant and a granulation plant and related infrastructure located in central Brazil. Its exploration portfolio includes a number of 3 projects in Brazil, including the Santana Project, a high-grade phosphate deposit located in close proximity to the fertilizer market of Mato Grosso State and animal feed market of Para State, and the Araxa Project, a high-grade rare earth elements, niobium and phosphate deposit located in close proximity to two operating mines. | $140M / Post-IPO Debt / Sep 29, 2026 | ||
| FOCOL Holdings Limited distributes petroleum products to service stations and other establishments in Freeport, Grand Bahama, from the Bahamas Oil Refining Company (BORCO) terminal. | $379.2M / Debt Financing / Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| MaRS Discovery District is a nonprofit innovation organization that supports startup development, technology commercialization, and entrepreneurship programs across science and technology sectors. The organization provides advisory services, venture development support, investor connections, market access programs, and workspace infrastructure for startups and scaling companies. Its ecosystem includes entrepreneurs, researchers, corporations, investors, and public sector partners working on areas such as health technology, climate technology, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies. MaRS Discovery District also operates innovation hubs, laboratory facilities, office spaces, and event venues designed to support collaboration and company growth. The organization manages programs related to venture acceleration, startup education, capital access, and commercialization of research-based technologies. Its activities include supporting early-stage ventures, facilitating industry partnerships, and connecting innovators with funding, talent, and business development resources. | $3.5M / Grant / Dec 03, 2024 | ||
| RecNation Storage ("RecNation" or the "Company"), the owner, operator, and developer of specialized recreational vehicle and marine storage facilities, | $500M / Debt Financing / May 22, 2023 | ||
| Celonis believes that every company can unlock its full execution capacity. Powered by its market-leading process mining core, the Celonis Execution Management System provides a set of instruments and applications, the Celonis Studio as well as platform capabilities for business executives and users. The Celonis EMS offerings help companies manageevery facet of execution management from analytics to strategy and planning, management, actions, and automation. | $600M / Debt Financing / Aug 23, 2022 | ||
| Fidel API is a global financial infrastructure platform that enables developers to build programmable experiences at the moment a transaction occurs on any payment card. Its tools are transforming how merchants and users interact by powering real-time, event-driven engagements, best-in-class loyalty and rewards programs and revolutionizingprocesses from reimbursements to expense management.Fidel API is trusted by start-ups through global enterprises including Google, British Airways, TopCashback, Perkbox, Royal Bank of Canada, and Blackhawk Networks, and is supported by the world’s largest card networks, including Visa, Mastercard and American Express.Founded in 2018, Fidel API is headquartered in London, with offices in Lisbon, New York, and remote employees globally. Fidel API is backed by investors including Nyca Partners, QED Investors, Citi Ventures, RBC Capital and Commerce Ventures. | $65.1M / Series B / Apr 06, 2022 | ||
| OJO is a real estate development company. They provide home buying and selling services. Their platform for buying, selling, and homeownership. They help with managing, finding, and selling homes. | $62.5M / Series D / Jun 24, 2020 | ||
| With over 4000 customers in 120 countries, Checkfront is an Built on the _Saas_ model, Checkfront is a fully managed solution. It includes automated updates, backups, and industry-leading security on a high speed, highavailability network. | $6.8M / Series A / Mar 09, 2020 | ||
| With hundreds of hours of research, writing, and editing, Holloway's comprehensive Guides help readers make better decisions. | $4.6M / Seed / Aug 01, 2019 | ||
| First there was dial-up, then came broadband, followed by fibre. | $219.4M / Debt Financing / Jul 26, 2019 | ||
| See all 42 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does RBC Capital invest in?
RBC Capital invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Debt Financing and Series B stage. Most of the 42 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does RBC Capital invest in?
RBC Capital typically joins rounds of $20M–$65M at Series B, $24M–$63M at Series D and $1M–$600M at Debt Financing. These are whole funding-round sizes, not RBC Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds RBC Capital took part in.
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Who are the partners at RBC Capital?
The team at RBC Capital includes Barrie Laver (Managing Director, Head of Venture Capital & Private Equity), Peter von Schilling (Managing Director) and David P. O'Brien (Chairperson), among 11 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 Nov 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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