# Steven Abrams

> Steven Abrams is a seed investor at BDC Venture Capital (Montréal) backing Software and SaaS. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital)
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/steven-abrams/0/bab/258

Steven Abrams is a seed investor at BDC Venture Capital in Montréal focused on Software and SaaS. Steven Abrams is the Partner, IT Venture Fund, Strategic Investments and Women in Tech Fund at BDC Venture Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 21% |
| SaaS | 2 | 14% |
| Sales | 2 | 14% |
| Education | 2 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 14% |

40 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 50% |
| Series A | 3 | 21% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Waabi | Waabi operates as a self-driving technology start-up. Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before. | $750M | Series C | Jan 28, 2026 |  |
| HiMama | HiMama provides SaaS to child care and early childhood education programs to operate their child care programs, manage classrooms and support young children's learning and development. It provides a quick and easy way for child care programs to record and share children's activities, everything from silly and fun moments to learning anddevelopmental milestones, and supports administrators with managing staff and collecting tuition payments from families. The software is based on extensive research and interviews with early childhood educators. | $55.5M | Series B | Nov 18, 2021 |  |
| Uvaro | Uvaro's career success platform includes training, paid experience, advancement and ongoing coaching to ensure long-term career success. Our training program includes on-demand and live classes, our virtual internships let companies hire talent based on performance, our coaching and mentorship network drive ongoing career growth. Our averagestudent lands their new role in less than 17 days from graduation at more than 2x their previous income, and in their new roles achieve 50% more sales than their peers. | $10.6M | Series A | Nov 03, 2021 |  |
| Uvaro | Uvaro's career success platform includes training, paid experience, advancement, and ongoing coaching to ensure long-term career success. Their training program includes on-demand and live classes. Their virtual internships let companies hire talent based on performance. Their coaching and mentorship network drive ongoing career growth. | $12M | Series A | Nov 03, 2021 |  |
| Waabi | Waabi operates as a self-driving technology start-up. Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before. | $82.6M | Series A | Jun 08, 2021 |  |
| Aifred Health | Aifred Health is a Montreal-based healthtech startup that helps clinicians make better treatment decisions in mental healthcare. | $4M | Seed | Dec 09, 2020 |  |
| ODAIA | ODAIA has innovated the first AI-powered Customer Data Platform (CDP) that pioneered the combination of process mining, customer journey mapping and AI to deliver goal-driven commercial insights and process automation as a SaaS for the Life Sciences industry. | $3.3M | Seed | Nov 01, 2020 |  |
| Uvaro | Uvaro's career success platform includes training, paid experience, advancement and ongoing coaching to ensure long-term career success. Our training program includes on-demand and live classes, our virtual internships let companies hire talent based on performance, our coaching and mentorship network drive ongoing career growth. Our averagestudent lands their new role in less than 17 days from graduation at more than 2x their previous income, and in their new roles achieve 50% more sales than their peers. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 01, 2020 |  |
| Uvaro | Uvaro's career success platform includes training, paid experience, advancement, and ongoing coaching to ensure long-term career success. Their training program includes on-demand and live classes. Their virtual internships let companies hire talent based on performance. Their coaching and mentorship network drive ongoing career growth. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 01, 2020 |  |
| HiMama | HiMama provides SaaS to child care and early childhood education programs to operate their child care programs, manage classrooms and support young children's learning and development. It provides a quick and easy way for child care programs to record and share children's activities, everything from silly and fun moments to learning anddevelopmental milestones, and supports administrators with managing staff and collecting tuition payments from families. The software is based on extensive research and interviews with early childhood educators. | $3.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 19, 2020 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Xfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xfund) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Garage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garage-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Real Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Western Technology Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/western-technology-investment) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Amplify Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mars-catalyst-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## 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 |
| Denisia Pereira | Associate Principal, Women in Tech Venture Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denisia-pereira |

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## FAQ

### What does Steven Abrams invest in?

Steven Abrams invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Sales startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### When did Steven Abrams last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steven Abrams closed in Jan 2026. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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