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Venture Capital Canada 2025
Explore Canada's latest VC trends through an interactive AI-powered briefing, based on BDC's 2025 report. Understand where capital is flowing, how AI is reshaping the market, and what investors and founders should prepare for next.
Purpose
Interactive Report Exploration
Understand how Canadian VC bounced back in 2024 with $7.9B invested, even as deal volume dropped. See where the capital went, what changed, and why AI took 30% of the pie.
Support Homegrown Innovation
BDC is calling for Canadian capital to step up. Foreign dollars are pulling back. This is a turning point for domestic funds, pension-backed innovation, and policy-level investment strategies.
Turn Insight Into Action
Whether you're a founder, GP, LP, or policy maker, use the assistant to get actionable insights, trends, and risks in plain language — no report reading required.
Why This Matters
Canada’s venture market is shifting fast. Funding is up, but exits are stalled. IRR is falling, and U.S. investors are quietly pulling back. AI took 30% of all VC investment in 2024, but most companies still face tighter runways, slower funding cycles, and higher pressure to prove value earlier. The gap between growth-stage hype and early-stage reality is widening.
This assistant breaks down BDC’s 2025 report into real, usable insights. Founders, GPs, and policy leaders can explore sector trends, capital flows, and regional gaps in minutes — not hours. The goal is simple: help Canada’s ecosystem move faster by putting data and decisions in the same room.
💡 AI is accelerating, exits are stalling
Even with $11.5B in dry powder, liquidity remains tight and returns are under pressure. Canada’s VC IRR fell to 10%, while the U.S. continues to outperform.
🌐 Foreign capital is pulling back
U.S. investor participation is declining, and with global uncertainty rising, Canada must rely more on itself to fund its next generation of innovators.
📉 Founders face tighter runways, fewer deals
While up rounds are rebounding, fundraising is still slow and regional gaps persist. The time to build resilient, Canada-first VC infrastructure is now.