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BDC Seed Venture Fund
BDC Seed Venture Fund is a government or Crown investor based in Canada. BDC Seed Venture Fund has backed 13 Canadian AI companies in the Index, joining 6 tracked rounds and leading 3. The most recent was JetScale AI's C$5.4M seed round in February 2026. BDC Seed Venture Fund most often invests alongside Brightspark Ventures, Build Ventures and Diagram Ventures.
Government/Crown based in Canada. 13 Canadian AI companies in the Index, 6 tracked rounds, 3 as lead.
- Type
- Government/
Crown - HQ country
- Canada
- Companies
- 13
- Tracked rounds
- 6
- Led
- 3
- First tracked deal
- Tracktile, Jul 2024
- Latest tracked deal
- JetScale AI, Feb 2026
- Website
- bdc.ca
Portfolio
| Company | Rounds joined (date, round size) | Company's total raised | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetScale AI | Seed · Feb 2026 · C$5.4M round (lead) | C$5.4M | Lead |
| Irréversible | Pre-seed · Jan 2026 | — | — |
| Musical AI | Seed · Jan 2026 · US$4.5M round | C$8.3M | — |
| ShopVision | Seed · Sep 2025 · US$4.1M round | US$4.1M | — |
| Styx Intelligence | Seed · Mar 2025 · C$2.7M round (lead) | C$2.7M | Lead |
| Tracktile | Pre-seed · Jul 2024 · C$575K round (lead) | C$575K | Lead |
| Dream Photonics* | — | C$1.2M | — |
| Dreamwell AI* | — | — | — |
| Feel Good Interactive* | — | — | — |
| LoopX* | — | C$480K | — |
| MakeOS* | — | — | — |
| Picketa Systems* | — | C$2.1M | — |
| Stowe* | — | — | — |
A round's size is the whole round as announced, not this investor's cheque.
* Held per the firm's portfolio page or reported coverage, without a round tracked in the Index.
Frequent co-investors
Brightspark Ventures (1 shared round), Build Ventures (1 shared round), Diagram Ventures (1 shared round), Frostbite Capital (1 shared round), Heavybit (1 shared round), Island Capital Partners (1 shared round), New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (1 shared round), Quantacet (1 shared round)
Data as of November 10, 2026.