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BDC Women in Technology Venture Fund

BDC Women in Technology Venture Fund is a government or Crown investor based in Canada. BDC Women in Technology Venture Fund has backed 12 Canadian AI companies in the Index, joining 2 tracked rounds and leading 1. The most recent was Swift Medical's US$8M venture round in January 2024. BDC Women in Technology Venture Fund most often invests alongside 8VC, Aurora Innovation and Fei-Fei Li.

Government/Crown based in Canada. 12 Canadian AI companies in the Index, 2 tracked rounds, 1 as lead.

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Type
Government/Crown
HQ country
Canada
Companies
12
Tracked rounds
2
Led
1
First tracked deal
Waabi, Jun 2021
Latest tracked deal
Swift Medical, Jan 2024
Website
bdc.ca

Portfolio

CompanyRounds joined (date, round size)Company's total raisedRole
Swift MedicalVenture round · Jan 2024 · US$8M round (lead)US$8MLead
WaabiSeries A · Jun 2021 · US$83.5M roundUS$1B—
A&K Robotics*—C$8M—
BlueDot*—C$3M—
Canvass AI (Canvass Analytics)*———
Eigen Innovations*———
Finn AI*———
Keatext*———
MIMOSA Diagnostics*———
ODAIA*—US$25M—
Plum*—US$6M—
Symend*—US$92M—

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

8VC (1 shared round), Aurora Innovation (1 shared round), Fei-Fei Li (1 shared round), Geoffrey Hinton (1 shared round), Khosla Ventures (1 shared round), OMERS (1 shared round), Pieter Abbeel (1 shared round), Radical Ventures (1 shared round)

Data as of November 10, 2026.

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