Ventures West

Ventures West

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Investment Firm

Overview

Ventures West is one of Canada's largest privately owned venture capital companies. In addition to providing capital, they contribute a wealth of resources to each investment.

With 10 professional technology investment managers, and one of the most productive Entrepreneur-In-Residence programs in Canada, the Ventures West team has over 120 years of technology venture investing and hands-on operating experience.

Ventures West has a unique set of capabilities - a long and successful track record in venture capital investing, management depth, extensive contacts in North American technology, financial, and venture capital industries, and the ability to form investor syndicates.

Highlights

Founded

1993

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

11-50

Investment

61

Lead Investment

21

Exits

23

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Ventures West, established in 1993 and headquartered in North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture investments across Software, Mobile, Messaging, VoIP, Financial Services, Venture Capital, FinTech, Angel Investment, AgTech, CleanTech. The organization boasts a portfolio of 61 investments, with an average round size of $15.2M and 23 successful exits. Their recent investments include EQO, GrowthWorks Capital, BDC Venture Capital, Dabble DB, Viigo. The highest investment round they participated in was $70.6B. Among their most notable exits are EQO and GrowthWorks Capital. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Howard Riback

Howard Riback

General Partner and CFO

imagePlace David Berkowitz

David Berkowitz

General Partner

Investment portfolio

Ventures West has made 61 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 18, 2013, when Viigo raised $6.0M.

investments

61

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

21

Number of exits

23

Investments

61

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Apr 19, 2012
Alder Biopharmaceuticals Alder Biopharmaceuticals
Biotechnology38.0M
Aug 14, 2012
Spectra7 Microsystems Spectra7 Microsystems
Virtual Reality11.0M
Apr 03, 2013
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Aquinox Pharmaceuticals
Biotechnology18.0M
Dec 18, 2013
Viigo Viigo
Financial Services6.0M

Exits

23

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

61

Investors

0

Funds

1

Funding Rounds

61

Ventures West has raised 61 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 18, 2013 from a Series A - Viigo round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Apr 19, 2012
Series D - Alder Biopharmaceuticals Series D - Alder Biopharmaceuticals
-38.0M-
Aug 14, 2012
Venture Round - Spectra7 Microsystems Venture Round - Spectra7 Microsystems
-11.0M-
Apr 03, 2013
Series C - Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Series C - Aquinox Pharmaceuticals
-18.0M-
Dec 18, 2013
Series A - Viigo Series A - Viigo
-6.0M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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