Canadian VC invested hits $2.5 bln in 2015, PE deals capture $20.1 bln
Activity in Canada’s venture capital market continued to grow in 2015, according to a preliminary report by Thomson Reuters. A total of $2.5 billion in venture capital went to 542 financings last year, up 6 percent from 2014, reflecting the largest investment in Canadian companies since 2002. Information technology sectors accounted for 61 percent of the dollar flows. The report also found buyout and related private equity invested in Canadian companies totaled $20.1 billion last year. While this is down 35 percent year over year, private equity deployments in Canada in 2015 were still the second highest since 2007. Canadian private equity investors were especially active abroad last year, participating in 27 foreign deals sized greater than $1 billion, an all-time high.
