VC, sub and venture debt funding for the YTD as at May 2007

As June winds down, here are the figures (for the first five months of the year, according to public and industry sources) for money invested in Canadian-based firms by VCs, government agencies and debt funds such as ourselves. This covers all venture capital, “mezz”, sub debt and venture debt categories. Folks lag on the data input sometimes, so it’ll be a couple of weeks before the figures for the first six months of 2007 will have settled out.

Interesting to note that two of the four largest groups (and 3 of the six) are debt funds. And one has to tip the hat to Growthworks, who have had a stellar run of late with a series of new lead transactions in their shop:

1. American Capital Strategies $160 million
2. Growthworks $51.7 million
3. BDC Subordinate Finance $41.1 million
4. Wellington Financial $39.3 million
5. BDC Venture capital $29.1 million
7. Forward Ventures $21.1 million
8. Alloy Ventures $20.5 million
9. Orbimed Advisors $20.1 million
9. Skyline Ventures $20.1 million
9. Brookside Capital $20.1 million
9. Radius Ventures $20.1 million

(full credit to lead fund, where identifiable)
MRM