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At Brightspark, individual investors can invest with us in VC-grade, exceptional Canadian early-stage tech companies.
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Proud winners of two CVCA Deal of the Year Awards and the 2017 Angel of the Year Award
Invest alongside the pros
Our Managing Partners have been VC investors in Canada since 1999
Industry leading returns
Brightspark has a track record of creating top quartile returns for investors for the past 10 years
Portfolio Highlights
We have invested in some of the best early-stage companies in Canada. Here’s a sample of our investments:
Some members of the Brightspark family
Ben ZifkinCEO, Hubba
- Brightspark invested over $2.5M
- Top 3 New Startups Award by KPMG
Marcel LebrunCEO, Radian6
- Brightspark made a 27X return
- CVCA Deal of the Year Award
Frederic LalondeCEO, Hopper
- Brightspark led all seed investments
- Winner of Apple, Google Play, and Webby Awards
Tim SzetoCEO, Nano Magnetics
- Groundbreaking magnet innovation
- Brightspark co-invested with Horizons Ventures
Lindsey GoodchildCEO, Nudge Rewards
- Brightspark led first VC investment
- Customer traction in Canada, U.S., and Australasia
Pierre DonaldsonChairman & CEO, nGuvu
- Revolutionizing the contact center experience
- Brightspark led the first VC round, co-invested with Desjardins Capital
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Latest blog posts
An unprecedented number of new tech startups continue to emerge in Canada, and many of them are pushing the envelope in markets that tech investors never would have considered (or had access to) in the past.
As Benedict Evans of Andreessen Horowitz told Bloomberg, “stop thinking about technology as something separate and apart from other companies or industries.”
So, how can you be a successful tech investor when everything is tech?
We are excited to announce the launch of a new $50-75m fund. The Brightspark Canadian Opportunities Fund is structured as a more traditional VC fund, is fully managed by Brightspark, and will invest in synch with our deal-by-deal Single Purpose Vehicles (SPVs).
Last year, we doubled the size of our network, we invested over $15M in 8 portfolio companies (including re-investments), and we took part in one of largest financing round in Canadian history.
Before co-founding Brightspark, Managing Partner Mark Skapinker was on the other side of the table as a tech entrepreneur. In our latest blog post, Mark shares the reality of being an entrepreneur in Canada at a time when there wasn’t a thriving tech industry like the one we see today - the challenges he faced and some of the fundamentals that have stayed the same.