Business Development Bank of Canada

The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is a government-owned financial institution established in 1944, headquartered in Montreal. It aims to foster economic growth and job creation by providing financial products and services primarily to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Canada. BDC offers a range of services, including business loans, subordinate financing, venture capital, and consulting support in areas such as strategic planning and human resource management. The bank serves various industries, including aerospace, automotive, construction, food and beverage, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, technology, and tourism. With a network of over 100 offices, BDC operates in both official languages, ensuring access to its services for a diverse clientele nationwide.

Steven Abrams

Partner

Nazmin Alani

Partner, Co-Investments

Phil Anzarut

Partner, Growth Venture Co-investment Fund

Dominique Belanger

Managing Partner

Hugo Belisle

Associate, Fund Investments

Tony Bommel

Senior Managing Partner

Kristina D’Amico

Associate, Fund Investments

Nicolas Gravel

Director, Fund Investments

Erika Kurczyn

Manager, Strategic Partnerships

Patrick Latour

SVP Growth & Transition Capital, Wholesale Financing

Joel McInnis

Associate, Fund Investments

Loren Rafeson

Partner, Growth Equity Partners

Michelle Scarborough

Managing Partner, BDC Capital

Robert Simon

Senior Managing Partner

Maxime Tourangeau

Partner

Past deals in Ontario

Hojicha Co.

Debt Financing in 2022
Hojicha Co. is the first brand to specialize in Japanese roasted green tea outside of Japan.

Dozr

Series B in 2022
Dozr is a contractor to contractor equipment rental marketplace that is disrupting the construction industry by changing the way contractors manage their equipment. Using Dozr's online marketplace contractors can earn income with their high quality but underutilized equipment by listing their idle equipment for rent, sale, or rent with operator to other contractors within their trusted network. Contractors get significant savings by renting the equipment they need through Dozr.

KOHO Financial

Series D in 2022
KOHO Financial Inc. is a financial technology company based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2014. The company offers low-cost banking services through a prepaid, reloadable Visa debit card and a mobile application designed to simplify financial management for users. The platform enables customers to conduct day-to-day banking operations while providing various tools for expense management, including spending insights, cash flow projections, and group spending features. By focusing on accessibility and ease of use, KOHO aims to empower individuals to better manage their finances and achieve their financial goals.

Sierra Wireless

Post in 2022
Sierra Wireless, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides device-to-cloud Internet Of Things (IoT) solutions primarily in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates through two segments, IoT Solutions and Embedded Broadband. The IoT Solutions segment offers recurring connectivity services, cloud management software, and cellular modules and gateways. The Embedded Broadband segment provides high-speed cellular embedded modules that are used in non-industrial applications, such as automobile, mobile computing, and enterprise networking markets. The company serves enterprises, industrial companies, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) through direct channels; and indirect channels, including OEMs, distributors, value-added resellers, and mobile network operators. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

Nicoya Lifesciences

Series A in 2021
Nicoya Lifesciences Inc. develops sensor products to get affinity, kinetics, and specificity for proteins, antibodies, DNA, RNA, enzymes, polymers, and small molecules. The company offers surface plasmon resonance (SPR) instruments, spectrophotometers, sensor chips, SPR reagents and kits, and SPR accessories; and OpenSPR, a personal label-free biomolecular analysis instrument. It also provides software solutions, such as TraceDrawer, a real-time kinetic analysis software; OpenSPR software that allows the control of the OpenSPR instrument and real time data acquisition; and OpenSpec, a software program for real time optical peak tracking. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Kitchener, Canada.

MSP Corp

Funding Round in 2021
MSP Corp acquires and partners with high-performing Managed Service Providers in Canada and the United States to provide resources, technology, and business support to empower exceptional MSP teams. We enable the best to be even better.

The GIST

Debt Financing in 2021
The GIST is an audience engagement company focused on connecting and empowering underserved sports fans, particularly women, within the sports industry. Founded by women who recognized the lack of diversity and representation in sports conversations, The GIST addresses the challenges faced by fans who often feel excluded. By providing sports news, experiences, and a community tailored specifically for women, The GIST fosters a space where female fans can engage with sports on their terms. The company aims to level the playing field and ensure that all sports enthusiasts have the opportunity to participate in discussions and experiences that enrich their connection to the sports world.

Neurescence

Debt Financing in 2021
Neurescence Inc. develops assessment tools for brain diseases and developing effective therapeutics. The company offers two types of GRIN lenses for imaging different areas of the central nervous system. Its thin, cylindrical, graded-refractive-index lenses (grin) get implanted along with focus adjustable fiber-lens connector in any region of the brain and spinal cord; and allows imaging fiber bundle to connect to the implanted GRIN lens to transmit the fluorescence signal from neurons to the CMOS sensor. It also offers Quartet, a miniature fluorescence microscope and data collection software package optimized for neuronal calcium imaging. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Exact Imaging

Venture Round in 2021
Exact Imaging develops high-resolution micro-ultrasound systems for enabling real-time imaging and guided biopsies in the urological market for prostate cancer. Its micro-ultrasound system enables visualization and targeting of suspicious regions, in addition to performing systematic TRUS biopsies for prostate cancer imaging and the surrounding anatomy. The company also offers FusionVu micro-ultrasound/MRI fusion application to complement its ExactVu micro-ultrasound system for prostate imaging and biopsy. Exact Imaging was formerly known as Imagistx, Inc. and changed its name to Exact Imaging in March 2015. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Markham, Canada.

Peak Power

Series A in 2021
Peak’s AI-powered software enables intelligent energy in smart cities by optimizing synthetic, stationary, and mobile batteries to act as grid resources. Peak’s solutions reduce operating costs and the environmental footprint of our clients while decreasing strain on the grid.

Fable

Seed Round in 2020
Fable Tech Labs Inc. is a Toronto-based software company founded in 2018 that specializes in enhancing digital accessibility for individuals with disabilities. Its platform connects researchers, designers, and developers with users who have disabilities, allowing businesses to test and refine their online products. By leveraging feedback from individuals using assistive technology, Fable helps clients gain insights into the user experience and create customized reports aimed at improving digital accessibility. The platform offers flexible monthly plans, enabling product developers to receive consistent feedback across various assistive technologies, browsers, and devices. Fable's mission is to support the creation of accessible digital products, addressing the needs of over one billion people living with disabilities.

Reshift security

Seed Round in 2020
Reshift Security Inc. develops secure software for organizations. The company is based in Nepean, Canada.

Periculum

Funding Round in 2019
Periculum is an alternate credit rating solution for underserved markets, and their vision is to unlock credit for the developing world to accelerate economic empowerment. They provide lenders and financial institutions across Africa with a machine learning, alternate credit assessment solution. Their machine learning model has an 80% default prediction accuracy, better than FICO, Equifax, and Trans Union. Periculum is going to become an Africa-wide credit bureau, providing credit profiles to people and companies across the continent.

Nudge

Series B in 2019
Nudge Rewards is a Toronto-based company that offers a team performance management platform designed for retailers, foodservice, and hospitality sectors. The platform includes a mobile solution that facilitates employee engagement, knowledge assessment, and performance monitoring for frontline workers, enabling brands to effectively motivate and reward their teams. Nudge's clientele features notable global brands such as Mercedes Benz, Rogers Communications, and Samsung, among others. The company, which was established in 2011 and rebranded from Greengage Mobile in 2014, has formed strategic partnerships with organizations like ReThink and BrandXP Ltd to enhance its offerings. Through its innovative app and content management system, Nudge Rewards aims to measurably improve frontline team performance and drive overall company success.

Bridgit

Series A in 2019
Bridgit Inc., founded in 2014 by civil engineer Lauren Lake and entrepreneur Mallorie Brodie, specializes in construction project management solutions. Headquartered in Kitchener, Canada, the company offers two primary products: Bridgit Bench and Bridgit Field. Bridgit Bench is a construction resource planning and workforce management tool designed to streamline the management of construction resources, eliminating the need for cumbersome spreadsheets. Bridgit Field focuses on enhancing communication, accountability, and visibility on construction sites, making project management more efficient and straightforward. By leveraging modern technology, Bridgit aims to simplify the complexities of construction projects, helping contractors and developers complete their work more effectively and on time.

Delvinia

Grant in 2018
We’re a digital strategy and customer experience design firm. We apply our insights to design innovative strategies for enhancing digital experiences.

Hoppier

Debt Financing in 2018
Hoppier is a company that provides a streamlined office snacking solution aimed at enhancing workplace happiness and productivity. Founded in 2016 and based in Ottawa, Canada, Hoppier addresses the challenges of ordering snacks and supplies for larger teams, simplifying the purchasing process through its technology-driven platform. This solution enables organizations to efficiently manage their office needs while adhering to budget constraints. Over 500 offices in the US and Canada have utilized Hoppier's services, benefiting more than 10,000 employees. Notable clients include major organizations such as Uber, Concordia University, TripAdvisor, Wealthsimple, CIBC, and Canvas Pop.

ecobee

Series C in 2018
ecobee, Inc. manufactures and sells Wi-Fi enabled smart thermostats and light automation equipment with remote sensors and voice control for residential and commercial applications. Its products include SmartThermostat with voice control, ecobee3 lite, SmartSensor, and ecobee Switch+. The company also offers a mobile application in support to its products through iOS, Android, and BlackBerry platforms. It retails its products online. ecobee, Inc. was formerly known as Avaning Inc. and changed its name to ecobee, Inc. in October 2008. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Rise Asset Development

Debt Financing in 2018
Rise works to empower business owners with access to financing and business support. They recognize the interdependency of financial well-being to one’s overall quality of life. Rise is committed to improving the lives of people who are unable to secure employment due to mental health or addictions challenges. They invest in entrepreneurs with mental health or addiction challenges.

Assent Inc.

Series B in 2017
Assent Inc. specializes in compliance software and data management solutions that assist organizations in navigating regulatory requirements. The company offers a range of products, including Global Product Regulatory Software for managing compliance portfolios, Environmental Compliance Software for environmental regulations, and Custom Compliance Survey Software for gathering and analyzing supplier data. Additionally, Assent provides Inspection Software for creating compliance forms, Platform Configuration and Implementation services, and a Supply Chain Data Procurement Platform for compliance data transmission. Their Ethical Supply Chain Software addresses federal acquisition regulations, while the Full Materials Disclosure module streamlines supply chain outreach. Beyond software, Assent offers regulatory compliance consulting, compliance planning, data collection, and reporting services. Founded in 2005 and based in Ottawa, Canada, Assent serves a diverse clientele, from mid-sized companies to Fortune 500 firms, with a strong emphasis on customer service and collaboration.

Wherego

Debt Financing in 2017
Wherego helps Chinese travelers discover and enjoy Canada as a Chinese-friendly destination. Over 750k Chinese tourists are projected to visit Canada in 2017, growing at 23% growth rate. Traditionally they traveled in groups, travel by bus and takes a lot of pictures in landmarks. However, with the rise of middle- and upper- class in China, they are more willing to spend money on a memorable and unique experience in Canada. The company offers a mobile platform for Chinese tourists to discover, plan and purchase their itineraries. Supported by AI technology, Wherego recommends the best options for the itineraries.

InvestorCom

Venture Round in 2017
InvestorCOM is a leader in providing financial technology and outsourcing services to banks, asset managers, insurance companies and investment dealers. They have developed an innovative suite of FinTech solutions in response to increasing regulation and the demand for more effective communication and disclosure from the financial services industry.

Mosaic Manufacturing

Seed Round in 2016
Mosaic Manufacturing Ltd. produces hardware and software for combining multiple filaments into single filament strand to be fed into a printer to enable 3D printing. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Strongpoint

Debt Financing in 2016
Strongpoint provides companies with Netsuite and Salesforce to manage change in their systems, enabling them to drive growth with confidence and certainty.

Assent Inc.

Series A in 2016
Assent Inc. specializes in compliance software and data management solutions that assist organizations in navigating regulatory requirements. The company offers a range of products, including Global Product Regulatory Software for managing compliance portfolios, Environmental Compliance Software for environmental regulations, and Custom Compliance Survey Software for gathering and analyzing supplier data. Additionally, Assent provides Inspection Software for creating compliance forms, Platform Configuration and Implementation services, and a Supply Chain Data Procurement Platform for compliance data transmission. Their Ethical Supply Chain Software addresses federal acquisition regulations, while the Full Materials Disclosure module streamlines supply chain outreach. Beyond software, Assent offers regulatory compliance consulting, compliance planning, data collection, and reporting services. Founded in 2005 and based in Ottawa, Canada, Assent serves a diverse clientele, from mid-sized companies to Fortune 500 firms, with a strong emphasis on customer service and collaboration.

Invixium

Series A in 2016
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada with an R&D centre in Ahmedabad, India, we believe that smart technology also has to be elegant. In simple terms, our products replace antiquated and vulnerable methods of entry such as keys, passwords, PINs and cards with modern and internet ready fingerprint based biometric products. Whether it is product packaging, the product itself or the user interface; every little aspect is exquisitely designed and consumer centric with a promise of touching your soul.

Prodomax Automation

Seed Round in 2015
Prodomax Automation Ltd. designs, manufactures, and constructs automated manufacturing solutions for assembly, welding, machining, material handling, and laser cutting/welding applications and processes. It offers resistance welding systems, arc welding systems, assembly systems, hot stamping systems, laser systems, and nonautomotive systems. The company serves customers in various industries, including automotive, electronics, and consumer products. Prodomax Automation Ltd. was founded in 1971 and is based in Barrie, Canada. As of July 23, 2018, Prodomax Automation Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Jenoptik AG.

Wagepoint

Seed Round in 2014
Wagepoint Inc. is a Calgary-based company that specializes in payroll software solutions tailored for small businesses in North America. Founded in 2012, Wagepoint offers user-friendly applications designed to facilitate timely employee payments and ensure compliance with government regulations. Its primary products include Track, which assists with time and attendance tracking, and Luna, which manages time-off payments. Additionally, Wagepoint provides features such as direct deposit, payroll calculations, management of state and local taxes, wage detail reports, online paystubs, and support for contractor payments and additional income sources. The company's focus is on simplifying payroll processes for small and medium-sized businesses, enhancing operational efficiency and employee satisfaction.

Privacy Analytics

Seed Round in 2014
Privacy Analytics allows healthcare organizations to quickly and easily apply a responsible de-identification methodology that ensures individual privacy and legal compliance.

Pythian

Venture Round in 2014
Pythian specializes in the planning, deployment and ongoing operational support of especially valuable or strategic enterprise data infrastructure running Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Netezza, MongoDB and Hadoop. Pythian's services are available worldwide and Pythian employs systems engineers, database and applications architects and administrators, and systems specialists in 22 countries of the world. Notable clients include Beats Musix, PPL, Forbes Media, TinyCo, Adobe, Symantec, Australia Post, The New York Times Corporation, RockYou, Digital River, Freshdirect, Rakuten and Sonos. Pythian also has a practice specializing in enterprise infrastructure services, performing the management of operating systems, network and storage support for mission-critical enterprise servers. Finally, Pythian is the parent company to Adminiscope, the SAAS Privileged Access Management system. Adminiscope allows stakeholders to manage, supervise and record all activities performed by internal and external privileged users.

Voltera

Grant in 2014
Voltera is a manufacturer of circuit board printers designed to expedite hardware development for engineers. By enabling rapid prototyping of circuit boards within minutes, Voltera addresses the challenges associated with traditional fabrication processes, which often involve significant costs and lengthy lead times. This innovative technology allows organizations to iterate on circuit layouts quickly, drastically reducing the time and expense typically associated with outsourcing board fabrication. As a result, the development cycle can be shortened from months to days, empowering companies to bring new products to market more efficiently and effectively.

Think Dirty

Pre Seed Round in 2013
Think Dirty Inc. is a Toronto-based company that offers a mobile application designed to help consumers identify potentially harmful ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products. Users can quickly search for products or scan barcodes to access detailed information about their contents. The app generates a score that reflects the safety of each product, drawing on data from various reputable sources, including government regulations, peer-reviewed studies, and reports from non-profit health organizations. By providing this information, Think Dirty aims to empower consumers to make informed choices about the products they use, promoting a more conscious approach to beauty and personal care.

Solantro Semiconductor

Series A in 2012
Solantro is a leader in module integrated electronic technology for intelligent solar solutions. The company has assembled a team of proven entrepreneurs with deep experience in system architecture, semiconductors, power conversion, RF and distributed communications systems.

Profound Medical Inc

Series A in 2011
Profound Medical Corp. operates as a medical technology company develops magnetic resonance guided ablation procedures for treatment of prostate disease, uterine fibroids, and palliative pain treatment in Canada, Germany, and Finland. Its lead product TULSA-PRO system used for magnetic resonance imaging scanner in hospitals and treatment facilities. The company also offers Sonalleve, a therapeutic platform for the treatment of uterine fibroids and palliative pain treatment of bone metastases, as well as non-invasive treatment of uterine fibroids. Profound Medical Corp. has a co-development agreement with GE Healthcare to expand provider access to TULSA-PRO. Profound Medical Corp. is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

BLINQ Networks

Series A in 2011
BLINQ Networks is the pioneer in developing next-generation non-line-of sight (NLOS) wireless backhaul products for compact base stations that enable wireless carriers to address the growth in demand for capacity. BLINQ is funded by highly regarded US and Canadian venture capital firms with strong investment track record in wireless technologies and solutions. Their management team has a proven record in building high-growth businesses in the wireless industry with companies that include Andrew, Flarion and Qualcomm. BLINQ's core engineering team comes from Nortel Networks where they were well recognized for developing innovative, state of the art and cost effective wireless systems that have been deployed worldwide. They are set to make a large impact in the wireless industry at a critical inflection point where the mobile Internet enabled by smart phones and mobile computing devices are driving data usage ever higher.

Interface Biologics, Inc.

Series B in 2011
Interface Biologics, Inc. (IBI) is a commercial stage company that develops transformative biomedical polymer technology to improve the safety and effectiveness of medical devices. Their patent-protected technologies include anti-thrombogenic additives for blood contacting medical devices and polymer enabled combination drug delivery devices. IBI has exclusive Endexo™ technology licensing agreements with AngioDynamics for vascular access catheters and with Fresenius Medical Care for chronic dialysis systems. AngioDynamics’ BioFlo PICCS, Ports and DuraMax Dialysis Catheter with IBI’s Endexo technology have received FDA clearance and are gaining commercial traction. IBI also has a joint venture commercial agreement with Qualimed to develop a drug-coated balloon based on IBI’s Kinesyx™ technology. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada at the acclaimed MaRS Innovation Centre.

Covarity

Venture Round in 2010
Covarity, Inc. develops and delivers online post-origination commercial loan monitoring and analysis solutions for financial institutions that offer working capital lending products. It offers borrower tracking and notification, client portal, borrowing base analysis, financial analysis, financial document parser, portfolio reporting, and fraud indicator solutions to manage a commercial loan portfolio. The company monitors small to large commercial loan portfolios requiring reviews of collateral and financials; and provides insight and control that lenders needed to grow their portfolio, as well as reduce risk and enhance client service. It serves banks and credit unions, and other lenders in Canada. Covarity, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Kitchener, Canada.

Natrix Separations

Series B in 2008
Natrix Separations is a leading supplier of high performance, single use and multi-cycle disposable chromatography products to the life science, food, beverage and water markets. Natrix has developed a unique technology that combines the high binding capacity, selectivity and specificity normally associated with resin-based chromatography with the high throughput and ease of use of traditional membrane products.

Liquid Computing

Series B in 2006
Liquid Computing Corp. develops converged communications and computing platforms. It designs and develops LiquidIQ, a computing infrastructure that offers IT infrastructure and data centers management, and software-based control of servers, as well as storage and networking resources. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Ottawa, Canada with an additional office in Stamford, Connecticut.

Cyrium Technologies

Series B in 2005
Cyrium Technologies Inc. specializes in the development and manufacturing of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells for terrestrial solar energy applications. Established in 2002 and headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with an additional office in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, the company offers a range of products including quantum dot enhanced cells and application-specific concentrator cells (ASCC). Cyrium Technologies also provides optimization and customization services for cell performance through its ASCC program, catering to the needs of CPV system manufacturers and the broader solar energy market.

IatroQuest Corporation

Venture Round in 2003
IatroQuest Corporation's breakthrough, patent-pending biosensing platform technology called Bio-Alloy™, is made possible by the convergence of nanotechnology, advanced semi-conductor materials, biotechnology and photonics. This Bio-Alloy platform will allow a wide range of product lines covering many market segments: from Biosensing Cartridges for the biodefense industry and high-density microarrays for drug discovery applications to Point-of-Care diagnostics and environmental monitoring. The unique attributes of Bio-Alloy™ enable it to detect and identify in real-time a wide range of biological agents, as well as specific small chemical molecules, with a high degree of sensitivity and selectivity.

Critical Telecom

Venture Round in 2003
Critical Telecom develops broadband enabling platforms for IP-based access networks. It offers GEmini, an Ethernet remote DSLAM that delivers non-blocking bandwidth enabling applications, such as triple play and IPTV. Critical Telecom was founded in 1987 and is based in Ottawa, Canada.

The Bistro Group

Venture Round in 2003
The Bistro Group owns and operates hospitality casual dining restaurants and homegrown concepts. The company's restaurants include, baker & cook, Buffalo Wild Wings, Bulgogi Brothers, Denny's, Fish & Co., Italianni's, Krazy Garlik, Modern Shanghai, Moe's, Murray's, Plank, TGI Fridays, Texas Roadhouse, Tonkatsu, Village Tavern, and Watami. It offers rewards and privileges through its Bistro Card. The company is based in Makati City, the Philippines.

IceFyre Semiconductor

Series C in 2003
IceFyre Semiconductor designs and develops a range of Wi-Fi chips. Its products include SureFyre 802.11a and TwinFyre 802.11a/b/g system solutions. The company offers orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) product that reduces power requirements with the use of the digital computational engines in the data transmission chain. IceFyre was founded by Cedric Paillard and is based in Kanata, Ontario.

SiberCore Technologies

Series D in 2002
SiberCore Technologies Incorporated is a pure-play, Internet IC company developing high-value-added Application Specific Standard Products (ASSPs) for intelligent hardware-based switching and routing platforms, such as Gigabit / Terabit Routers and Layer 2 / 3 / 4 Ethernet Switches. The company's initial products are a family of high-speed high-capacity packet forwarding engines based on Content Addressable Memories (CAM technology) which overcome the performance bottleneck associated with the network's routing table look-up function. This emerging market has been created by the demands of the explosion in datacom traffic, coupled with the worldwide deployment of fiber optics and DWDM. These broadband deployments have shifted the bottleneck from the Access and Transport section of the network, to the Routers and Switches connecting to these pipes. The company's founding technical team gained industry-wide recognition for its world-class design expertise in this area at Nortel Networks. A veteran Executive team in all the functional divisions of the company supplements this preeminent technical team.

Cytochroma

Series B in 2001
Cytochroma is a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company that designs, develops and commercializes prescription products to treat and prevent the clinical consequences of vitamin D insufficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The Company has an advanced portfolio of new therapies designed to safely and effectively treat patients with vitamin D insufficiency and SHPT associated with Stage 3, 4 or 5 CKD. In addition, Cytochroma is developing novel therapies to treat elevated blood phosphorus levels (hyperphosphatemia) in order to improve the control of SHPT in CKD patients.

Cytochroma

Series B in 2001
Cytochroma is a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company that designs, develops and commercializes prescription products to treat and prevent the clinical consequences of vitamin D insufficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The Company has an advanced portfolio of new therapies designed to safely and effectively treat patients with vitamin D insufficiency and SHPT associated with Stage 3, 4 or 5 CKD. In addition, Cytochroma is developing novel therapies to treat elevated blood phosphorus levels (hyperphosphatemia) in order to improve the control of SHPT in CKD patients.

Fakespace Systems

Venture Round in 2001
At Fakespace Systems, customers are discovering advanced visualization technologies.

Solidum Systems

Series B in 2001
Solidum is a leader in the development of wirespeed packet classification products. Solidum's unique approach, based on programmable state machine technology and an openly distributed pattern processing language, accelerates the time to market for a wide range of broadband network applications. The company develops ICs for high-speed communication equipment manufacturers. Solidum is a founding member of CPIX ( www.cpixforum.com), a principal member of the Optical Internetworking Forum (www.oiforum.com), and a participating member of CSIX (www.CSIX.org), and the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance (www.10gea.org).

Nu-Wave Photonics

Venture Round in 2000
Nu-Wave Photonics is a manufacturer of optical sensors for detecting chemicals and biological agents.

SiberCore Technologies

Series A in 1999
SiberCore Technologies Incorporated is a pure-play, Internet IC company developing high-value-added Application Specific Standard Products (ASSPs) for intelligent hardware-based switching and routing platforms, such as Gigabit / Terabit Routers and Layer 2 / 3 / 4 Ethernet Switches. The company's initial products are a family of high-speed high-capacity packet forwarding engines based on Content Addressable Memories (CAM technology) which overcome the performance bottleneck associated with the network's routing table look-up function. This emerging market has been created by the demands of the explosion in datacom traffic, coupled with the worldwide deployment of fiber optics and DWDM. These broadband deployments have shifted the bottleneck from the Access and Transport section of the network, to the Routers and Switches connecting to these pipes. The company's founding technical team gained industry-wide recognition for its world-class design expertise in this area at Nortel Networks. A veteran Executive team in all the functional divisions of the company supplements this preeminent technical team.