Brightspark Ventures Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Venture Capital

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 9

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 74

  • Portfolio
  • 20

  • Exits
  • 28

Exits

Brightspark Ventures General Information

Description

Founded in 1999, Brightspark Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Montreal, Canada. The firm prefers to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies. The firm also seeks to invest in information technology, fintech, artificial intelligence, materials, and resources sectors in Canada.

Contact Information

Website
www.brightspark.com
Year Founded
1999
Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Trade Association
Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity (CVCPE)
Primary Investor Type
Venture Capital
Primary Office
  • Espace CDPQ, 3 Place Ville-Marie
  • Bureau 12350
  • Montreal, Quebec H3B 0E7
  • Canada
+1 (514) 000-0000

Brightspark Ventures Investments (74)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Deep Sky 26-May-2023 Seed Round 00.000 Environmental Services (B2B) Generating Revenue
0000000 15-Mar-2023 0000 00000 0000 Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue 000000 000000
0000000 13-Feb-2023 00000 00000 0000 Multimedia and Design Software Generating Revenue 000000 000000
0000000 00000 03-Oct-2022 00000 00000 Cultivation Generating Revenue 0000 000000000
000000 21-Jun-2022 00000 00000 000.00 Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue 0000000 000000000
0000000 19-Apr-2022 00000 00000 0000 Other Services (B2C Non-Financial) Generating Revenue
00000000 11-Apr-2022 0000 00000 00.000 Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue
000000000 01-Nov-2021 0000 00000 00.000 Automotive Generating Revenue 0000 000000000
Callia 15-Oct-2021 Later Stage VC 00.000 Specialty Retail Generating Revenue 000000 000000
Data Sentinel 15-Jul-2021 Seed Round 00.00 Database Software Generating Revenue 0000000 000000000
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Brightspark Ventures Exits (28)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Valence Discovery 16-May-2023 Merger/Acquisition 000.00
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00000 (00000 000 0 01-Feb-2021 000 00 00000000
0000000 04-Aug-2020 000 00 00000000
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Jazinga 01-Feb-2019 Out of Business
gShift Labs 18-Oct-2018 Merger/Acquisition
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Brightspark Ventures Team (27)

Name Title Deals Funds Boards Office
Andre Kleynhans Chief Financial Officer Montreal, Canada
Mark Skapinker Co-Founder & Managing Partner 00 0 0 Toronto, Canada
Jacques Perreault Partner 00 0 0 Montreal, Canada
Sophie Forest Partner 00 0 0 Montreal, Canada
Audrey Ostiguy Chief Compliance Officer Montreal, Canada
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Brightspark Ventures Co-Investors (82)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
Brian Karol 5 0 Series chart Industry bar
Investissement Québec 0 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Desjardins Capital 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Plug and Play Tech Center 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Whitecap Venture Partners 0 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
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