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BDC Capital
Corporate venture · Founded 1944 · Active in 2026
BDC Capital is a corporate venture based in Canada, founded in 1944. The page below shows 18 Power Law outcomes from BDC Capital's portfolio — 16 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 2 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · Biotech & Life Sciences · Fintech; top portfolio geographies are Canada · USA. BDC ranks #327 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
BDC’s biggest exits.
BDC portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
BDC’s selected top holdings.
An estimate of BDC’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 1 companies where BDC is a named shareholder, worth about $96M in estimated equity value.
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Estimated value = BDC’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. BDC also appears inside investor groups in Cohere, Hopper, Svante, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
The 18 BDC Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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Canada17
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USA1
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eCommerce & Marketplaces3
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Biotech & Life Sciences3
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Fintech3
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AI2
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Other B2B Software2
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Edtech2
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Transportation1
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Other1
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Energy1
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Series B+10
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Series A5
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Seed3
BDC's 18 Power Law outcomes.
How does BDC stack up?
BDC in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsWhere BDC's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
8 founders across the 18 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. ETS University and Flipkart are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at BDC.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about BDC Capital
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about BDC on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
In the news
Latest news about BDC Capital
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning BDC — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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