BCF Ventures
1100 Boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest, 25th Floor, Montréal, Quebec, H3B 5C9, Canada
Overview
BCF Ventures is a Canadian Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Fund investing at the seed/seed+ stage of technology-based startups mostly in the United States and Canada, and opportunistically in Europe/Israel. We invite founders to submit an application here: http://bcfventures.vc/ We are passionate about disruptive technologies and the business opportunities that these create. We are looking for innovation pioneers challenging the status quo in traditional sectors, or dramatically improving legacy processes. The companies we fund must have some type of key science or technological innovation leading to the development of intellectual property rights. We believe in the future of B2B Cloud & SaaS Enterprise startups leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Analytics and Security. While we invest across industries, we have special attention to Finance, Healthcare, Education, Logistics & Supply Chain, Advanced Manufacturing, Transportation, and Aerospace. BCF Ventures is a spin-off of BCF Business Law Firm. Established in 1995, BCF Business Law Firm has, in just over 20 years, become the reference for all matters relating to business law in Québec. Deeply rooted in the business community as well as in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Québec, BCF and its professionals are recognized as being effective strategic consultants for their clients.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 2
Sector focus
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- FleetOps
Participated · Seed · Aug 2020
FleetOps operates a freight marketplace that matches truck drivers with shipment opportunities using vehicle data and artificial intelligence. The company secures the driver side of its marketplace via white-labelled integrations with electronic logging device (ELD) providers and partners with enterprise-level brokerages to secure shipments. FleetOps aggregates large datasets to produce advanced algorithms that make recommendations to drivers and fleets. It also offers additional services to drivers, dispatchers, and freight brokerages to help them run their businesses. FleetOps raised $6M in seed funding and intends to use the proceeds to further deploy its technology and proprietary dataset to brokerages around the globe. The company announced new partnerships with Loadsmart, project44, and Shipwell. FleetOps offers a fleet tracking intelligence platform enabling businesses to take orders on route, track hours of service, and monitor GPS and speed events for drivers. The company was one of three winners of the Fundica Roadshow grand finale and received a $200,000 equity investment provided by Panache Ventures and BCF Ventures. The Fundica Roadshow grand finale featured 10 startups pitching for a $500,000 equity investment award powered by Panache Ventures. Finalists were selected after pitch events held in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. The other two winners, Lumen5 and Invivo.AI, each also received $200,000.