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Royal Bank of Canada

200 Bay Street, Toronto, ON, M5J 2J5, Canada

Overview

Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution that provides personal and commercial banking, credit cards, insurance, investor and treasury services, and wealth management services. The firm caters to the agriculture, automotive, clean technology, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, media and entertainment, retail, technology, transportation, and logistics sectors.

Total investments
36
Lead investments
7
Investments · 12mo
6
Active investors
6

Sector focus

  • Banking
  • Financial Services
  • Wealth Management
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Investment portfolio

  • CAIS

    Participated · Series D · Jul 2026

    CAIS offers a technology platform that manages the full lifecycle of alternative investments for independent wealth advisors, including product evaluation, execution and post-trade administration. The company has integrated AI into its advisor workflow, including an AI research assistant called CAISey that leverages Anthropic’s Claude model. CAIS serves more than 2,500 wealth management firms representing over 65,000 financial advisors who collectively oversee approximately $8.5 trillion in client assets. Operational momentum includes a three-year organic revenue compound annual growth rate of 37%, and in the first half of 2026 transaction volume rose 53% year over year while total platform assets increased 55%. Since 2025 the company added over 425 registered investment advisers and independent broker-dealers representing more than $1.8 trillion in assets. CAIS has been actively expanding integrations with custodians and partners and invested heavily in product development, releasing more than 150 technology enhancements in the first half of 2026. The firm also runs advisor education initiatives such as CAIS Live and the CAIS IQ digital platform, which has generated over 400,000 digital engagements.

  • Dominion Dynamics

    Participated · Series A · Jun 2026

    Dominion Dynamics is developing an Autonomous Collaborative Platform and a delta-wing autonomous combat aircraft, internally named "Scout," intended to operate alongside Royal Canadian Air Force F-35A fighters on Arctic missions. The Scout is designed to carry heavy weapons payloads and to operate over thousands of miles using satellite communications. The company aims to complete a subscale prototype within 18 months and is moving into a 35,000-square-foot facility near Ottawa on 1 June to support manufacturing and testing. Dominion Dynamics was founded by Erik Pence, a former executive at Anduril Industries. Financially, the company has secured C$50 million from Canada's National Research Council plus a C$21 million seed round led by Georgian with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation.

  • Photonic

    Participated · Series E · May 2026

    Photonic pursues a distributed approach to quantum computing through its Entanglement First architecture, which combines silicon-based qubits with native photonic connectivity to enable scaling across existing telecom fiber infrastructure. The company positions this architecture as a path toward fault-tolerant, commercial-scale quantum systems that can interoperate with global cloud and telecom networks. Photonic is engaged in programs including Canada’s Quantum Champions Program and Stage B of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative. With the recent financing, Photonic has raised over $350 million USD to date and closed a round valuing the company at $2.0 billion USD post-money. The firm says it will use the new capital to advance platform development, deepen telecom and strategic partnerships, grow its team, and pursue near-term milestones. Investors supporting Photonic range from government development banks and national telecoms to multinational strategic and growth equity backers.

  • Fervo Energy

    Led · Debt Financing · Mar 2026

    Fervo Energy develops next-generation geothermal power using innovations in horizontal drilling, fiber-optic sensing and advanced reservoir engineering to make geothermal scalable and competitive. Its flagship Cape Station project in Beaver County, Utah is slated to deliver first power to the grid in 2026, reach about 100 MW of operating capacity by early 2027 and has plans to scale to 500 MW. Cape Station is fully contracted through power purchase agreements with Southern California Edison, Shell Energy and community choice aggregators. The company secured long-term non-recourse project financing for the first phase of Cape Station to fund remaining construction costs and meet counterparty credit support requirements. Fervo positions its technology and commercial contracts as enabling Enhanced Geothermal Systems to be treated as a bankable, utility-scale infrastructure asset.

  • UniUni

    Participated · Debt Financing · Mar 2026

    UniUni operates a technology-driven, last-mile logistics platform that leverages a network of gig-economy drivers to deliver e-commerce parcels across North America. The company positions itself as a cost-efficient alternative for merchants and marketplaces seeking rapid, flexible delivery. UniUni’s platform coordinates routing, dispatch, and real-time tracking to optimize driver utilization and delivery speed. With fresh capital on hand, the firm plans to accelerate geographic expansion and densify its delivery coverage in major U.S. and Canadian metro areas. Management has highlighted scaling its gig-driver base and further investing in routing technology as key near-term priorities. While no specific revenue or parcel-volume metrics were disclosed, the company’s latest funding suggests meaningful growth expectations and the need for working capital to support network build-out.

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