| Website | growthworks.ca |
| Phone | 800.268.8244 |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 2/06 |
| Description | Canadian Venture Capital Firm |
GrowthWorks is one of Canada’s leading venture capital management companies managing funds that rigorously follow core principles: structure strategic investments in growth-oriented companies, value portfolio assets conservatively, build vital industry connections and minimize risk through diversification.
GrowthWorks offers regionally based retail venture capital funds (RVCs) right across Canada. These GrowthWorks managed funds include the Working Opportunity Fund, GrowthWorks Canadian Fund, GrowthWorks Commercialization Fund, and GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund.
They manage funds with a total of over $900 million in assets, with a primary focus on Canada’s most promising sectors: information technology, life sciences and advanced manufacturing.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| GenoLogics | 2/12 | Series D | $8M | 4 |
| adfinitum Networks | 2/12 | Unattributed | $542k | 1 |
| gShift Labs | 9/11 | Series A | $1.1M | 1 |
| Ambit Biosciences | 6/11 | Series D | $30M | 10 |
| PerspecSys | 5/11 | Series A | $8M | 2 |
| General Fusion | 5/11 | Series B | $19.5M | 7 |
| ClearRisk | 1/11 | Unattributed | $1M | 1 |
| Celator Pharmaceuticals | 9/10 | Series D | $20M | 7 |
| Morega Systems | 7/10 | Series B | $10M | 4 |
| Sampling Technologies | 1/10 | Unattributed | $2M | 1 |
| SWITCH Materials | 1/10 | Series B | $7.5M | 4 |
| Strutta | 10/09 | Debt | C$400k | 1 |
| General Fusion | 8/09 | Series A | $13.8M | 4 |
| Covarity | 5/09 | Unattributed | $3M | 4 |
| OneChip Photonics | 3/09 | Series A | $19.5M | 4 |
| Zeugma Systems | 3/09 | Series C | $9M | 7 |
| OneChip Photonics | 3/09 | Series B | $15.3M | 4 |
| GenoLogics | 2/09 | Series C | $5M | 3 |
| Mixpo | 2/09 | Series B | $4M | 3 |
| Layer 7 Technologies | 2/09 | Unattributed | $11M | 1 |
| xkoto | 1/09 | Series C | $3M | 2 |
| Sysomos | 12/08 | Seed | 2 | |
| NetShelter Technology Media | 12/08 | Series A | $11.1M | 3 |
| Sutus | 10/08 | Unattributed | $4.5M | 3 |
| iMPath Networks | 6/08 | Unattributed | $3.02M | 2 |
| Inimex Pharmaceuticals | 6/08 | Series B | $22M | 8 |
| Sutus | 6/08 | Unattributed | $4.97M | 2 |
| Strutta | 4/08 | Debt | $1.2M | 2 |
| Adnavance Technologies | 2/08 | Series B | C$3.7M | 3 |
| Zeugma Systems | 12/07 | Series B | $22.5M | 6 |
| CELLFOR | 11/07 | Unattributed | $24.5M | 3 |
| xkoto | 11/07 | Series B | $7.5M | 2 |
| Morega Systems | 8/07 | Series A | $10M | 2 |
| NowPublic | 7/07 | Series A | $10.6M | 3 |
| EQO | 4/07 | Series A | $3.5M | 2 |
| EQO | 4/07 | Series B | $9M | 3 |
| PlanetEye | 2007 | Series A | 3 | |
| Layer 7 Technologies | 10/06 | Series B | $8.9M | 3 |
| Covarity | 5/06 | Series B | $3.2M | 4 |
| D-Wave Systems | 5/06 | Series B | $14M | 5 |
| Viron Therapeutics | 5/06 | Series A | $20M | 6 |
| Spotwave Wireless | 1/06 | Unattributed | $10M | 7 |
| Mixpo | 1/06 | Series A | $6.5M | 3 |
| Adnavance Technologies | 11/05 | Series A | $3.85M | 3 |
| CELLFOR | 10/05 | Series C | $32M | 4 |
| Inimex Pharmaceuticals | 7/04 | Series A | $4.5M | 3 |
