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Difference Capital

Last cheque observed Apr 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietVC firm

GrowthSeries CVentureEBooksTherapeutics

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 9 on record
Since the last cheque4213days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$11MRounds led0 of 9Sole investor5 roundsMostly inCanada, 89%
Pitch Difference Capital

Difference Capital highlights

  1. 01

    9 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Growth and Series C: 50% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 5 rounds, median $6.0M

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
EBooksTherapeutics
Based in
Toronto, Canada
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first9 appearances

  1. 2015

    2 rounds

  2. Apr
    TouchBistroSeries A · US$4.8MWith 2 others
  3. Mar
    QuickPlay MediaGrowth · CA$46MWith 2 others
  4. 2014

    5 rounds

  5. May
    Thunderbird FilmsSeries C · CA$11MSole investor
  6. May
    SHOP.CASeries B · CA$31MWith 6 others
  7. Feb
    Aurinia PharmaceuticalsCA$52MWith 8 others
  8. Jan
    Vision CriticalVenture · CA$3.5MSole investor
  9. Jan
    Baanto InternationalSeries C · CA$6.0MSole investor
  10. 2013

    2 rounds

  11. Nov
    BuildDirectVenture · CA · finsmes.com$13MSole investor
  12. Sept
    Carta WorldwideGrowth · CA · canadianprivateequity.com$2.0MSole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

We hold 4 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

Quick answers about Difference Capital

What does Difference Capital invest in?

Difference Capital invests most often at Growth and Series C (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as EBooks and Therapeutics.

How active is Difference Capital?

9 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Apr 2015.

How big are Difference Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $11M.

Does Difference Capital lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 9 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Difference Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Canada (89%) and the United States (11%).

Is Difference Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2015.

What kind of investor is Difference Capital?

Difference Capital is a VC firm based in Toronto, Canada.

When was Difference Capital founded?

Difference Capital was founded in 2012.

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