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TELUS Ventures

Last cheque observed May 2026; 30 cheques on record.

Deploying nowCorporate VC

Pre-seedSeedSeries APaytechIn Vitro DiagnosticsFinancial Services

Deploying now
100%of best year2cheques in 12 months, 30 on record
Since the last cheque168days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$85MRounds led1 of 30Sole investor4 roundsExits4 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 62%
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TELUS Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    2 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series B and Series C: 60% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $3.5M

  4. 04

    4 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Type
Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
From $2.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
Sectors
PaytechIn Vitro DiagnosticsFinancial Services
Based in
Vancouver, Canada
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first30 appearances

  1. 2026

    2 rounds

  2. May
    Photonic Inc.CA · Firms' own news pages$200MWith 10 others
  3. Jan
    PhotonicGrowth · CA · Firms' own news pages$131MWith 7 others
  4. 2024

    1 round

  5. Jul
    PlentifyZA · Fireball CapitalUndisclosedWith 4 others
  6. 2019

    2 rounds

  7. Oct
    IotasSeries A · US · FinSMEs$8.5MLed
  8. Feb
    MojioSeries B · CA · VentureBeat$40MWith 10 others
  9. 2016

    1 round

  10. Aug
    SproutCA · BetaKit: fundingUndisclosedWith 1 other
  11. 2015

    2 rounds

  12. Nov
    ZENEDGESeries B · US$4.0MSole investor
  13. Jun
    Vox MobileSeries C · US$6.7MWith 3 others
  14. 2014

    4 rounds

  15. Nov
    SentrianSeed · US$4.0MWith 2 others
  16. Nov
    SentrianSeries A · US$8.0MWith 2 others
  17. Mar
    PatientSafe SolutionsSeries D · US$3.0MSole investor
  18. Jan
    TigerTextSeries B · US$21MWith 6 others
  19. 2013

    3 rounds

  20. Aug
    Get Real HealthUS · finsmes.comUndisclosedSole investor
  21. Aug
    TauliaSeries C · US · techcrunch.com$18MWith 4 others
  22. Jun
    VigilentUS · finsmes.comUndisclosedSole investor
  23. 2012

    2 rounds

  24. May
    SecureKey TechnologiesSeries B · CA · pevc.dowjones.com$30MWith 6 others
  25. Feb
    Ruckus WirelessSeries G · US · ruckuswireless.com$22MWith 8 others
  26. 2009

    1 round

  27. Apr
    TeradiciSeries C · CA · pehub.com$17MWith 5 others
  28. 2008

    1 round

  29. Dec
    Rx NetworksSeries B · CA · finance.yahoo.com$1.9MWith 2 others
  30. 2007

    2 rounds

  31. May
    Rx NetworksSeries A · CA · rxnetworks.ca$3.3MWith 1 other
  32. Mar
    Amp'd MobileSeries E · US · venturebeat.com$107MWith 10 others
  33. 2006

    1 round

  34. Apr
    Widevine TechnologiesVenture · US · seattlepi.com$16MWith 1 other
  35. 2005

    3 rounds

  36. Dec
    IntellidenSeries D · US · intelliden.com$11MWith 2 others
  37. Mar
    EXFOSeries E · CA$6.5MWith 6 others
  38. Mar
    Digit WirelessSeries C · US · about.telus.com$6.0MWith 2 others
  39. 2004

    1 round

  40. Dec
    IP UnityVenture · USUndisclosedWith 5 others
  41. 2003

    4 rounds

  42. Dec
    sentitO NetworksSeries C · US$19MWith 4 others
  43. Oct
    Critical TelecomVenture · CA$14MWith 3 others
  44. Sept
    Atreus SystemsSeries C$13MWith 6 others
  45. Mar
    sentitO NetworksSeries B · US$14MWith 5 others

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 16 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.

Funds they back

1 fund commitment on record

Managers
1

Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it.Source: fund news.

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed4 in all

TeradiciBought by HpUndisclosedOct 2021
Widevine TechnologiesBought by Google$160MDec 2010
Atreus SystemsBought by Sonus NetworksUndisclosedFeb 2009

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as TELUS Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies TELUS Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about TELUS Ventures

What does TELUS Ventures invest in?

TELUS Ventures invests most often at Series B and Series C (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Paytech, In Vitro Diagnostics and Financial Services.

How active is TELUS Ventures?

30 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in May 2026.

What has TELUS Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Photonic Inc. (Undisclosed round, May 2026), Photonic (Growth, Jan 2026) and Plentify (Undisclosed round, Jul 2024).

How big are TELUS Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $85M.

Does TELUS Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 30 investments on record (3%).

Where does TELUS Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (62%) and Canada (34%).

Is TELUS Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does TELUS Ventures invest alongside?

Most often BDC Capital (4 rounds together), Reed Elsevier Ventures (3 rounds together) and CORE Capital Partners (2 rounds together).

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