Versant Ventures Raises USD100 Million Canadian Fund
Versant Ventures recently announced that it raised USD100 million for a Canadian fund called Versant Voyageurs I. Voyageurs will be deployed across five to eight startup companies with Canadian operations. The fund will be invested side by side with Versant’s primary biotech funds, including today’s newly announced USD600 million Versant Venture Capital VII.
The objective of Voyageurs is to establish Canadian companies with the necessary capital and human resources to compete with those built in innovation hubs that have a more well-established venture capital ecosystem. This new fund will build upon Versant’s ground work in Canada over the past five years and will expand resources, capabilities and investment capacity.