Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC)
ventureontario.ca Direct + LP
Venture Ontario is the venture capital investment agency of the government of Ontario. It manages the province's venture capital portfolio, making direct investments in companies and investments in venture capital funds to support Ontario's technology sector.
Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC) is a public fund headquartered in Toronto, Canada. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, through fund commitments, in technology, life sciences, clean technology and software.
“Venture Ontario is the venture capital investment agency of the government of Ontario. Venture Ontario was created to promote and develop the venture capital sector in Ontario, to assist high potential technology companies access capital vital to grow and prosper.”
— Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC), own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Type
- Public fund
- Stage
- Funds
- Invests in
- Ontario, Canada, USA
- Sectors
- technology, life sciences, clean technology, software, medtech
Team, as Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC) publishes it
- Steve Romanyshyn President and CEO
- Brenda M. Hogan Chief Investment Officer
- James Thisdelle Senior Investment Advisor
Names and roles exactly as listed on ventureontario.ca. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 13 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Golden Ventures 1 shared company: theglobeandmail.com
- Lowercarbon Capital 1 shared company: theglobeandmail.com
- Mucker Capital 1 shared company: theglobeandmail.com
- StandUp Ventures 1 shared company: theglobeandmail.com
- Waterous Energy Fund 1 shared company: theglobeandmail.com
- Wincrest Capital LTD. 1 shared company: theglobeandmail.com
- ArcTern Ventures 1 shared company: woodlandbiofuels.com
- Cibus Investments Limited 1 shared company: vivecrop.com
- iSelect Fund Management, LLC 1 shared company: vivecrop.com
- Plaza Ventures 1 shared company: vivecrop.com
and 3 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC) publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.ventureontario.ca/name, is_investor, type, hq_country, hq_city, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, status, confidence
- https://www.ventureontario.ca/about-venture-ontariolayer, invests_in_geographies, stage_max, stage_min
- https://www.ventureontario.ca/whitecap-venture-partners-vstage_min
- https://www.ventureontario.ca/teamsectors, people
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Record 1283 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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