Canada Seed-Stage Venture Capital Investment (2025)
Canada's Seed-Stage Venture Capital Investment: 593.5 USD millions in 2025, +4.4% YoY. OECD (OECD.SDD.TPS:DSD_VC@DF_VC_INV), 2007–2025.
Canada (2025)
593.5
USD millions
+4.4% YoY
YoY Change
+4.4%
Trend
up
Series length
18
years of data
Data
| Year | USD millions | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 593.5 | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 568.7 | -28.2% |
| 2023 | 792.3 | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 772 | +12.1% |
| 2021 | 688.8 | +165.1% |
| 2020 | 259.8 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 260.9 | +15.7% |
| 2018 | 225.5 | +22.5% |
| 2017 | 184.1 | +16.6% |
| 2016 | 157.9 | +30.2% |
| 2015 | 121.2 | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 124.2 | +47.3% |
| 2013 | 84.3 | n/a |
| 2011 | 25.3 | +59.0% |
| 2010 | 15.9 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 15.5 | -66.1% |
| 2008 | 45.9 | -18.1% |
| 2007 | 56 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Canada recorded 593.5 USD millions in 2025. The latest change was +4.4%. Across 2007–2025 the series ranges from 15.5 USD millions in 2009 to 792.3 USD millions in 2023.
This page tracks seed-stage venture capital investment in Canada. Early-stage investment is the leading indicator of innovation pipeline formation and future unicorn creation.
Data sourced from OECD via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions
This page tracks seed-stage venture capital investment in Canada. Early-stage investment is the leading indicator of innovation pipeline formation and future unicorn creation. It is published by OECD and updated annually.
The most recent observation covers 2025. OECD typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2007–2025 (18 observations).
The series peaked at 792.3 USD millions in 2023 and reached its lowest recorded value of 15.5 USD millions in 2009. The latest reading is 593.5 USD millions in 2025. The latest change was +4.4%.