Canada Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment (2025)
Canada's Seed & Start-Up 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%
USD millions
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 in 2009 to 792.3 in 2023.
This page tracks seed and start-up stage venture capital investment in Canada from 2007 to present. 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 and start-up stage venture capital investment in Canada from 2007 to present. 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 in 2009. The latest reading of 593.5 in 2025 represents a change of +4.4%.