Canadian Venture Capital Activity: An Analysis of Trends and Gaps (1996–2002)
Appendix D: Contacts for Government Programs
1. Federal Government Programs
Program
Contact Name
Contact Information
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
ACF Equity Atlantic Inc.
ACF Replacement Fund
Business Development Program
Atlantic Region Investment Fund
Jean-Guy Poirier
Manager
P.O. Box 6051
Moncton NB E1C 9J8
OR
3rd Floor, 644 Main Street
Moncton NB E1C 1E2
Tel.: (506) 851-3772
OR
1-800-561-7862
Fax: (506) 851-7403
www.acoa.ca
Atlantic Innovation Fund
Brent Carter
Manager
P.O. Box 6051
Moncton NB E1C 9J8
OR
3rd Floor, 644 Main Street
Moncton NB E1C 1E2
Tel.: (506) 851-6766
OR
1-800-561-7862
Fax: (506) 851-7403
www.acoa.ca
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Venture Capital Programs
Fund-of-Funds
Seed Financing Fund
Specialized VC Fund
VC
Michel Ré
Senior Vice-President, Emerging Markets
Charles Cazabon
Vice-President, VC
Innovation Loans and Subordinate Financing
Roger Giraldeau
Vice-President, Subordinate Financing
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)
Multimedia Experimentation Fund
IDEA-SME Fund
(Innovation and Productivity development of markets and exports
and Regional Strategic Initiatives (RSI) Funds)
Partnership Loan and Investment Funds
(Discussions to re-establish funds under way with financial institutions)
SPINC
Lise Moras (CED)
SPINC
Canada Community Futures Corporations
Western Canada
Barry Lake
Senior Program Advisor
Quebec
Stéphane Dufour
Director, Local Entrepreneurship
Tour de la Bourse
800 Victoria Avenue
Suite 2800, P.O. Box 247
Montréal QC H4Z 1E8
Tel.: (514) 496-7612
Fax: (514) 283-7491
www.dec-ced.gc.ca
Atlantic Canada
Philippe Dupuis
Manager, Community Economic Development
P.O. Box 6051
Moncton NB E1C 9J8
OR
3rd Floor, 644 Main Street
Moncton NB E1C 1E2
Tel.: (506) 851-6496
OR
1-800-561-7862
Fax: (506) 851-2966
www.acoa.ca
Federal Economic Development Initiative in Northern Ontario (FedNor)
Applied R&D Program
Paul Podstawka
Senior Technology Officer
VC Pilot Project (Proposed)
Sharon Taylor
Senior Access to Capital Officer
Genome Canada
(Project Funding Competitions)
Dr. Cindy Bell
Vice-President, National Genomics Program
Marc Lepage
Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development
National Research Council (NRC)
Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)
Margot Montgomery
Director General
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCEs)
Jean-Claude Gravel
Director
Research Partnerships Programs
Regional Training Initiatives
Janet Walden
Vice-President
Idea to Innovation
Guy Drapeau
Portfolio Manager
Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC)
TPC R&D
TPC h2 Early Adopters (h2EA)
General (will be referred to a representative of the local office)
IRAP-TPC Initiative
General (will be referred to one of 60 representatives at the nearest regional office)
Western Economic Diversification (WD)
Agriculture Value-Added Fund (WD/FCC)
Knowledge and Growth Loan Fund (WD/BDC)
Knowledge and Growth Fund (WD/VanCity)
Knowledge-Based Business Loan Fund (WD/CIBC)
Small Business Conservation Finance Program
Ron Sellen
Manager, Operations
Service Delivery Partnerships
FCC Ventures
General
1800 Hamilton Street
P.O. Box 4320
Regina SK S4P 4L3
Tel.: (306) 780-8100
OR
1-888-332-3301
Fax: (306) 780-5792
www.fcc-fac.ca
OR
www.fcc-fac.com
Export Development Canada (EDC)
EDC Equity
General
Export Development Canada
151 O'Connor Street
Ottawa ON K1A 1K3
Tel.: (613) 598-2500
Fax: (613) 237-2690
www.edc.ca
Tax Issues
Sonia Beaulieu
General Counsel
Justice Canada
Finance — Tax Counsel Division
140 O'Connor Street,
17th Floor, East Tower
Ottawa ON K1A 0G5
Tel.: (613) 992-4827
Fax: (613) 992-2571
www.fin.gc.ca
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
S&T Program
Robert C. Lee
Principal Advisor
Silicon Valley VC Finance Mentoring Program and VC Advisory Board
Mark Ritchie
Business Development Officer
2. Provincial Government Programs
Program
Contact Name
Contact Information
Employee Share Ownership Program
Equity Capital Program
General (will be referred to a representative of the local office)
Ministry of Small Business, Tourism, and Culture
4th Floor, 1405 Douglas Street
Victoria BC V8W 9W1
Tel.: (250) 387-0225
OR
1-800-665-6597
Fax: (250) 387-1080
ecp@tbc.gov.bc.ca
www.gov.bc.ca/sbed
OR
Ministry of Small Business, Tourism, and Culture
Suite 629, 999 Canada Place
Vancouver BC V6C 3C1
Tel.: 1-800-665-5457
Fax: (604) 844-1862
Labour-Sponsored Venture Capital Corporations
Hillar Kalmar
Senior Vice-President, Investments
Les Lyall
Senior Vice-President, Working Ventures
Industrial Opportunities Program
Jim Kilgour, Director
Financial Services
Manitoba Industry, Trade and Mines
Equity Tax Credit Program
Kristal Benton
Financial Consultant
Financial Services
Manitoba Industry, Trade and Mines
Provincially Supported Capital Markets Supply Programs
Manitoba Industry, Trades and Mines
Financial Services Branch
Vision Capital Fund
Bill McCance
Crocus Investment Fund (this is an LSVCC fund)
Kelvin Maloney
Manager, Private Equities
Ensis Growth Fund (this is a new LSVCC fund)
Harold Heide
Vice-President, Investments
Manitoba Capital Fund
Ken Praznuik
President
Manitoba Science & Technology Fund
Karen Crawford
Assistant Controller
Renaissance Capital Manitoba Ventures Fund
Kevin Hooke
Wellington West Capital
Financial Assistance to Industry Program
General (will be referred to a representative of the local office)
Newfoundland and Labrador
Direct Equity Tax Credit Program
Marlene Crane
Small Business Seed Capital Equity Program
Regional Operations (will be referred to the appropriate regional office)
General (will be referred to the appropriate Business Information Officer)
Department of Industry, Trade & Rural Renewal
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Confederation Building, West Block
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's NL A1B 4J6
Tel.: (709) 729-7000
Fax: (709) 729-4884
www.gov.nf.ca/itrd/
programs.htm
Canada/Newfoundland and Labrador Business Service Centre
90 O'Leary Avenue
P.O. Box 8687
St. John's NL A1B 3T1
Tel.: 1-800-668-1010
Fax: (709) 772-6090
www.cbsc.org/nf
Business Development Corporation
General
Financial Solutions Division
Berthe Worth
Janis Marriott
c/o Nova Scotia Business Inc.
Suite 520 — World Trade & Convention Centre
1800 Argyle Street
P.O. Box 2374
Halifax NS B3J 3E4
Tel.: (902) 424-6650
1-800-297-2124 (Nova Scotia)
1-800-260-6682 (North America)
Fax: (902) 424-5739
Econ.bdc@gov.ns.ca
nsbi@gov.ns.ca
www.novascotiabusiness.
com
Tel.: (902) 424-8958
Tel.: (902) 424-6860
Equity Tax Credit Program — Community Economic Development (CED) Corporations
Kevin Redden
Business Policy Analyst
Labour-Sponsored Venture Capital Tax Credits
Kevin Redden
Business Policy Analyst
Fiscal Policy Division
Nova Scotia Department of Finance
1723 Hollis Street, 6th Floor
P.O. Box 187
Halifax NS B3J 2N3
Tel.: (902) 424-7379
Fax: (902) 424-0590
reddenkg@gov.ns.ca
www.cbsc.org
Ontario Investment and Employee Ownership Program
Labour-Sponsored Investment Fund (LSIF) Program
Community Small Business Investment Funds
Employee Ownership Program
Labour-sponsored VC Funds
General (will be referred to a representative of the local Business Investment Plans Section)
Income Tax Related Programs Branch
Ministry of Finance
33 King Street West
Oshawa ON L1H 8H5
Tel.: (905) 433-6000
OR
1-800-263-7965
Fax: (905) 433-6777
www.trd.fin.gov.on.ca
For a list of all Ministry of Finance Tax Offices and contacts, see
www.trd.fin.gov.on.ca
Island Investment Development Inc. (IIDI)
Beverly McQuillan
Program Officer
Janet West
Program Officer
Innovatech
Montréal-based
Québec City-based
Investissement-Québec
General
393, Saint-Jacques Street, Suite 500
Montréal QC H2Y 1N9
Tel.: (514) 873-4375
OR
1-866-870-0437
Fax: (514) 873-5786
www.invest-quebec.com
Labour-Sponsored Venture Capital Corporations
General (will be referred to the regional office):
1-866-463-6642
Développement économique et régional
Industrie et commerce
710, place D'Youville
Québec QC G1R 4Y4
Tel.: (418) 691-5950
Fax: (418) 644-0118
OR
380,
rue St-Antoine Ouest
Montréal QC H2Y 3X7
Tel.: (514) 499-2550
Fax: (514) 873-9913
www.mic.gouv.qc.ca
CDP Capital
Paul Juneau
Centre CDP Capital
1000,
place Jean-Paul-Riopelle
Montréal QC H2Z 2B3
Tel.: (514) 847-2434
Fax: (514) 847-2498
www.cdpcapital.com
Société générale de financement du Québec (SGF)
General
Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan
Murray Mucha
Manager, Investment Funds
Labour-Sponsored Venture Capital Corporations
General
Investment Services
Saskatchewan Government Growth Fund
Government of Saskatchewan
Yukon (joint with Government of Yukon)
Yukon Small Business Investment Tax Credit
Val Mather
Economic Development — YTG
Yukon Venture Loan Guarantee Program
Val Mather
Economic Development — YTG
Bob Snyder
Economic Development — YTG