# Canada saw $1.5 billion of new venture capital investments last year

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2013-02-23

canada, funding, startup, uncategorized, vc

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TORONTO, Feb. 19, 2013 /CNW/ - Key highlights for the year ended 2012 include $1.5 billion of new venture capital investment and $1.8 of new capital formation for domestic venture capital funds. These were among the findings of a statistical report released today by CVCA- Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and research partner Thomson Reuters.

  
[Canada saw $1.5 billion of new venture capital investments last year](http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1116517/canada-s-venture-capital-market-in-2012-vc-investments-at-1-5-billion-fund-raising-highest-since-2002)

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/canada-saw-dollar15-billion-of-new-venture-capital-investments-last-year-1)*