BDC Capital Inc. invests as limited partner in Amplitude Ventures Fund II

BDC Capital Inc. (‘‘BDC Capital’’) invested as limited partner in Amplitude Ventures Fund II (‘‘Amplitude’’) in respect of the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (‘‘VCCI’’) which is the second precision medicine-focused fund in which it raised US$263 million.

Amplitude, headquartered in Québec, Canada, is a Canadian healthcare venture capital firm that targets to invest across all segments of precision medicine, including therapeutics, medical technologies or other emerging areas including artificial intelligence enabling precision medicine, healthcare IT and services.

BDC Capital, headquartered in Montreal, Québec, is the investment arm of the Business Development Bank of Canada, a Crown Corporation.

McCarthy Tétrault advised BDC Capital with a team led by Matthieu Laflamme that included Alexandre Saulnier-Marceau, Ahmed Kisserli, Victor Lepage, Kim Godbout, Javeria Qureshi (Private Equity), Christian Meighen and Julien Leblanc (Tax).