Investor event convened by the Canadian federal government in Toronto to put Canadian projects in front of large international capital.
Canadian Shield Institute wants pension funds required to put 3% of their assets into Canadian growth companies, roughly $7 billion a year. Prime Minister Mark Carney has ruled out compelling the funds, so the proposal now turns on whether voluntary summit pledges ever reach startups.
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The six dollar-denominated Canadian pledges made ahead of next week's Toronto summit add up to about $98.4 billion, and $70 billion of that is BMO's ten-year infrastructure figure. The fund aimed at scaling technology companies is $1.4 billion.
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About 300 investment executives managing more than $120 trillion came to a Toronto hotel to hear Canada's pitch on minerals, energy and trade access. Ottawa's new offer this week was faster tax rulings for investments above $1 billion.
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MaRS Discovery District's Liam Gill says Canada's constraint is undeployed domestic wealth, and the figures he cites price the country's yearly seed and Series A shortfall at about 2,500 dollars per wealthy family.
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The first Canada Investment Summit opens in Toronto with a prospectus of more than 160 projects, while new 50% US tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods carry a duty bill of $10 billion a year at unchanged volumes.
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The $100 billion CAD committed before the Canada Investment Summit is more than twelve times what Canadian startups raised in all of 2025. BetaKit concedes little of it reaches seed, and sizes the growth-stage slice at a few billion.
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BetaKit obtained the 66-page pitchbook of 167 projects Mark Carney will put in front of 100 global investors in Toronto on Monday. Its tech section is dominated by Alberta data centre campuses whose stated ceilings add to roughly 5.6 gigawatts.
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