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Radical Ventures launches Canada’s largest AI fund with $1-billion USD first close

The fund aims to keep more AI companies in Canada as they scale, with backing from major pension funds and banks.

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Toronto-based Radical Ventures has launched a “multi-billion-dollar” venture capital (VC) fund geared towards backing AI scaleups in Canada and abroad with a first close of “well over” $1 billion USD ($1.4 billion CAD). “Canada has never had a shortage of world-class AI companies. What we have lacked is capital at the scale required to keep them here as they grow.” Jordan Jacobs,Radical Ventures Radical announced its new Radical Breakouts Fund …

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Radical Ventures secured more than $1 billion at the first closure of a growth fund, backed by pensions, banks and institutional investors in Canada, to fund advanced-stage artificial intelligence companies and help them scale from the country.

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The Globe & Mail broke the news in Toronto, Canada on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
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