Farm Credit Canada in its investment in Yaletown Partners’ third Innovation Growth Fund (IGF III) Farm Credit Canada in its investment in Yaletown Partners’ third Innovation Growth Fund (IGF III)

On July 30, 2025, Yaletown Partners announced the successful first close of its third Innovation Growth Fund (IGF III) with investment from Farm Credit Canada Capital (FCC), in addition to BMO Capital Partners, InBC and Export Development Canada, among others. The $100 million raised marks the first closing toward their $250-million fund target, which will be invested in digital infrastructure technologies — including advanced analytics, edge computing, networking and physical AI — to support companies enhancing productivity, resiliency and sustainability across the energy, manufacturing, logistics, agriculture and transportation sectors.

Farm Credit Canada, headquartered in Regina, SK, is a federal Crown corporation that is 100% invested in Canadian agriculture and food. They provide flexible financing and capital solutions, while creating value through data, knowledge, relationships and expertise, to over 103,000 customers across the country.

Yaletown Partners Inc., headquartered in Vancouver, B.C., is a venture capital firm investing in emerging growth-stage North American technology startups that enhance industry and enterprise productivity and sustainability, to help accelerate their growth, shorten exit timeframes and achieve strong exit premiums.

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP advised Farm Credit Canada with a team consisting of Laura Webb, Stefane Manolakis (Emerging and High Growth Companies) and Alain Fournier (Tax).