Ottawa venture capital (VC) firm Maple Bridge Ventures has secured a first close of $10.2 million CAD for its debut fund geared towards early-stage, Canadian, immigrant-led technology startups. This brings the first-time fund manager more than halfway to its $20-million target.

Founder and managing partner Eric Agyemang, a former Export Development Canada (EDC) strategic partnerships manager who came to Canada from Ghana, wants to help the country’s next generation of immigrant entrepreneurs build tech startups to address some of Canada’s biggest challenges.

“Immigrants are critical components of Canada’s population… Let us leverage the potential in that group.”

Maple Bridge Ventures plans to exclusively back new Canadians developing tech solutions for agriculture, food, health, and ent

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