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Areas of Interest

AVAC’s investment interests include the following areas:

Information and communication technologies

  • Nanotechnology
  • Agribusiness
  • Advanced Materials
  • Intelligent & Industrial Software
  • Networks & Wireless

Life sciences

  • New & Enhanced Foods
  • Nutraceuticals & Functional Foods
  • Medical and Veterinary Therapeutics
  • Medical Devices and Equipment
  • Agri-Food Processing
  • Health & Nutrition

Industrial technologies

  • Renewable Energy
  • Environmental Technologies
  • Material Science & Manufacturing
  • Agricultural Bioproducts
  • Environmental Technologies

Early-Stage Value Add Investment Program

Focuses on royalty-based investments in companies in the following areas:

  • Agribusiness (agrivalue)
  • Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
  • Life sciences
  • Other industrial technology businesses

Early-Stage Venture Fund

Fund-of-fund investments in early stage venture capital funds.

Ag Research

Innovation investments in research, and royalty-based investments with companies

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Agricultural Research in Southern-Alberta Event a success!

The September 2011 AVAC Investing in Innovators event was held in Lethbridge in partnership with the University of Lethbridge. Looking out to a sunny day from the Coulee Junction at the U of L, more than 50 friends, colleagues and invited guests celebrated the works of Drs. Olga Kovalchuk, Igor Kovalchuk and Roman Przybylski.

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Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator continues to nurture value added processing ventures…

In 2005, ground broke to the east of the Leduc Food Processing Development Centre to form what would eventually become the Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator (APBI) - opened in 2007.

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Recognition for AVAC Investees at the TechRev Innovators 2011 Event

Two AVAC portfolio companies, MoboVivo and Circle Cardiovascular Imaging were recognized as some of TechRev’s Top Innovators of 2011.

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