YTD stats for Venture / Sub / Mezz debt

Here are the year-to-date marketshare statistics for all reported & drawn venture debt, sub debt, and mezzanine debt provided to Canadian-based companies. The data is from public and industry sources. The timeline is January – November 2007.

(in millions; marketshare figure in right column; full credit to lead where known)

BDC Subordinate Finance $87.8 21.0%
BMO Capital $83.0 19.9%
Wellington Financial $77.9 18.6%
ROI Fund $46.6 11.2%
KERN Partners $25.0 6.0%
MMV $20.7 5.0%
Venturelink $8.2 2.0%
Vengrowth $7.0 1.7%
Knight’s Bridge Capital $3.5 0.8%

Subtotal $404.8 96.9%
Total $417.9 100%

A few things to add. BDC’s authorized figure is a whopping $196.6 million; $87.8 million is drawn to date.

If anyone can help refine or improve this data, please let us know.

MRM