B.E.S.T. Funds

B.E.S.T. Funds is a venture capital and private equity firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1995, it invests in emerging Canadian businesses across the capital structure, from seed and start-up financing through later-stage rounds. The firm reports experience across more than 350 transactions and states that it has helped portfolio companies raise over $800 million in capital.

The firm deploys capital through a range of investment vehicles, including limited partnerships, trusts, life insurance vehicles and prospectus-offered funds. Two named vehicles illustrate the approach: the B.E.S.T. Venture Opportunities Fund, which typically focuses on technology, media and entertainment, communications and healthcare while retaining a broader mandate, and the Tier One Capital Limited Partnership, through which capital is deployed across the capitalization structure. Sector coverage spans software, cloud computing, financial technology, financial services, clean technology, communications and healthcare.

Alongside capital, B.E.S.T. Funds provides portfolio companies with strategic guidance and industry connections, including market analysis, fundraising advice, M&A assistance, financing and business planning. The firm's geographic focus is Canada, with its operations centred in Toronto.