Capital Alliance Ventures was incorporated in Ontario in 1994 with an investment objective focussing on new and developing firms principally in Canadian technology, applied science and services sectors (many of which will be located in eastern Ontario). Capital appreciation for individual investors is also the goal. The fund's sponsor is the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (with 1,100 members).
Incorporated in Ontario in 1994, CI-CPA Business Ventures Fund is sponsored by the 35,000-member Canadian Police Assocation. The fund's mandate is to realize long-term returns on venture financings in small and medium-sized companies in various industries.
The mandate of the FESA Enterprise Venture Capital Fund is to make equity investments in smaller enterprises, especially those situated in high technology industries, with the goal of attaining capital appreciation. The fund was incorporated in 1994 in Ontario and is sponsored by the Federation of Engineering and Scientific Associations.
The First Ontario Fund was incorporated in 1994 and aims to make investments that create and protect jobs in small firms and cooperatives and thereby generate returns for shareholders, the majority of whom will be sponsor-affiliated workers. It has three union sponsors — the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (with 56,000 Ontario members), the United Steelworkers of America (with 70,000 Ontario members), and the Service Employees International Union (with 45,000 Ontario members) — as well as the Ontario Worker Cooperative Federation (with 150,000 members).
The Sportfund was incorporated in Ontario in 1994 under the sponsorship of the Canadian Football League Players' Association (with 480 members). The fund intends to realize long-term returns for shareholders through venture financings in job-creating, Ontario-based projects located in sports, fitness and entertainment industries.
Incorporated in 1994 in Ontario, and sponsored by the Transportation-Communications International Union (with a membership if 15,000), the TCU Development Fund seeks to invest in small and medium-sized companies in a range of industries. The fund will pass on achieved project returns to shareholders.