Investor profile
Shirley Speakman
Fund of funds, Government-backed, Private equity, Syndicate / Angel group, Venture capital & Kauffman Fellow Class -26 at Kauffman Fellows, Managing Partner at BDC, Investment Committee Advisor at SVX, Senior Partner at Cycle Capital
Shirley Speakman is a Managing Partner at BDC, whose known portfolio counts 93 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- 3D Printing3D TechnologyAI ApplicationsAI InfrastructureAgriTechAsset ManagementBatteryBiotechCarbonCircular EconomyClean EnergyCollaborationCommunity Real EstateCreditDeepTechEnterprise SaaSFoodTechFuel CellsFunding PlatformGridTechImpact InvestingIndigenous ReconciliationIoTLendingLending and CreditMachine LearningMedTechMessagingMicroelectronicsMobilityPhotonicsProperty ManagementSME-focusedSemiconductorsSustainabilityTradingVideoWaterWealth Management
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Kauffman Fellow Class -26 at Kauffman Fellows, whose known portfolio counts 5 companies
- Ligandal
- Catalog
- Flash
- Sidecar Health
- Elves
Managing Partner at BDC, whose known portfolio counts 93 companies
- Flora
- Eli
- Waabi
- Haloo
- 4AG Robotics
- Congruence Therapeutics
- Carbon Upcycling
- EnergyX
- Xatoms
- A&K Robotics
- Future Fields
- Partage Club
- and 81 more
Investment Committee Advisor at SVX, whose known portfolio counts 2 companies
- SEOS Energy
- Nectar Technologies
Senior Partner at Cycle Capital, whose known portfolio counts 16 companies
- Mysa
- Edgecortix
- AON3D
- Aqua Membranes
- Bus.com
- SPARK Microsystems
- Blumind
- BioAlert Solutions
- Nuventura
- VueReal
- Blue World Technologies
- Airex Energy
- and 4 more
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors AI, Climate, FinTech and Food, and focus areas 3D Printing, 3D Technology, AI Applications and AI Infrastructure fall inside that listing.
Stage-wise, the deals at BDC cluster around Growth, Late-Stage and Pre-Seed rounds.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Shirley Speakman is worth approaching.
Colleagues
Showing 20 of 264
Konstantin Vinogradov
Fellow - Class 30
London, United Kingdom
Heather Hartnett
Affiliated
New York, United States
Amit Anand
Kauffman Fellow
Singapore
Ashley Mayer
Kauffman Fellows, Class 27
Brooklyn, United States
Erica Duignan Minnihan
Kauffman Fellow
New York City, United States
Omar Darwazah
Investor
New York, United States
Chris McCann
Kauffman Fellows - Class 30
San Francisco, United States
Antonia Rojas Eing
Kauffman Fellow, Class 25
Mexico City
Bedy Yang
Kauffman Fellow
San Francisco, United States
Luis X Barrios
Class 20
Mexico City
Thad Langford
Kauffman Fellow Class 22
Kansas City, United States
Sherman Williams II
Class 26
New York, United States
Henrik Wetter Sanchez
Kauffman Fellow (Class 28)
London, United Kingdom
Gyan Kapur
Kauffman Fellow (Class 27)
New York, United States
Reshma Sohoni
Fellow
London, United Kingdom
Daniel Kimerling
Fellow
Albuquerque, United States
Michelle Scarborough
Board Director
Toronto, Canada
Dan Malven
Member
Chicago, United States
Trish Costello
CEO/CEO Emeritus
San Mateo, United States
Amal Dokhan
Kauffman fellow (Class 27)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Frequently asked questions
Who is Shirley Speakman?
Shirley Speakman is a fund of funds investor and government-backed investor based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, listed as Managing Partner at BDC. The known portfolio of that firm counts 93 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Shirley Speakman personally.
What does Shirley Speakman invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Climate, FinTech and Food; listed focus areas include 3D Printing, 3D Technology, AI Applications and AI Infrastructure. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Shirley Speakman invest at?
BDC appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Pre-Seed rounds across its known deals, and Shirley Speakman is listed there as Managing Partner. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Shirley Speakman listed at?
Shirley Speakman is listed as Managing Partner at BDC. 264 other people in the database share a firm with Shirley Speakman.
How do I contact Shirley Speakman?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Shirley Speakman. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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