MONTREAL, QC (JUNE 13, 2022): NGIF Capital Corporation, a Canadian venture capital firm investing fund in cleantech innovation in the natural gas sector, today announced its expansion into Quebec with a new office in Montreal. Located on Sainte-Catherine Street in the financial district, NGIF’s newest office will serve as a hub within the innovation ecosystem and help us to deepen our relationships in the province. The Montreal office will be led by Isaac Da Silva Aboo, Principal and Director, Legal Affairs. (pictured right below)
Image: (From left) John Adams, President and CEO of NGIF Capital Corporation, and Isaac Da Silva Aboo standing in front of the new office in Quebec.
Quebec is an important region in the cleantech landscape in Canada. The cleantech sector in the province enjoys strong support from the government with a focus on RNG, hydrogen, water tech, agriculture technology (agtech), and CCUS. Additionally, Montreal is home to a vibrant start-up ecosystem that is full of innovative cleantech companies and high-caliber entrepreneurs.
The NGIF office in Montreal will anchor the organization in the cleantech innovation and financing ecosystem of Quebec to increase profile, and access to capital, and generate deal flow. In addition, it will further develop and leverage relationships within Montreal’s world-class engineering and computer science programs within its network of post-secondary institutions.
“NGIF Capital is thrilled to expand its presence into Quebec, and we look forward to partnering with key players in the cleantech ecosystem”, says John Adams, President and CEO of NGIF Capital and Managing Partner, NGIF Cleantech Ventures (pictured left above). “Isaac will provide NGIF boots on the ground in Montreal to engage directly with regional stakeholders with the objective of creating a highly engaged financing and startup ecosystem base that can be directed to NGIF Capital.”
About NGIF Capital Corporation
NGIF Capital Corporation is a Canadian venture capital (VC) firm offering grant and equity financing for startups that deliver solutions to the environmental and other challenges facing the natural gas sector. NGIF Capital Corporation is unique in how it brings Canada’s energy industry leadership to every investment. Like other VCs, it takes new companies and their ideas from concept to commercialization. Unlike other VCs, NGIF Capital Corporation has strong connections to every part of the gas value chain, from production through to end-use, offering it a means to test, develop, and accelerate the commercial implementation of innovative gas technology wherever it fits in the sector. The model benefits consumers, investors, and Canadian society as a whole. NGIF Capital Corporation operates NGIF Industry Grants (the original Natural Gas Innovation Fund), the NGIF Emissions Testing Centre, and NGIF Cleantech Ventures. NGIF Capital Corporation is wholly owned by CGA Enterprises, a venture of the Canadian Gas Association.
Fund Information:
John Adams
President and CEO, NGIF Capital Corporation
Managing Partner, NGIF Cleantech Ventures
613-748-0057
jadams@ngif.ca
Media Information:
Dini Philip
Communications Coordinator, NGIF Capital Corporation
(403) 389-2090
dphilip@ngif.ca
