CIBC Innovation Banking

Founded in 2000, Wellington Financial was a privately-held provider of growth capital to technology and life science companies across Canada and the United States. Led by Mark McQueen, the fund established themselves as a leader in its sector with five institutionally-backed funds, managing a $900 million investment program. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with presence in Menlo Park, Santa Monica and New York City, the fund financed over one hundred North American and UK-based growth companies, earning international recognition as one of the “Most Consistent Top Performing Debt Fund Managers" in the world on several occasions by UK-based Preqin.

In 2018, CIBC acquired Wellington Financial and launched CIBC Innovation Banking with a vision to be the leading bank lender to entrepreneurs and investors in the innovation economy. As a leading North American financial institution, CIBC has a market capitalization of over $50 billion and provides financial products and services to 10 million personal banking, business, public sector and institutional clients in Canada, the U.S. and around the world.

With the strength of CIBC, the CIBC Innovation Banking team is recognized as the bank partner of choice by hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors by providing tailored financing solutions and banking services to meet their growth needs at every stage of a company’s life cycle.