Nicole LeBlanc is moving on from BDC Capital.

The New Brunswick native sent out an email Thursday night saying she would be joining the investment team at Sidewalk Labs. That’s the Alphabet Inc. unit that's conducting a huge experiment in urban development in Toronto.

LeBlanc, who previously worked for the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and First Angel Network, will begin her new position on Monday.

“My focus will be on the Toronto project and I will continue to stay connected into the tech community, with a focus on sustainability, mobility, connectivity, energy, and other related fields,” said LeBlanc in the email.

Based in New York City, Sidewalk Labs is an urban innovation company owned by Alphabet Inc., the company that owns Google. Since last year, it has been working with Waterfront Toronto to develop a “live-and-work district” on 12 acres of former industrial land on the eastern end of the city’s lakefront. The goal is to combine design, technology and input from citizens to create a new exemplar of urban living.

LeBlanc joined BDC in Toronto as Associate Director of Strategic Investments and Partnerships. Last year, she became director of Director of Strategic Investments and Women in Tech. She was a force behind BDC’s investment in several Atlantic Canadian companies, including Swept, Eigen Innovations and HeyOrca. For the past two years, LeBlanc has served on the board of Propel ICT. 

Before leaving the Maritimes, she had been the Director of Investment at NBIF. She also spent time working as an investment analyst with FAN while her husband Philip LeBlanc attended NSCAD University in Halifax.

In her email, LeBlanc bid adieu to her boss Michelle Scarborough and the team at BDC Capital, saying they will continue to help improve the startup ecosystem.

“Michelle and the team are building out a number of interesting new initiatives that will be implemented over the next few years that will continue to support and build not only great companies, but the ecosystem as well.”