Articles Tagged: "canada"
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The last few weeks have certainly proven to be extremely promising for Canadian Tech Entrepreneurs. Almost $80M of equity financing has recently been secured from some of the top investors in the world to help build our next generation of massive tech companies. It’s even more exciting when you realize that these funds are going to three especially young, dynamic and opportunistic companies, all of which are in our backyard! Beyond the Rack, Shopify & Fixmo… More
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There has been a lot of discussion recently on the changing landscape of venture funding and what it is leading to. I thought that it… More
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The dynamics and process of getting a technology company off the ground are changing. When accelerators first started emerging I admit that I was skeptical…. More
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C100 in the Valley… active participation from Montreal’s venture capital community, including iNovia Capital, Montreal Startup, Teralys Capital and BDC Ventures; as well as some of Montreal’s top tech entrepreneurs… More
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I fundamentally believe in the early stage venture capital model that supports promising high growth tech startup entrepreneurs. And through my efforts and those of my colleagues and partners at iNovia Capital, MSBi Valorization, the CVCA, the C100 and numerous other initiatives, we are trying to make the model work by approaching venture capital the… More
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Lately, I’ve been reading allot about different ideas and initiatives to stimulate the startup industry as well as re-energizing the venture capital/angel investing industry in Canada. Paul Kedrosky and Brad Feld came out with a pretty intense article in the wall Street Journal a week or so ago titled: Startup Visas Can Jump-Start the Economy… More
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Yet, while all that is being said, what I really like to see is what is being done. People taking action. I love leadership, in every form it takes, right or wrong, I highly respect leadership. So, without re-writing what has already been said over the last few weeks… More
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Maybe I’m being overly optimist. But it wouldn’t surprise me if we heard about concrete actions from $825M Fund of fund as well as the identity of the then private manager of the $500M later stage fund by late May… More
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This is yet another great example about what a great management can do when brought together under the right circumstances. I my mind, Management is the utmost critical success factor for any early stage company… More
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In addition to the $825M fund of fund and the $500M later stage fund initiatives, announced earlier this week by the Quebec government (read more here) Quebec will be put in place 3 new seed funds… More
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