Articles Tagged: "chris arsenault"
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I had the pleasure of being part of yesterday’s CN Tower tech entrepreneur elevator pitch event: “The Startup Festival Elevator World Tour. A question that kept coming up was: “So, what’s the best Elevator Pitch?”. And truth be told, the best elevator pitch is the pitch that gets you that second meeting, the one you need and want! It’s the pitch that helps build a relationship with your interlocutor… More
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Startup Visa Canada. I’m pleased to see the Canadian Government taking the same approach it did when launching the Venture Capital Action Plan, they decided to first survey the community and then closely collaborate with the private sector instead of trying to reinvent the wheel. The Startup Visa Canada pilot program leverages the country’s deepest expertise, knowledge and experience in backing entrepreneurs through investment and ecosystem building… More
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We’ve got Debbie Landa and the team that produces the GROW Conference announcing that they are bringing us a piece of GROW right here in Montreal. How cool is that! GROWtalks Montreal is a conference built for startup teams and it will take place February 19th at McGill… More
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…in Montreal to announce the “Venture Capital Action Plan”. Under this plan, the federal Government will put $400M to work under the leadership of private sector fund of funds and venture capital funds. In a nutshell, the Venture Capital Action Plan will make available… More
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Crowdbase (www.crowdbase.com), a Canadian start-up that is reinventing how teams capture and organize knowledge, has secured $650k in seed financing from Real Ventures, iNovia Capital, and Martin-Luc Archambault (Bolidea) to accelerate product development and expand its team
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Luxury Retreats, the world’s leading luxury villa rental company providing personalized villa vacations, today announced it has raised $5 million in capital led by iNovia Capital, a venture capital firm specializing in emerging technology companies, including Beyond the Rack, AppDirect, Collective and Vizu. The proceeds will be used to strengthen the Company’s balance sheet and provide additional operating capital and financial resources to pursue future growth opportunities… More
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33Across, operators of the largest social and interest graph in the world, reaching over a billion users globally, today announced it has secured $13.1 million in new equity financing. The round was led by new investor Pelion Ventures, with continued support from existing investors Flybridge Capital, Greycroft Partners, First Round Capital, iNovia Capital, Panorama Capital, QED Investors, Metamorphic Ventures, and Great Oaks Ventures. To date, the company has raised more than $26 million in total… More
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Bomoda, the only online community focused on curating luxury fashion and lifestyle for Chinese shoppers worldwide, announced over $1.4 million in seed funding. Venture capital firm iNovia Capital led the round alongside a group of prominent angel investors including former Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, Entrepreneur Chris Burch, Director of FIT and venture investor Ed Goodman, Young & Rubicam Chairman Emeritus Peter Georgescu, and MediaMath CEO Joe Zawadzki… More
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AppDirect, the leading cloud service marketplace company, announced today that it has secured $8.5 million in expansion capital from existing investors, including iNovia Capital. The financing, which serves as AppDirect’s Series A round, will be used to fund the company’s growth as it launches a rapidly increasing number of partner marketplaces around the globe and secures its position as a leader in the cloud services brokerage sector… More
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The number one and most important factor is by far, the Willingness to take action. When combining willingness to take action with focus, only then, can one succeed, because every other factor doesn’t have any importance unless action is taken… More
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