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Hard times for pharmaceutical industry - Canada.com

Hard times for pharmaceutical industry
Canada.com
Last month alone, Johnson & Johnson said it will close an east-end Montreal facility at the cost of 126 jobs and Sanofi Aventis announced it was cutting 100 jobs at its Canadian head office in Laval. In 2010, industry giant Merck & Co. shut its R&D ...

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Proposed U.S. legislation could send more money - and jobs - south - Canada.com

Proposed U.S. legislation could send more money - and jobs - south
Canada.com
By Vito Pilieci, Postmedia News February 3, 2012 OTTAWA - The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance is sounding alarm bells over newly proposed American legislation that could allow early-stage US firms to raise funds through social networks.
Proposed US legislation could send more money — and jobs — southMontreal Gazette

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Ex-Ensis boss preaches patience after redemptions suspended - Winnipeg Free Press

Ex-Ensis boss preaches patience after redemptions suspended
Winnipeg Free Press
He said most venture capital funds fulfilsd their mandates in 10 to 15 years. In 2002, the Canadian Fund took over a fund called Working Ventures, which was 10 years old at the time. "This is consistent with the venture capital model.

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Canada looks to Israel for R&D;reform ideas - Reuters Canada

Canada looks to Israel for R&D reform ideas
Reuters Canada
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has been in Israel this week meeting with officials overseeing that country's widely admired research and development policies as well as its venture capital initiatives. "They've certainly had remarkable success and there ...

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ATX Networks Acquires Arcos Technologies from Xenia Venture Capital and Rotal … - mediacaster

ATX Networks Acquires Arcos Technologies from Xenia Venture Capital and Rotal ...
mediacaster
Headquartered in Ajax, Ontario, ATX has assembled a blue-chip customer base that includes every major cable operator in the United States and Canada as well as many others worldwide. ATX focuses its product offering in the cable headend, ...

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Legalize crowdfunding or risk losing startups to U.S., CATA says - ITBusiness.ca

Legalize crowdfunding or risk losing startups to U.S., CATA says
ITBusiness.ca
Under current US and Canadian laws, startups can only accept equity investments from venture capital funds or small angel pools like friends and family. Any large scale equity fundraising outside of those sources requires a company to go through the ...

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Fusion energy’s connection to B.C - Victoria Times Colonist

Fusion energy's connection to B.C
Victoria Times Colonist
This 60-person company is supported by venture capital and Sustainable Technology Development Canada. The company is exploiting an alternative approach to fusion, although the challenges are admittedly immense. Offenberger mentioned General Fusion's ...

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Flaherty budget to put business innovation at top - CTV.ca

CTV.ca
Flaherty budget to put business innovation at top
CTV.ca
"Canada's choice will be, with clarity and urgency, to seize and to master our future, to be a model of confidence, growth and prosperity in the 21st century," Harper told the attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week.
Flaherty budget to finally put business innovation at top of agendaCanadianBusiness.com

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Nanostart-holding MagForce AG Announces Capital Increase from Authorized Capital - MarketWatch (pres

Nanostart-holding MagForce AG Announces Capital Increase from Authorized Capital
MarketWatch (press release)
The company provides venture capital financing for nanotechnology companies in various growth phases with a focus on innovation-driven industries of the future such as cleantech, life sciences and IT/electronics. Through its subsidiary Nanostart Asia ...

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Toronto’s SeaWell scores $5M in funding - Financial Post

Toronto's SeaWell scores $5M in funding
Financial Post
The venture capital arm of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) also contributed funds. David Patterson of Northwater and Nazmin Alani of the BDC both serve on the company's board of directors. SeaWell offers a product called Spectrum to ...
SeaWell Networks Secures $5 Million in Series B FundingEON: Enhanced Online News (press release)

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Stifel, SAIL units plan Canadian VC fund - St. Louis Business Journal

Stifel, SAIL units plan Canadian VC fund
St. Louis Business Journal
Officials from SAIL Venture Partners and a Canadian subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. said recently the companies plan to establish a Canadian venture capital fund to invest in early-stage cleantech companies. SAIL Venture Partners, an arm of SAIL ...

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Extreme Startups Launches Accelerator With $7 Million In Funding From Top … - TechCrunch

Globe and Mail
Extreme Startups Launches Accelerator With $7 Million In Funding From Top ...
TechCrunch
The accelerator program (re)launches today with $7 million in committed funding, backed by a group of Canada's leading venture capital firms. Extreme Venture Partners, OMERS Ventures, RHO Canada Ventures, BlackBerry Partners Fund, and Business ...
Extreme Startups Launches Canada's Premier Startup Accelerator ProgramCanada NewsWire (press release)
New Toronto accelerator launchesGlobe and Mail
Extreme Startups looks to connect top tech firms with investor cashITBusiness.ca

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Canadian businesses feel less pressure to innovate than global competitors - DigitalJournal.com (pre

Canadian businesses feel less pressure to innovate than global competitors
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
This put Canada 21 st among the 142 countries, but behind most of its major competitors. Business leaders also see Canada's capital markets a key barrier to innovation. Ranking 19 th in terms of leaders' perceptions of venture capital availability and ...

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SeaWell Networks Secures $5 Million in Series B Funding - MarketWatch (press release)

SeaWell Networks Secures $5 Million in Series B Funding
MarketWatch (press release)
The round is led by Northwater Intellectual Property Fund LP 2 and included participation by BDC Venture Capital. The additional funding will be used to support ongoing trials with lead customers, and to expand SeaWell's sales and distribution ...

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Extreme Startups looks to connect top tech firms with investor cash - ITBusiness.ca

Globe and Mail
Extreme Startups looks to connect top tech firms with investor cash
ITBusiness.ca
A group of venture capital firms are collaborating on a new Toronto-based accelerator that will see 10 startups a year receive up to $200000 in funding. There's also involvement from several major tech brands. A new Toronto-based technology firm ...
Extreme Startups Launches Canada's Premier Startup Accelerator ProgramCanada NewsWire (press release)
New Toronto accelerator launchesGlobe and Mail

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The Canadian-born, U.S.-headquartered MDC Partners has acquired a majority stake in Capital C and Kenna, two Toronto-area agencies.

GigPark announced on August 24th, that they had been purchased by the Yellow Pages. Hey Noah, congratulations to you and the team there.

The Ontario government is doing something truly unique and laudable says John Albright of JLA Ventures. Last week Ontario's Ministry of Research and Innovation announced a new $205-million fund to help stimulate the province's early-stage ventures.

According to a University of Laval Professor, Canada's Labour Sponsor Funds kill innovation rather than create it. Read the press release here.

MediaScrape lands new venture round of $3.2 million. Chris Dingle has been appointed President and Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Dingle was the founding CTO of 24/7 Real Media which sold recently to WPP for $637 million.

University Technologies International (UTI) - IGNITE - announces the closing of two first-round financings for two IGNITE companies, Profero Energy Inc. and Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc.

Kleer Inc. based in California but with a plant in Ottawa landed a $28 million round for its wireless audio product development.

The Ottawa Citizen ran this story a few days ago. We've been saying this for years now. When will the public sector make it easier for investment in the province's tech sector?

Rick Nathan of the Canadian Venture Capital Association has an optimistic view of the current credit crunch.

MSBi Capital announces the addition of two new partners François Gauvin and John Elton.

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