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The Daily Startup: Versant Ventures Takes its Biotech Incubator North - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Wall Street Journal (blog)
The Daily Startup: Versant Ventures Takes its Biotech Incubator North
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Versant Ventures is expanding its Inception Sciences incubator to Canada, VentureWire has learned. Versant has launched three San Diego-based drug companies through Inception, an incubator it formed in 2011. Looking to capitalize on scientific talent ...

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Government of Canada Invests in Innovative Medical Technology in Toronto - Marketwire (press release

Government of Canada Invests in Innovative Medical Technology in Toronto
Marketwire (press release)
The investor community includes accredited angel investors from recognized angel investor networks in southern Ontario registered with the Network of Angel Organizations - Ontario and venture capital providers who are members of Canada's Venture ...

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Canadian immigration’s ‘Dragons’ Den’ visa goes live - Workpermit.com

Canadian immigration's 'Dragons' Den' visa goes live
Workpermit.com
If they attract a minimum of CAN$25,000 in 'angel funding' from an approved Canadian venture capital or investment firm or a minimum of CAN$75,000 in 'venture funding' then, subject to immigration checks, they will get a permanent resident visa.

[email this story] Posted by Robert Ouellette on 04/04
Canada Scores a ‘D’ Grade in Innovation: New Report - Techvibes (blog)

Montreal Gazette
Canada Scores a 'D' Grade in Innovation: New Report
Techvibes (blog)
Readers may have came across an optimistic report that we published on Tuesday in which McRock Capital proclaimed that a profound culture of innovation in Canadian venture capital is about to take flight. That may be so, but one Canadian organization ...
Canada fails to put its money where its ideas are - And it shows in poor ...Canada NewsWire (press release)
Canadian businesses aren't spending enough on innovation: reportITBusiness.ca
Canada Business Innovation, Conference Board Report Suggests, Going ...Huffington Post Canada
Vancouver Sun
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Government of Canada Supports Innovative Technology in Schomberg - Marketwire (press release)

Government of Canada Supports Innovative Technology in Schomberg
Marketwire (press release)
The investor community includes accredited angel investors from recognized angel investor networks in southern Ontario registered with the Network of Angel Organizations - Ontario and venture capital providers who are member of Canada's Venture Capital ...

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Canada fails to put its money where its ideas are - And it shows in poor … - Canada NewsWire (pres

Windsor Star
Canada fails to put its money where its ideas are - And it shows in poor ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
OTTAWA, April 4, 2013 /CNW/ - Canada ranks second-to-last among its peers in venture capital investment and business R&D spending, according to The Conference Board of Canada's ranking of innovation among the world's leading economies. And the ...
Canada at the back of the pack in innovationWindsor Star
Canada Business Innovation, Conference Board Report Suggests, Going ...Huffington Post Canada
Canada gets poor innovation scoreVancouver Sun

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City firm’s tumour device gets thumbs-up - Winnipeg Free Press

City firm's tumour device gets thumbs-up
Winnipeg Free Press
(It is owned by Canadian and U.S. venture-capital funds and individuals, including Winnipeg-based Western Life Science Venture Fund and the Business Development Bank of Canada.) But private ownership may at least facilitate his take on the development ...

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City firm’s tumour device gets thumbs-up - Winnipeg Free Press

City firm's tumour device gets thumbs-up
Winnipeg Free Press
(It is owned by Canadian and U.S. venture-capital funds and individuals, including Winnipeg-based Western Life Science Venture Fund and the Business Development Bank of Canada.) But private ownership may at least facilitate his take on the development ...

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Lack of innovation holding Canada back, says Conference Board report - Victoria Times Colonist

Globe and Mail
Lack of innovation holding Canada back, says Conference Board report
Victoria Times Colonist
The report, being released Thursday morning, says Canada ranks second last in two important aspects of the overall innovation record, the amount businesses spend on research and development and in venture capital expenditures. Ironically, the research ...
R&D, innovation should be 'on A list,' Conference Board urgesGlobe and Mail

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Lack of innovation holding Canada back, says Conference Board report - Victoria Times Colonist

Globe and Mail
Lack of innovation holding Canada back, says Conference Board report
Victoria Times Colonist
The report, being released Thursday morning, says Canada ranks second last in two important aspects of the overall innovation record, the amount businesses spend on research and development and in venture capital expenditures. Ironically, the research ...
R&D, innovation should be 'on A list,' Conference Board urgesGlobe and Mail

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R&D;, innovation should be ‘on A list,’ Conference Board urges - Globe and Mail

Regina Leader-Post
R&D, innovation should be 'on A list,' Conference Board urges
Globe and Mail
Canada's innovation record ranks near rock bottom compared with peer countries, with particularly abysmal performances in research-and-development spending and venture capital. And the head of the Conference Board of Canada, which is releasing a ...
Canada at the back of the pack in innovationRegina Leader-Post
Lack of innovation holding Canada back, says Conference Board reportWinnipeg Free Press
Canadian businesses aren't spending enough on innovation: reportITBusiness.ca

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Silicon Valley North? Canada ‘startup visa’ program could cost US in war for … - VentureBeat

VentureBeat
Silicon Valley North? Canada 'startup visa' program could cost US in war for ...
VentureBeat
... to Canada's high-tech cluster of innovation, “Silicon Valley North?” Most of the foreign-born entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley I spoke with say it'll be a fallback option. But the Bay Area is still unrivaled when it comes to access to venture ...

[email this story] Posted by Robert Ouellette on 04/02
Venture-Backed Fongo Makes Bid for Wind Mobile - Private Equity Hub (press release)

Venture-Backed Fongo Makes Bid for Wind Mobile
Private Equity Hub (press release)
Backed by venture capital investment and funding from the Government of Canada, Fongo has pledged to match its unique free calling service with equally innovative and disruptive offerings for wireless data. Fongo's offer submitted to WIND Mobile ...

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Expo to address hot topics of importance to women - Halifax News Net

Halifax News Net
Expo to address hot topics of importance to women
Halifax News Net
Keynote speaker at the dinner is Barb Stegemann, whose pitch on CBC's Dragons' Den made her the first woman from Atlantic Canada to land a venture capital deal. "We wanted this to be about all those things that women love to do and have questions ...

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How Canada plans to woo entrepreneurs - SmartPlanet.com (blog)

How Canada plans to woo entrepreneurs
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
To be accepted into the program an applicant must secure investments of $200,000 from a designated venture capital fund or $75,000 from a designated angel investor. For Canada, it's an overt attempt to woo entrepreneurs who can't gain permanent ...

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Celtic House Venture Partners of K-W invested in Dublin-based RedMere last week.

Rogers Media and CTVglobemedia Inc. announce that Rogers Broadcasting will acquire certain Canadian conventional and specialty television services from CTVglobemedia Inc.

Emerald Technology Ventures announces it closed its second cleantech focused venture fund with commitments of CA$210 million.

Cytochroma announces it secured $3 million in new funding from the Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund Inc. (CMDF) and University Medical Discoveries Inc. (UMDI).

Argon Venture Partners announces the opening of U.S. and Canada offices in Calgary, Alberta, and Silicon Valley, California.

Kensington Capital appointments Graeme Johnson to Managing Director and member of the Investment Committee.

Geosign makes Brandon Nussey Chief Financial Officer.

American Capital Strategies Ltd. acquired a $160 million minority equity stake in the Geosign Group of Companies, a Guelph firm.

The Ottawa-based maker of Ethernet wireless technology, DragonWave Inc., announces it led a preliminary prospectus with securities regulators.

Wellington Financial LP announces a $6.4 million debenture financing with Mississauga-based BorderWare Technologies Inc. The venture loan will fuel growth opportunities for the company.

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