Raising venture capital in region tough sell - ChronicleHerald.ca

Raising venture capital in region tough sell
ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 2 Jun 2007
Mr. Nathan said that Canada?s venture capital industry, which invests in riskier new businesses, is still recovering from the dot-com meltdown of 2000. ...
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TSX Group Inc. announces acquisition of The Equicom Group Inc. - CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse)

TSX Group Inc. announces acquisition of The Equicom Group Inc.
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Canada - 1 Jun 2007
"On the Radar" is a monthly showcase providing TSX and TSX Venture Exchange issuers with an opportunity to present their stories to the professional ...
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Covington Strategic Capital Fund Inc. Announces Proposal to … - CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse)

Covington Strategic Capital Fund Inc. Announces Proposal to ...
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Canada - 1 Jun 2007
About Covington Group of Funds Founded in 1995, Covington Group of Funds is one of Canada's largest and most experienced venture capital fund providers. ...
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It’s All About You (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
In the early years of the Internet, circa 1990-2000, budding entrepreneurs would stake out a category, fortress it and hope Web users would flock to the site.
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Wrangling into Waterloo - Imprint

Wrangling into Waterloo
Imprint, Canada - 1 Jun 2007
During my innovation class earlier this week, we spent a few hours debating ?Web 2.0.? For those who missed the Time magazine glitz, it?s the label given to ...
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Leica Geosystems? Online Store Provides Web Access to Popular … - GISuser.com (press release)

Leica Geosystems? Online Store Provides Web Access to Popular ...
GISuser.com (press release), MD - 1 Jun 2007
Where 2.0 takes place May 29-30, 2007 at the Fairmont in San Jose, California. The third annual O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference brings together the people, ...
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Development Software builds UIs for J2EE applications. - ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press relea

Development Software builds UIs for J2EE applications.
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release), NY - 1 Jun 2007
In addition, the toolset includes all major UI controls required to build rich user experiences on Web 2.0 platform, including a hierarchical grid, ...
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Venture capital investor acquires minority holding in Finnet - Helsingin Sanomat


Helsingin Sanomat		Venture capital investor acquires minority holding in Finnet
Helsingin Sanomat, Finland - Jun 1, 2007
Venture capital investor 3i is set to purchase a minority holding in the Finnish data communications group Finnet, which is planning to go public. ...
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New MEMS White Paper - Semiconductor Today

New MEMS White Paper
Semiconductor Today, UK - 1 Jun 2007
Samsung Ventures, the US-based venture capital investment arm of Samsung Venture Investment Corp (SVIC), joins as a strategic investor, together with ...
Samsung invests in SiGe for WiMax, GPS and WLAN Computer Business Review
Samsung funding puts profit in SiGe?s sights Compound Semiconductor
all 3 news articles
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Don’t Call It a Bubble (BusinessWeek)
It may be tempting to draw parallels between Web 2.0 hype and the dot-com frenzy. But hard numbers show this isn't 1999
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Ottawa Game Developer Launches with Venture Capital Partner and … - The Open Press (press release)

Ottawa Game Developer Launches with Venture Capital Partner and ...
The Open Press (press release) - 31 May 2007
The company recently acquired venture capital to assist in the launch of their first table-top role playing game, Alpha Omega, to be released in Fall 2007. ...
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Venture Capital: Internet companies ride Facebook's success - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Venture Capital: Internet companies ride Facebook's success
Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA - May 31, 2007
... be reached at 206-448-8075 or . For more information on Seattle-area startups or venture capital firms, visit seattlepi.com/venture.
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MESh 2.0 - Day 2 - CEO of Craigslist, Jim Buckmaster
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Mark Evans interviews Craiglist CEO, Jim Buckmaster.

Some notable quotes:

"People can assemble their entire lives off the site."

Q: Someone estimated that Craiglist could make 20 times its revenue if it were slightly more aggressive.

A: "The way we do things is actually a lot more fun than worrying about making more and more money."

"Classifieds is an enormous business... it is moving on line. The Internet is a spectacular medium for classifieds."

"The newspaper business is about twice as profitable as the average business in the U.S."

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And more...

"eBay acquired a pre-existing stake in the company in 2004... they have been a good partner."

"The one thing we may worry about is what government might do around net neutrality."

"The number of users and page views keeps doubling every year."

An interesting metric: 175,000 pageviews /kwh
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MESH 2.0 - Day 2 - Richard Edelman
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Stuart MacDonald begins day 2 of MESH 2.0

This morning's keynote is from Richard Edelman, global CEO of Edelman PR.

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Here are a few memorable quotes from Edelman:

"PR best used creates a runway of trust."

Every year Edelman does a "trust barometer."

Persuade companies to give up control of the message. "Too much control, not enough credibility..."

"Free media (read blogs here) is so much more powerful than traditional media."

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I hate it when PR people are sincere and likable, it messes with my world view.

Chevy Tahoe... they benefited from not putting their fist down and by letting the discussion run its course. If you are in trouble... in the soup, let the soup cool off before you put your finger in it.

The example of Michael Scoble at Microsoft... mid level is best to start. Let the mid levels talk.

"The word spin has no place in our company." "It is the single thing that has the most potential to harm our company.'

"I don't want to be a spinmeister!"
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Don’t Call It a Bubble (RedNova)
I spent last week in Memphis, Tenn., as far away as I could get from Silicon Valley. I have been immersed in the Web 2.0 scene for the better part of a year--attending no fewer than a dozen events in the prior month alone--and I was tired of it.
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GigPark announced yesterday, 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.

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

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