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GrowthWorks Canadian Fund and GrowthWorks Commercialization Fund Apply to … - MarketWatch (press r

GrowthWorks Canadian Fund and GrowthWorks Commercialization Fund Apply to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Building on more than 17 years of investment expertise, GrowthWorks is a leader in Canadian venture capital management. (i) GrowthWorks refers to GrowthWorks Ltd. and other related companies, including: GrowthWorks Capital Ltd., manager of the Working ...

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SAIL Venture Partners and Stifel Financial Corp. Anticipate Establishing a … - MarketWatch (press

SAIL Venture Partners and Stifel Financial Corp. Anticipate Establishing a ...
MarketWatch (press release)
/quotes/zigman/242086/quotes/nls/sf SF +2.75% to establish a joint venture in Canada. The joint venture will involve the formation of a venture capital fund focused on investing in early stage cleantech companies that have developed innovative products ...

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You might be surprised at Manitoba trade destination - Winnipeg Free Press

You might be surprised at Manitoba trade destination
Winnipeg Free Press
They also have very strong incubators and venture capital and startup capital pools," said Dave Angus, CEO of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce. "We want to identify the reasons for their success with their innovations and see what we can do here to ...

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Middle East: the next Silicon Valley? - Globe and Mail

Globe and Mail
Middle East: the next Silicon Valley?
Globe and Mail
“This new money will provide small and medium-sized businesses with more certainty of available credit and represents BMO's ongoing confidence in them and in the Canadian economy," said Frank Techar, president and CEO of personal and commercial banking ...

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Private equity under scrutiny - The Economist

Private equity under scrutiny
The Economist
The buy-out bit of the industry, which buys mature companies, fixes them up and sells them on, is the one on trial (few have a bad word for venture capital, which invests in start-ups). It is charged with destroying the jobs of ordinary people while ...

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The decade to innovate in India - The Province

The decade to innovate in India
The Province
The push to innovate in India comes from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh whose National Innovation Council is setting up an India Inclusive Innovation Fund that will drive and catalyze enterprise, entrepreneurship, and venture capital, while targeting ...

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Angels Invest Where Banks Dither - Journal of Turkish Weekly

Angels Invest Where Banks Dither
Journal of Turkish Weekly
The findings show that angel investments are increasing and, while precise data is hard to collect, the report points out that estimates of the total angel investment market in a number of countries are greater than traditional venture capital (VC) ...

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Sneak peek at Canada’s next innovation hub - CBC.ca

CBC.ca
Sneak peek at Canada's next innovation hub
CBC.ca
Start Up Canada is going to bring the entire start up community to one place.” She's establishing links with universities, research parks, angel investors, the Canadian Venture Capital Association, and the Canadian Innovation Centre.

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OpenFile’s Wilf Dinnick wins J-Source Canadian Newsperson of the Year Award - DigitalJournal.com (pr

OpenFile's Wilf Dinnick wins J-Source Canadian Newsperson of the Year Award
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Dinnick's open-source news website OpenFile.ca, launched a year and a half ago and backed by three years of venture capital, takes pitches from citizens and assigns freelance reporters to follow up on the stories. "The jury applauds his courage to put ...

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Canada’s Sarona Asset Management Invests $2M In VenturEast Fund - VC Circle

Canada's Sarona Asset Management Invests $2M In VenturEast Fund
VC Circle
VenturEast manages over $300 million in private equity and venture capital investments. Some of its recent investments include independent power producer Bharat Light & Power (BLP), Coimbatore-based VKS Farms and retailer Goli Vada Pav.

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Cashed-up 99designs aims to boost growth - StartupSmart

Cashed-up 99designs aims to boost growth
StartupSmart
Last year, the company received $35 million in funding from venture capital firm Accel Partners, known for its investments in Facebook, Groupon and Dropbox. Now it's been revealed 99designs has doubled the number of monthly design contests held on its ...

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Millennium Makes Max Chee Partner - Private Equity Hub (press release)

Millennium Makes Max Chee Partner
Private Equity Hub (press release)
“Max is a proven, valuable member of our team, with a strong mix of investment experience in large-scale finance as well as entrepreneurship and venture capital,” said Millennium Managing Partner Sam Schwerin. Chee has more than 14 years of experience ...

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GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund Announces Investment of $1.75 Million in … - MarketWatch (press

GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund Announces Investment of $1.75 Million in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Building on more than 18 years of investment expertise, GrowthWorks is a leader in Canadian venture capital management. (i) GrowthWorks refers to GrowthWorks Ltd. and other companies within the venture capital operating division of Matrix Asset ...

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White Road invests in Public Bikes - Bicycle Retailer

White Road invests in Public Bikes
Bicycle Retailer
SAN FRANCISCO (BRAIN) Jan 24 —White Road Investments has gained a minority interest in Public Bikes, marking the second industry deal for Clif Bar founder Gary Erickson's small venture capital fund. Gregg Bagni, White Road's director, said White Road ...

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More Deals, More Dollars: Venture Capital Investments are Booming – Especially … - Techvibes (bl

More Deals, More Dollars: Venture Capital Investments are Booming – Especially ...
Techvibes (blog)
And what's good for VCs in the US is usually good for Canadian startups—after all, many fly to Silicon Valley or Alley for funding. But even if they choose to stay here, aggressive American investing gives Canadian counterparts a vote of confidence ...

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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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