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Closing of acquisition of Enobia by Alexion - Yet another successful portfolio … - Canada NewsWire

Closing of acquisition of Enobia by Alexion - Yet another successful portfolio ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
The Fund specializes in venture capital investments primarily in Canada, targeting high quality emerging life sciences companies at the start-up and clinical development stages. This Fund is the first of its kind created in Québec since 2002.

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China’s Developing Capital Markets - Forbes

Forbes
China's Developing Capital Markets
Forbes
In China, there are now 477500 individuals in this category, more than there are in the United Kingdom, France, Canada and Switzerland. In terms of its capital markets, China is now where the US was in the late 1970s. During the decade of the 1970s, ...

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‘Sidecar’ fund could be a more effective way to help tech startups - Ottawa Citizen

'Sidecar' fund could be a more effective way to help tech startups
Ottawa Citizen
Implementing a tax credit for individuals investing in innovative startups would result in more successful startups and more commercialization of research and development in Canada, to the benefit of all Canadians. Paul Slaby rightly emphasizes the ...

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Titan Energy To Raise R50Cr For Expansion - DealCurry

Titan Energy To Raise R50Cr For Expansion
DealCurry
In 2010, the company raised R30Cr from IFCI Venture Capital. Etablished in 1991, Titan Energy designs, manufactures and sells solar photovoltaic modules and specialty solar products. It also operates as a systems integrator for projects from private ...

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Canada complacent, chamber warns - Vancouver Sun

CBC.ca
Canada complacent, chamber warns
Vancouver Sun
... to reverse a “severe” shortage of venture capital, and to assure foreign investors that takeover bids won't be blocked for flimsy reasons. Beatty said Tuesday that Canadians have been given the incorrect impression that their country is a global ...
Lack of skilled labour hurts us, says BeattyiPolitics.ca (subscription)

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BDC creating new venture funds - Ottawa Business Journal

Ottawa Business Journal
BDC creating new venture funds
Ottawa Business Journal
The Business Development Bank of Canada is adding a "substantial" amount of new money to its venture capital activities and creating three new funds focused on health care, energy and clean tech, and IT. The announcement was made by Ron Warburton, ...

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Reza Satchu on life, entrepreneurship and how to stay motivated - CanadianBusiness.com

Reza Satchu on life, entrepreneurship and how to stay motivated
CanadianBusiness.com
My goal is to create a centre of excellence around entrepreneurship, like Silicon Valley or New York for entrepreneurship and for venture capital. We should be able to do it. Do you think established Canadian entrepreneurs are aiming high enough?

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Austin-based Pivot3 receives $23M - Bizjournals.com (blog)

Austin-based Pivot3 receives $23M
Bizjournals.com (blog)
... the amount of venture capital the company has raised since launching in 2003. The round was led by Korea-based Samsung Venture Investment Corp. in tandem with investments by Chicago-based Mesirow Financial , Canada-based Northleaf Capital Partners, ...

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Canada becoming complacent: chamber - Edmonton Journal

Globe and Mail
Canada becoming complacent: chamber
Edmonton Journal
... to reverse a "severe" shortage of venture capital, and to assure foreign investors that takeover bids won't be blocked for flimsy reasons. Beatty said Tuesday that Canadians have been given the incorrect impression that their country is a global ...
Lack of skilled labour hurts us, says BeattyiPolitics.ca (subscription)

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Canada complacent, chamber warns - Edmonton Journal

Globe and Mail
Canada complacent, chamber warns
Edmonton Journal
... to reverse a “severe” shortage of venture capital, and to assure foreign investors that takeover bids won't be blocked for flimsy reasons. Beatty said Tuesday that Canadians have been given the incorrect impression that their country is a global ...
Lack of skilled labour hurts us, says BeattyiPolitics.ca (subscription)

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Canada complacent, chamber warns - Vancouver Sun

Canada complacent, chamber warns
Vancouver Sun
... to reverse a “severe” shortage of venture capital, and to assure foreign investors that takeover bids won't be blocked for flimsy reasons. Beatty said Tuesday that Canadians have been given the incorrect impression that their country is a global ...

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EQUIVENTURE Hospitality Leisure Group Capital Brings Capital Placement … - Hospitality 1st (press

Hospitality 1st (press release)
EQUIVENTURE Hospitality Leisure Group Capital Brings Capital Placement ...
Hospitality 1st (press release)
John Schopfer has spent more than two decades in hospitality-leisure and resort real estate industries throughout the USA, Mexico and Canada, Hawaii, Europe, the Mediterranean and Africa. He has worked with many outstanding hospitality leisure brands, ...

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Redbox and Verizon to create streaming movie service - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
Redbox and Verizon to create streaming movie service
Los Angeles Times
While full financial details were not made available, Coinstar is initially contributing $14 million for its stake, an amount expected to increase significantly as the joint venture's capital needs increase. "The question is: How much are [Redbox] and ...

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Waste-to-Biofuels Firm Enerkem Files for $125 Million IPO - Smart Energy News

Smart Energy News
Waste-to-Biofuels Firm Enerkem Files for $125 Million IPO
Smart Energy News
The planned facility will be built and operated by a joint venture partnership formed by Enerkem and GreenField Ethanol, a Canadian producer. The future plant will be located in Varennes, Québec and will use Enerkem's technology to convert ...

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John “Jay” Nichols Joins AXIS Re as Chief Executive Officer - MarketWatch (press release)

John "Jay" Nichols Joins AXIS Re as Chief Executive Officer
MarketWatch (press release)
Jay is the former President of RenaissanceRe Ventures Ltd. where he and his team were responsible for business development and management of RenaissanceRe's Joint Ventures and Venture Capital businesses. In his role at RenaissanceRe, ...

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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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