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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

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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

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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

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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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Sail Venture in Canada - Orange County Business Journal

Sail Venture in Canada
Orange County Business Journal
By Jane Yu Monday, January 30, 2012 Costa Mesa-based venture capital firm Sail Venture Partners LLC has established a joint venture in Canada with an aim to invest in early stage clean-tech companies. Sail is the early-stage venture arm of Sail Capital ...
SAIL Venture Partners Extends To CanadasocalTech.com

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Vancouver’s Clio secures US$6-million venture capital investment - Financial Post

Vancouver's Clio secures US$6-million venture capital investment
Financial Post
Munich's Action Capital Partners has made its ruling and deemed Themis Solutions Inc., better known to the world as Clio, worthy of a fresh round of venture capital funding. On Monday, the Vancouver-based company known for its cloud-based legal ...

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Cloud-Based Legal Management Platform Clio Raises $6 Million in Series B Funding - MarketWatch (pres

Cloud-Based Legal Management Platform Clio Raises $6 Million in Series B Funding
MarketWatch (press release)
In addition, the company aims to expand its footprint beyond the US (which currently represents 95% of Clio's sales) into other markets including Europe, Canada and Australia. "Clio has seen incredible growth since our launch nearly four years ago ...

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The Daily Start-Up: European Venture Capital Deals Hit Lowest Mark Since 2000 - Wall Street Journal

The Daily Start-Up: European Venture Capital Deals Hit Lowest Mark Since 2000
Wall Street Journal (blog)
SAIL Capital Partners said it has created a joint venture to invest in early-stage energy and water start-ups in North America, with a particular focus on Canada, where the environment is more conducive to the sector than in the US…and medical-device ...

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University Students: Do You Have What it Takes to Make it in the NYC Tech Scene? - San Francisco Chr

University Students: Do You Have What it Takes to Make it in the NYC Tech Scene?
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The second annual NYC Turing Fellows Program, which matches outstanding students to paid summer internships with leading technology startups, is now accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students across the US and Canada.

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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.

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.

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