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Tech exodus: what you say about the brain drain crippling Australia’s tech … - Sydney Morning Hera

Tech exodus: what you say about the brain drain crippling Australia's tech ...
Sydney Morning Herald
This is what they had to say: Stuart Richardson from Australian venture capital firm Adventure Capital said Australia was way behind the curve when it came to the tech industry's next big thing: The Australian scene is at least 18 months behind the ...

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Ottawa’s VC dollars fall 55% in Q1 - Ottawa Business Journal

Ottawa Business Journal
Ottawa's VC dollars fall 55% in Q1
Ottawa Business Journal
The amount of venture money in the national capital fell in the first quarter of 2012 compared with both the first and fourth quarters of last year, according to figures released Thursday by Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.

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BCAMA Vision Marketing Conference 2012 on Wednesday, May 23rd - MarketWatch (press release)

BCAMA Vision Marketing Conference 2012 on Wednesday, May 23rd
MarketWatch (press release)
I Learned from a Canadian. Fredrik Carlstrom is a marketing consultant, creative director and film producer. He runs Carlstrom & Company / C&CO, a venture capital and brand management consulting firm; and Third Factory, a film and television production ...

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Wave Accounting Secures $12M in VC Funds, Eyes US Growth - Accounting Today

Wave Accounting Secures $12M in VC Funds, Eyes US Growth
Accounting Today
By Seth Fineberg Cloud accounting software provider Wave Accounting has secured $12 million in venture capital financing, with plans to establish a physical US presence and enhance the product for its core market of freelancers, entrepreneurs, ...
Toronto-based Wave Accounting raises US$12M in series B fundingFinancial Post

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Q1 Canadian venture capital investment ‘disappointing’: CVCA - Financial Post

Financial Post
Q1 Canadian venture capital investment 'disappointing': CVCA
Financial Post
Both the value and number of venture capital deals in Canada were down in the first quarter of the year, according to a report published Thursday. The CVCA, Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association, said the $263-million invested during ...
Ottawa's VC dollars fall 55% in Q1Ottawa Business Journal

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HootSuite wants to anchor Vancouver area tech boom - Canada.com

HootSuite wants to anchor Vancouver area tech boom
Canada.com
In March, the company received $20 million in investments from OMERS Ventures, the venture capital arm of an Ontario pension fund, which marked one of the largest Canadian venture transactions in a decade. Then earlier this month, TechCrunch, ...

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Thyssenkrupp Sells U.S. Foundry Business - Recycling Today

Thyssenkrupp Sells U.S. Foundry Business
Recycling Today
Germany-based ThyssenKrupp AG has announced the sale of ThyssenKrupp Waupaca Inc., its US foundry business, to an affiliate of the venture capital firm KPS Capital Partners, New York City. ThyssenKrupp Waupaca is billed as “the largest independent iron ...

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Activist Investor Wins Proxy Vote at Canadian Pacific - Wall Street Journal

Activist Investor Wins Proxy Vote at Canadian Pacific
Wall Street Journal
By EDWARD WELSCH And BEN DUMMETT CALGARY—Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. investor Bill Ackman won a proxy vote to shake up the railroad's board and unseat the chief executive as shareholders voted to support the hedge-fund manager's seven-person slate ...

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Québec-based funds key to outstanding fundraising growth in the first quarter … - Canada NewsWire

Québec-based funds key to outstanding fundraising growth in the first quarter ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
MONTREAL, May 17, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Canadian fundraising more than doubled in the first quarter (Q1) of 2012, reaching $742 million, with Québec accounting for 41% of overall new commitments in this period, or $305 million. Meanwhile, venture capital ...
Investment in Quebec growth firms falls 63%Montreal Gazette

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Vancouver’s social media star HootSuite: $1-billion or bust - Globe and Mail

Globe and Mail
Vancouver's social media star HootSuite: $1-billion or bust
Globe and Mail
In March, the company received $20-million in investments from OMERS Ventures, the venture capital arm of an Ontario pension fund, which marked one of the largest Canadian venture transactions in a decade. Then earlier this month, TechCrunch, ...

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HootSuite at centre of Vancouver-area tech boom - Canada.com

HootSuite at centre of Vancouver-area tech boom
Canada.com
In March, the company received $20 million in investments from OMERS Ventures, the venture capital arm of an Ontario pension fund, which marked one of the largest Canadian venture transactions in a decade. Then earlier this month, TechCrunch, ...

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Wave Accounting Secures USD $12 Million in Series B Funding - MarketWatch (press release)

Wave Accounting Secures USD $12 Million in Series B Funding
MarketWatch (press release)
About OMERS VenturesOMERS Ventures is the venture capital investment arm of OMERS, one of Canada's largest pension funds with over $55 billion in net assets. As both an institutional angel investor and a later-stage investor, OMERS Ventures is looking ...

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HootSuite wants to anchor Vancouver area tech boom - Canada.com

HootSuite wants to anchor Vancouver area tech boom
Canada.com
In March, the company received $20 million in investments from OMERS Ventures, the venture capital arm of an Ontario pension fund, which marked one of the largest Canadian venture transactions in a decade. Then earlier this month, TechCrunch, ...

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Social media success story HootSuite wants to anchor Vancouver area tech boom - CanadianBusiness.com

Social media success story HootSuite wants to anchor Vancouver area tech boom
CanadianBusiness.com
In March, the company received $20 million in investments from OMERS Ventures, the venture capital arm of an Ontario pension fund, which marked one of the largest Canadian venture transactions in a decade. Then earlier this month, TechCrunch, ...

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GlaxoSmithKline looks to lead biotech revival in Quebec - Montreal Gazette

GlaxoSmithKline looks to lead biotech revival in Quebec
Montreal Gazette
“GSK Canada's Innovation Fund program is aimed primarily at the proof-of-concept level and it has come just as the outlook for Quebec and Canada biotech is beginning to pick up and venture capital is cautiously investing again,” said Sav DiPasquale, ...

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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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