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The best laid 15 year plans
Photo by ecstaticist OMERS and ABP announced the launch of INKEF Capital, a € 200 million venture fund that is focused on deploying € 100 million in Canada in 5 years. “In the first five years, € 100...
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Show me the money
Some rights reserved by Bruce McKay~YSP I love when entrepreneurs tell me that raising capital in Canada is hard (it is). I love it even more when they tell me that they think “they should move to...
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Where are the Canadian VC bloggers?
Some rights reserved by Fonzie’s cousin I’m awarding Mark MacLeod (@startupcfo) of Real Ventures the Canadian VC Blogging Superhero Badge. Mark is producing world-class class content focused on SaaS...
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The Changing Landscape of Venture Capital
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Kevin Swan (LinkedIn, @kevin_swan). Kevin has cut his chops doing product management at Nexopia.com before becoming it’s CEO. He moved to the dark side with...
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OMERS Ventures ramps up with Howard Gwin & Derek Smyth
Some rights reserved by Stuck in Customs It’s has been a long time since Canadians have seen the creation of a new 200MM+ venture capital fund. It was back in June 2010 that OMERS announced the...
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When a Massive Opportunity Knocks!
Editors Note: This is a guest post by Chris Arsenault (LinkedIn, @chrisarsenault) a tech entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. Chris is the Co-Chair of the Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX), a board...
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Round13 Capital puts founders first
What’s interesting about the Round13 Capital announcement today isn’t the size of the fund – they are targeting $100MM. It isn’t the people who are involved – they are amazing. It isn’t the LPs – they...
View ArticleThe children are our future
We’ve been talking about how much support and infrastructure has changes for young entrepreneurs. When I graduated from the University of Waterloo, I did not know about startups. I looked at places...
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9 Tips to Network Your Way into a VC Job
[Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Jared Gordon Follow @VCJG. Jared is an Investment Manager at IAF and is a lawyer by training (though we don’t hold that against him). The post summarizes Jared’s...
View ArticleAn Investor’s Rendition of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
by Travis Cocke (sourced from Seth Levine) ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the land Not a banker was lending, not even “Gold-Man” Foreclosures were hung by the courthouse with care...
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