Let’s face it, there are lots (and lots) of startup events sprouting up everywhere and every day of the week. Events where you can listen to startups pitch their story or drink sponsored cocktails with other aspiring…
If there is one thing in Canadian startup land I have heard repeatedly since moving back from California it is in regards to the lack of ‘risk tolerance’ of VCs here. When I was on the operational side of things I didn’t know many Canadian VCs so I couldn’t really comment, but I heard the stories. In…
The last few weeks have certainly proven to be extremely promising for Canadian Tech Entrepreneurs. Almost $80M of equity financing has recently been secured from some of the top investors in the world to help build our next generation of massive tech companies. It’s…
There has been a lot of discussion recently on the changing landscape of venture funding and what it is leading to. I thought that it would be worth digging into this a bit and, as most of the discussion and data is from the United States, put a Canadian…
The dynamics and process of getting a technology company off the ground are changing. When accelerators first started emerging I admit that I was skeptical. Obviously Y Combinator’s launch in 2005 was intriguing, not…
I first heard about C100 in September 2009. Chris Albinson was just paving the way for the organization, and it’s very quickly become one of the most influential Canadian Tech…
Earlier this month I was invited by Rob Hyndman to post some of my views on the topic of: The Future of Venture Capital in Canada, as part of a series of posts at The Mark — Canada’s daily online forum for news, commentary, and debate. I…
