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Kerri Golden was preparing for semi-retirement in 2014 when VCs Dave Unsworth and Rob Antoniades asked her to help launch Toronto-based Information Venture Partners. After a 30-plus year career that included executive roles with mobile service providers, a leading Canadian entertainment company, and as a partner at an early-stage VC fund, Golden had a lot

Lumira Ventures prides itself on being a VC investor that backs promising early-stage health care and life sciences companies with the potential to dramatically improve patient care. It was with this vision that Lumira co-lead a US$61.5M crossover financing round in 2016 for Vancouver-based Zymeworks Inc., to support the advancement of its Azymetric™ therapeutics pipeline

It was at a Techstars Demo Day in Denver in 2009 where Real Ventures founding partner John Stokes came across Vanilla Forums, an online community forum startup with two Canadian founders. Stokes says his VC firm, a startup itself, was looking for companies to invest in from a new $5M regional fund. The catch was

It was through a friend on his men’s hockey team that Imperial Capital’s Justin MacCormack first heard about VetStrategy, a chain of animal care clinics founded in 2006. MacCormack mentioned his firm was interested in the animal care industry and was told about the growing Vaughan, Ont.-based vet chain founded by Orin Litman, Jon Shell,

Congratulations to Information VP for winning the 2020 VC Deal of the Year Award for Verafin Inc. The 2020 CVCA Awards are sponsored by HarbourVest Partners Canada. When Information Venture Partners (Information VP) general partner Dave Unsworth first met the founders of Verafin Inc. 11 years ago, he was immediately struck by the unique work they

Congratulations to Brookfield Asset Management for winning the 2020 PE Deal of the Year Award for BGIS. The 2020 CVCA Awards are sponsored by HarbourVest Partners Canada. When Brookfield Asset Management‘s private equity group acquired control of its Canadian and Australian facilities management business from its joint venture partner in 2015, it was part of a

Congratulations to EnerTech Capital for winning the 2020 VC Global Dealmaker Award for Ushr, Inc. The 2020 CVCA Awards, sponsored by HarbourVest Partners Canada, will be announced each day June 8 – June 12, 2020 on social media beginning at 11am ET. There’s autonomous driving with sensor-based technology, and then there’s autonomous driving with sensors and

Congratulations to Imperial Capital Limited for winning the 2020 PE Global Dealmaker Award for MRO Corporation. The 2020 CVCA Awards, sponsored by HarbourVest Partners Canada, will be announced each day June 8 – June 12, 2020 on social media beginning at 11am ET. MRO Corp. was founded in 2002 with a goal to build an online