By Greg Smith, Chief Investment Officer TIMIA Capital I don’t know why I love baseball. Perhaps it’s my optimistic nature that no game is lost until the last out of the final inning. Maybe it’s the combination of numbers and athleticism that appeals to my sport geek side, or watching all of the work and

By Mike Woollatt, CEO Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association Every year, our fellow associations from around the world gather together to discuss collective issues facing our industry, work toward common solutions, share best practices and ensure our collaboration lasts outside these few days together. The group is called the Global Venture Capital Congress

Winner of Canada’s top angel investing award honoured at the National Angel Capital Organization’s annual conference TORONTO, October 6, 2016 – The National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) is proud to announce Manny Padda as the recipient of the 2016 Canadian Angel of the Year Award. Presented by BDC Capital, the award seeks to identify the individual angel investor

By Mike Woollatt, CEO Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association Back in January, Prime Minister Trudeau told the World Economic Forum that while natural resources are important, he wants Canada’s image to pivot from resources to resourcefulness. Or, as he put another way, for Canada to grow and prosper it “isn’t what’s under our

In a record-breaking H1 2016, they top our list as Canada’s most active VC By the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association The first half of 2016 saw a record 255 venture capital deals and $1.5B invested—an increase of 41 per cent from the same period in 2015. And Real Ventures emerged as the

Written by Mike Woollatt, CEO Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association The Department of Finance has released a consultation on sales tax changes that will impact many CVCA members—mostly positively, we believe. In short, under the proposed changes, management fees and other expenses would no longer be charged GST and HST tax based on

Canadian VC firm Real Ventures has hired Mike Shaver to join its Toronto firm as General Partner as part of its broader effort to expand the firm. Shaver has known the founding partners of Real Ventures since its formative years. Real Ventures says he has a phenomenal track record building product and engineering teams and

By the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association It’s a strategy that’s worked well for Quebec’s culture sector. For many years, the province has been a major booster of its homegrown arts and entertainment scene. It poured significant resources into building its talent, broadcaster and distribution bases. And given the international and local accolades,

By the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association In the first half of 2016, the Canadian VC landscape continued to grow, propelled by investment in three sectors: ICT, life sciences and agribusiness. According to our exclusive H1 2016 data, ICT led the way with $995M invested in H1 (65 per cent of the total

By Imran Ahmad Partner, Miller Thomson LLP Earlier this summer, when the University of Calgary was the victim of a ransomware attack, it publicly said that the cyber insurance it had purchased proved invaluable in dealing with the fallout of the attack. No doubt, organizations are increasingly looking at getting insurance that can help them