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Ontario is moving forward with a venture capital fund to help life sciences firms access the capital they need to grow their business, create jobs and compete globally. The Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC), an agency that manages the province’s venture capital equity interests, has issued an expression of interest to identify fund managers to

The Mental Health Of Canada’s Entrepreneurs and Funders. Sue Miller has been active in the Canadian and Alberta innovation ecosystem since the early 2000s and has been the CEO of seven successful companies ranging in size from $3 million to $1.3 billion. Sue’s contributions to Canada’s economy are obvious—she’s created jobs and has advanced the

“I don’t think I have been held back in any way because I’m a woman. In some ways, I think it helped me.” It was Sandra Bosela’s father, a small business owner in her hometown of Niagara Falls, Ont., who convinced her to pursue a career in finance. Bosela wasn’t sure what she wanted to

Photo (from left to right): Sophie Forest, Managing Partner, Brightspark Ventures, Michelle Scarborough, Managing Director, Strategic Investments and Women in Tech, BDC Capital, Yuri Navarro, CEO & Executive Director, NACO Winner of Canada’s top angel investing award honoured at the National Angel Capital Organization’s annual conference on October 5, 2017. Sophie Forest didn’t come from an

First proposed in the 2016 fall economic statement, Canada’s new infrastructure bank is a tool to help the federal government allocate $35 billion towards new, major infrastructure projects that will contribute to the country’s long-term economic growth while mobilizing additional investment from the private sector. Of this allocation, $15 billion will come from federal funds

There’s plenty in the news about the success of Canadian startups, particularly Canada’s tech startups which are said to be “having a moment”, with more and more Silicon Valley VCs flocking to Canada to fund our homegrown startups. There’s no doubt that our startup ecosystem deserves recognition—we’re seeing an onslaught of new Canadian companies contribute

Canada is a great place to do business, live, work and invest. Let’s break down some of Canada’s impressive metrics: Canada’s workforce is the most highly educated among members of the OECD, with half of its working-age population having a tertiary level education. Canada is one of the top ten countries in the world to

On June 14th, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Navdeep Bains and Science Minister, Kirsty Duncan announced a $50M, two-year government commitment to teach young people to code alongside other digital skills. This initiative is delivering on the 2017 budget announcement in March, where the federal government explained its intentions to make Canada

A CVCA interview between CVCA CEO, Mike Woollatt and Peter van der Velden, Managing General Partner, Lumira Capital MW: Peter, Lumira announced this morning a really unique strategy to donate a portion of the carry earned by the partners of the firm on Lumira Capital Fund IV to leading healthcare foundations across the country. Can

As part of the Ontario government’s broader effort to support business growth by increasing access to investment capital, the 2016 Budget committed $55 million as venture capital for the clean technology sector. Ontario is home to more than 3,000 clean technology and environmental companies, which generate $8 billion in revenue and export $1 billion annually.