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CVCA Announces Vancouver As Host City For 2019 Annual Conference
Invest Canada ‘19 to take place June 4-6 in Vancouver in 2019 The CVCA is excited to announce that Vancouver, British Columbia, has been selected… Read More
Relentless Leadership: Rob Antoniades
Rob Antoniades knew from a young age that he wanted to pursue a career in business and finance and that, once he had some experience,… Read More
AWARD SPOTLIGHT: Real Ventures Winner of CVCA’s 2018 Venture Capital Deal Of The Year for SweetIQ
Location-based marketing analytics company SweetIQ Analytics Corp. didn’t have product-market fit — just a prototype — when it first attracted an investment from… Read More
The Top 10 Things To Improve Your Inclusion Practice
Ahead of the TD Bank Presents: Diversity & Inclusion – Perspectives from the Private Capital Industry panel at #IC18, Dave D’Oyen, Inclusion & Innovation… Read More
Random Ramblings
Random Ramblings is a quarterly series covering observations in the Canadian private capital industry captured by Darrell Pinto, CVCA Research Director. Random Ramblings is a… Read More
Q1 2018: Single PE Mega-Deal Dominates Quarter With All Other Segments Slowing; Robust VC Investment In Q1 Follows Two Back-To-Back $1B Quarters In 2017
The $5B buyout of Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. accounted for three-quarters of total PE investment in Q1 2018 Canadian private equity investment activity… Read More
CWPE Launches Second Cohort Of Its Mentorship Program
CWPE is committed to supporting the next generation of women leaders in the private capital industry and believe that mentorship can be an effective form… Read More
Planning for an IPO in Canada
On April 18 (2018), the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) hosted its second annual CVCA Exchange event in Toronto. The event takes… Read More
Future Private Capital Leaders: Janelle Goulard
Encouraging and supporting the development of industry leadership is a central part of the sustainability of Canadian private capital. Showcasing talent and telling their stories… Read More
Canada’s Inspirational Private Capital Industry – Inspiring Fifty 2018 (Part Two)
New in Canada, Inspiring Fifty, is a partnership with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Canada, supported of the… Read More
Miovision: Behind The Deal With McRock Capital
On May 7, Kitchener-based Miovision announced that McRock Capital led a CAD $15M in financing along with participation from existing investor, MacKinnon, Bennett… Read More
Q1 2018 VC & PE Activity: CVCA Data Sneak Peek
The CVCA will be publishing its final Q1 2018 VC & PE Canadian Market Overviews later this month. According to preliminary Q1 2018 CVCA data (as of… Read More