Renewed Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI) program will invest CAD $450 Million over five years increasing VC dollars to entrepreneurs. The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) applauds the federal government’s CAD $450 million renewed investment supporting Canada’s innovation ecosystem, underrepresented entrepreneurs, critical life science companies, and economic recovery through the Venture Capital

Contributed by Alex Baniczky, Senior Vice President & Head, BMO Capital Partners and Mid-Market M&A, Corporate Finance

The fear that Canadian VC and PE activity would drastically be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic was not entirely realized in Q2. The carry forward inertia of deal due diligence cycles that started last year partially explains this. Given the lagging nature in quarterly valuation and reporting in this asset class the remaining half of

Canada is better. That’s the conclusion that investors and we American energy infrastructure analysts in Centennial, Colorado, have made about the investment risks and merits of the Canadian midstream market and its largest companies. Though not without longer-term decarbonization challenges, Canada’s energy infrastructure titans – Enbridge, TC Energy, and Pembina – offer less execution risk,

Building on the success of the VC cohort program, the CVCA has developed a new advisory group to help develop a similar program for PE board members.