Congratulations to CDPQ for winning the 2020 VC Private Capital Regional Impact Award for Eastern Ontario for Lightspeed POS. 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. Fifteen years after it was founded, and a year after
Congratulations to Lumira Ventures for winning the 2020 VC Private Capital Regional Impact Award for Western Canada for Aurinia Pharmaceuticals 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. When Victoria-based Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced positive Phase
Photo: Hans Knapp, Partner, Yaletown Partners and Chair of the 2019 CVCA Awards Committee Sourcing Innovation and Making an Impact With exceptional innovation comes the impactful products, services, and technologies that make for great investments. When asked where the highest potential innovation can be found, Ray Fitzpatrick, Venture Capital Director of Investments for the New
Photo: Hans Knapp, Partner, Yaletown Partners and Chair of 2019 CVCA Awards Commitee Impactful Corporate Sustainability Few Canadian companies in the oil and gas industry can say that 2015 and 2016 were years of growth and expansion, in the midst of a severe economic recession. The Calgary-based pipeline inspection company Onstream is one of them.
Photo: (Left) Hans Knapp, Partner, Yaletown Partners and CVCA Awards Committee Chair and (Right) Jeff Parr, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Clairvest Group Clairvest Vice Chairman and Managing Director Jeff Parr has been inspired by a saying from his late father about how to live an impactful life. “My Dad used to say, ‘plant as
Photo: (Left) Hans Knapp, Partner, Yaletown Partners and CVCA Awards Committee Chair and (Right) Dr. Luc Marengere, Managing Partner, TVM Life Sciences Venture capitalist Dr. Luc Marengere has been investing in and selling companies for more than two decades but has never experienced a deal go through as quickly as Eli Lilly’s acquisition of Montreal-based
Location-based marketing analytics company SweetIQ Analytics Corp. didn’t have product-market fit — just a prototype — when it first attracted an investment from Real Ventures in 2011. It was the team behind the Montreal-based company, including co-founders Mohannad El-Barachi, Michael Mire, Ravdeep Sawhney, which led the VC firm to get involved and lead the startup’s
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, he would leverage those skills to help give back to the community. Today, the successful venture capitalist is not only helping to launch and grow a series of technology start-ups
CVCA Award Winners To Be Celebrated at Invest Canada ’18 This June With a record number of PE exits in 2017 and VC exits rebounding from 2016, it’s time again to celebrate the successes of the industry with The 2018 CVCA Awards, presented by Alberta Enterprise Corporation. Back and bigger than ever are The CVCA
The CVCA Private Capital Regional Impact Awards were introduced in 2017. The award recognizes CVCA member firms whose investment has positioned their portfolio company to make a meaningful mark both within the community and within the broader business ecosystem. Winners of this award are committed to making impactful investments to help fuel job creation, diversity
