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“It’s less the amount that’s impressive than the attitude behind the alignment of interests of the VCs, large institutions and management towards building on a long-term plan. This is cool.” Dax Dasilva didn’t set out to become a poster child for Canadian startup success. Yet, more than a decade after he founded Lightspeed POS Inc.,

“The evolution of the Canadian ICT industry has reached a tipping point” Canada continues to see an increase in investment activity around the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. According to the CVCA’s H1 2017 VC & PE Canadian Market Overview, a massive 68% of all venture capital deals in the first half of this

These articles have been a part of a new series, CVCA Quarterly Exclusive, written and published by the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. The series provides an analysis of the CVCA’s most recently published VC & PE Canadian Market Overview through expert commentary and perspectives. H1 2017: Canadian Venture Capital CVCA H1 2017

As far as cryptocurrencies’ go, Bitcoin is probably the most commonly known. Bitcoin surfaced in 2009 by an unknown person or people under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, which stimulated mystery and intrigue in the digital payment system. Operating without a central repository or single administrator, the currency spawned some concern about criminal activity through media

This article is part of a new series, CVCA Quarterly Exclusive, written and published by the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. This series provides an analysis of the CVCA’s most recently published VC & PE Canadian Market Overview through expert commentary and perspectives. Element AI Jumpstarts Canada’s AI Game Canada is capitalizing on the opportunity

This article is part of a new series, CVCA Quarterly Exclusive, written and published by the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. This series provides an analysis of the CVCA’s most recently published VC & PE Canadian Market Overview through expert commentary and perspectives. “Our view of success isn’t how many home runs we back, it’s

This article is part of a new series, CVCA Quarterly Exclusive, written and published by the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. This series provides an analysis of the CVCA’s most recently published VC & PE Canadian Market Overview through expert commentary and perspectives. Versant Ventures Goes Behind-the-Scenes on the Second Largest VC Deal in H1

This article is part of a new series, CVCA Quarterly Exclusive, written and published by the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. This series provides an analysis of the CVCA’s most recently published VC & PE Canadian Market Overview through expert commentary and perspectives. Last year was undoubtedly a huge year for venture capital investment activity

Quark Venture’s Partner & CEO weighs in on the future of AI and its role in the healthcare vertical There’s been plenty of media coverage lately about artificial intelligence. Most reporting has been generated through the vastly different views of people like Elon Musk the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and Neuralink, and Mark Zuckerberg, the

Although not as flush as the first quarter last year, the Canadian venture capital industry is still looking strong. Based on final Q1 2017 CVCA data (Q2 2017 final data scheduled to be released on August 23rd), $905M was disbursed over 98 deals in the first quarter. This compares to $956M over 128 deals from