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#InvestInCanada: Celebrating Canada’s 150th

Jun 28th 2017

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

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Coding Canadian Innovation

Jun 21st 2017

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

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Lumira launches new philanthropy initiative to support Canadian healthcare innovation

Jun 6th 2017 VC

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

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Ontario to Invest $55M in Clean Tech VC Fund: Calls for Expressions of Interest From Fund Managers

Jan 18th 2017 VC

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.

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Startup Star: Janet Bannister—a Driver Behind the Successes of eBay and Kijiji—Shares the Secrets of Entrepreneurial (and Investor) Success

Dec 6th 2016 VC

By the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association It was a full house and a captivated audience at the Young Private Capitalists (YPC) fall networking event in Toronto recently, which featured Janet Bannister, General Partner at Real Ventures, Canada’s most active early-stage venture capital firm. Bannister, who has led investments in a dozen companies

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Winning Ways: OMERS Ventures One of Many Shining Lights at Second Annual Canadian FinTech Awards

Nov 25th 2016 VC

By the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association Here in Canada we have a lot to brag about when it comes to growth and innovation in the financial technology (FinTech) industry. Not only are we producing a growing number of FinTech success stories, but Canada is also quickly emerging as a global FinTech hub

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National Angel Summit Announces Manny Padda as 2016 Angel of the Year

Oct 6th 2016 VC

Winner of Canada’s top angel investing award honoured at the National Angel Capital Organization’s annual conference TORONTO, October 6, 2016 – The National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) is proud to announce Manny Padda as the recipient of the 2016 Canadian Angel of the Year Award. Presented by BDC Capital, the award seeks to identify the individual angel investor

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Mike Shaver joins Real Ventures team

Sep 9th 2016 VC

Canadian VC firm Real Ventures has hired Mike Shaver to join its Toronto firm as General Partner as part of its broader effort to expand the firm. Shaver has known the founding partners of Real Ventures since its formative years. Real Ventures says he has a phenomenal track record building product and engineering teams and

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KPMG Canada appoints Elio Luongo as new CEO for five‑year term

Aug 17th 2016

KPMG LLP has hired Elio Luongo, currently Canadian Managing Partner of the company’s tax practice, as its new Chief Executive Officer beginning in October. With three decades of experience in corporate planning and restructuring, KPMG says Luongo has the vision and proven ability to lead the company into a new chapter of growth. “I am

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10 things your boss won’t tell you when you start your new VC/PE gig

Jul 7th 2016

By the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association Most of us starting out in private equity and venture capital have never invested in private companies before. We’re eager to start building transactional experience and quickly climb up the steep learning curve. Getting there, however, isn’t always an easy feat. We chatted with a few

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