Twenty of Canada's most innovative startups are getting a boost this year from the World Cup of venture capital - literally. The inaugural Startup World Cup, organized by San Jose, Calif.-based Fenox Venture
Published on: October 17th, 2017
Eric Emin Wood
@ericewood
Canada's tech ecosystem is experiencing something of a resurgence in 2017, with few sectors illustrating its recent success better than the business-to-business (B2B) software firms who received funding from former Dragon's Den investor
Published on: August 29th, 2017
Eric Emin Wood
@ericewood
Lightspeed Ventures partner Ravi Mhatre sat down with ITBusiness.ca last month at TiECon and talked about the nuances of investor-entrepreneur relationships and the future of Lightspeed Ventures. At TiECon this year, Ravi was announced
Published on: June 27th, 2017
Ashley Huffman
@chicktech
There is a general sense in the tech community that it's difficult to raise money in Canada, but as a new infographic from Ottawa-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) venture capital (VC) fund L-Spark illustrates, this
Published on: May 12th, 2017
Eric Emin Wood
@ericewood
"The average 'enriched' startup raised 44x more capital to get a 25 per cent better return," according to the above controversial chart. Even more alarming is the revelation that U.S. VCs could increase their
Published on: October 31st, 2016
Geoff Foulds
@itbusinessca
At the recent Fireside Conference held just outside Bancroft, Ontario, top Canadian fintech venture capitalist Christian Lassonde shared some insights into the mindset of a venture capitalist (VC). Focusing on fintech, Lassonde has invested in
Published on: September 23rd, 2016
Karim Kanji
@karimkanji
There’s an allure to Silicon Valley. The namesake TV series and movies about its history like the Social Network, show a scrappiness and drive of bustling entrepreneurs. That deep down go-getter attitude, mixed with
Published on: April 26th, 2016
Ashley Huffman
@chicktech
We told you earlier this week about Uber's collaboration with investors across Canada to get them in front of aspiring entrepreneurs 15-minutes at a time, and on Thursday we're hoping to bring you
A new Toronto-based venture capital fund co-founded by a Canadian tech veteran is aiming to change at least a corner of Canada’s startup landscape. Launched on Jan. 13 by former Rypple co-founder David
Published on: January 22nd, 2016
Eric Emin Wood
@ericewood
Google Inc. announced today it’s giving out a one-year, $100,000 credit to startups using its Google Cloud Platform service, a boon for new companies looking to use the cloud to get their businesses
Published on: September 12th, 2014
Candice So
@candice_so
When you take advice from your shopping friend, drinking buddy, the person you last met at a startup get-together or the latest mentor thrown at you by an accelerator, you basically get what
I caught up with Katherine Barr, General Partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures and a panelist at this week's Grow Conference in Whistler. In line with the conference theme of living in a connected
Published on: August 20th, 2014
Cheryl Sylvester
@csylvester
This is part 1 of a two-part series on how startups can set up their governance structure. For part 2 of this series, head on over here. Most early and growth stage
Where are the women in Canadian venture capital? Angel investors, and for that matter, where are the women-owned technology startups? Some months ago at the Gaining Momentum: Women In Techology event, Ilse Treurnicht,
Published on: January 15th, 2014
Cheryl Sylvester
@csylvester
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