I must admit that October 2006 seems like a long time ago. That was the month we closed a $5.5 million financing for Calgary’s Wmode, our third financing in a fund that was just...
Four years have probably passed since I joined BNN Television Anchor Kim Parlee on her old Squeeze Play set to warn about the recent spate of takeovers in the resources industry, particularly from nation...
TSX / LSE Merger Part 12 Now that the cat is out of the bag (see prior post “LSE has plans for NASDAQ next?” Mar 6-11), perhaps Canadians should ask ourselves the simple question:...
News item: W. Brett Wilson quits CBC’s Dragon’s Den A voice of sanity from that modern day Christians & Lions phenomenon that is the Dragon’s Den. I’ve never met Brett Wilson, but I have...
If you’ve not been following the success that Wi-LAN (WIN:TSX) has been having on the patent front (see prior post “Wi-LAN plays it smart with Telus” Feb 8-10), it’s time to sit up and...
Business Insider / Silicon Alley Insider has tried to do a valuation analysis of the world’s best digital companies. That’s hard to do unless you’ve got 1st hand access to the financials, the forecasts,...
News item: China Investment Corp. will buy 45 per cent stake in Penn West assets. The question is simple: the Chinese government has sufficient foreign currency reserves to acquire the core of the Canadian...
On the list of interesting tech plays in Canada, I continue to think Wi-LAN (WIN:TSX) is worthy of interest on a number of levels. Although venture capital funds never played a role, which is...
Don’t want you to miss the news that six of Wellington Financial LP’s portfolio companies from three different provinces made it on the Deloitte Fast 50 list. Our Fast 50 list: Toronto-based Impact Mobile...
The 1st quarter CPP Investment Board results have been out for awhile, but your loyal scribe has been otherwise occupied…sorry. According to the stats, it wasn’t a bad quarter for Canadian GPs at all...
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