Surge in Late Stage VC deals proves the point
Thanks to the good work of Kirk Falconer at PEHub, Canadian policy makers are getting an early look at the state of Canada’s innovation ecosystem, well before Finance Minister Bill Morneau puts pen to...
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Morneau Economic Growth Council recommending end of life-saving VCAP program
If the rumours are true, Canadian entrepreneurs will be getting a lump of coal in their stockings this Christmas. Word is that Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s Advisory Council on Economic Growth is essentially recommending that he...
Wellington Financial contributes VC chart to Maclean's Magazine's "75 charts every Canadian should watch in 2017"
This is a MSM feature every one of our readers will find interesting. Jason Kirby from Maclean’s Magazine has brought together 75 very interesting charts into one remarkable package. The only requirement he had...
Preqin names Wellington Financial to list of "Most Consistent Top Performing" funds
One of the world’s leading sources of data and intelligence in the Alternative Asset world, Preqin, has named our firm as one of the “Most Consistent Top Performing Private Debt Fund Managers” for 2016. Preqin data...
Canadian tech IPO market remains AWOL, despite impressive 5 yr. outperformance of TSX Information Technology Index
Pitchbook has just reported that the U.S. I.P.O. window is wide open, but Canadian investors shouldn’t expect any spillover for the foreseeable future. Not that there aren’t companies to take public; it’s that the demand...
Mistaking a "Premium" for a "Ratchet"
Tobias, Neil, John, Sandy…passionate folks all. It was interesting to follow the debate in yesterday’s StartUpNorth repost of the Bloomberg News story regarding the latest Real Matters M&A activity and associated financing (see prior...
Bloomberg: Real Matters Deal Said to Set Stage for Canada's Next Tech IPO
In case you didn’t see today’s article from Bloomberg News about our Wellington Financial Fund III portfolio co. Real Matters, I thought I’d take the liberty of posting it here. Our firm had the...
What's up with Ontario's Scale Up Ventures?
It has been nine months since Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne announced that Ontario taxpayers were committing $25 million to a new $50 million venture capital fund that will provide not just capital, but mentorship...
Juniper Networks to acquire Wellington Financial Fund III portfolio co BTI Systems
A nice bit of news hit the Boston Business Journal earlier today: California tech firm Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) said Tuesday that it will acquire Littleton-based cloud networking firm BTI Systems. Terms of the...
New Leaders Fund just what Canada needs
We all meet a bunch of people in our lives. Through work, hobbies, public service, swimming meets, cold GTHL rinks, blogging and the like. Sometimes, those people are plain fabulous, and have all of...
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