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...
More news on the state of our Fund V fundraise: Wellington Financial Hits ‘Hard Cap’ On New $300 Million Fund V Wellington Financial LP, a privately held specialty finance firm providing growth capital to...
The press release won’t be out for another 30 minutes, but our loyal blog followers deserve to get the early scoop. Our latest financing, this time for Montreal-based iPerceptions, represents our fifth Growth Capital...
The media coverage of the pending TSX tech IPO onslaught has been intensive. And perhaps the recent attention shouldn’t come as a shock, since they missed the first wave of deals and all (see...
If you were at the Cantech Technology conference in Toronto yesterday, you would have heard OMERS Ventures CEO John Ruffolo refer to the fact that there were “five” Canadian tech firms approaching $100 million...
One of our team’s key business pleasures is the ringside seat we have as entrepreneurs realize on their dreams. Although there are plenty of ways to define success as a funder of innovation companies,...
If you know Vancouver’s Jim Fletcher, he gets into the detail of topics and isn’t afraid of speaking his mind. For that, and other reasons, he’s very popular in these quarters. When Jim’s not...
It is starting to feel like December 2003. Folks in the tech industry will know what I’m talking about. Software co. Workbrain went public, becoming the first technology story post-bubble to “get out” on...
Wellington Financial Fund III portfolio co. Vision Critical has teamed up with Scotiabank (BNS:TSX) to take the pulse of Canadian retail investors. Here is an excerpt from a report released earlier this week: “The...
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