Toasting the Creative Destruction Lab
I don’t want to startle you, but I’m a bit giddy about the UofT’s Creative Destruction Lab. I had the opportunity to sit through a complete day of CDL sessions last month, and couldn’t...
Category: Venture Capital
Toronto's tech buzz is awesome, but results are what will ultimately matter
By any measure, Canada’s venture capital market, and the ecosystem as a whole, appears to be on fire. I can’t think of a time over my 10+ years of blogging when I might have said that,...
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...
Recapping a busy 2016
As everyone tries to get their email inbaskets down to a manageable level, I thought I’d take this opportunity to review our firm’s 2016. Although we committed more capital than any other time in...
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...
Wellington Financial Endows Technology Evaluation Scholarship at University of Toronto
I’ll let you in on a little secret before the press release goes out. We are announcing later today that our charitable foundation and the Rotman School of Management have established the Wellington Financial LP Award in...
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...
"Access to Late Stage Capital" is not Canada's key innovation hurdle
The drums are beating, and members of the venture capital ecosystem recognize the sound. During the global financial crisis, Jean-René Halde, the recently retired activist CEO of the Business Development Bank of Canada, convinced a naive...
Thank heaven for Michael Nobrega
As I looked around at the hundreds of people enjoying the patio of Toronto’s Richmond-Adelaide Centre last night, I couldn’t help but think of former OMERS CEO Michael Nobrega. The OMERS Ventures and OneEleven-sponsored...
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