Support for Billy Bishop stays strong, says Ipsos
Good news often gets missed in all of the daily noise, but since many of our readers are folks from the entrepreneurial universe, I know some are interested in the evolving business plans of...
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Canada's maturity on display via recent Government appointments
The tradition has been popular for decades in Washington. With much regularity, talented people step away from their successful careers to fill a U.S. government post for a chunk of time. Hank Paulson (ex-Goldman...
"Struggling" OVCF coming to an end?
Belts are tight at Queen’s Park, which may well mean that the Ontario Venture Capital Fund is set for the high jump. First announced in 2007 (see prior post “$165MM MRI Fund: blessing or...
Edgestone going it alone again? part 2
It took only 14 hours after our blog hit Twitter (see prior post “Edgestone going it alone again?” Jan 12-12) for the MSM to be gifted an on-the-record story, confirming what we’d already reported:...
Bridgescale and Edgestone demerge
Not a good day for entrepreneurs. Since we broke the news about the merger (see prior post “Bridgescale Partners and Edgestone’s Venture Fund to team up? May 27-10), it seems only appropriate that we...
CPPIB also taken in by Sino-Forest story
As much as you might think this Sino-Forest (TRE:TSX) fiasco is someone else’s problem, I have some news. It appears to be yours, too, according to CPP Investment Board’s public equity holdings as of...
CPPIB Canadian general partner Q3 2009 performance numbers
The 3rd quarter CPP Investment Board results are now out. It doesn’t appear as though any of the PE or VC portfolios saw much movement during the quarter…at least nothing dramatic. This post is...
CPPIB Canadian general partner Q2 2009 performance numbers
The 2nd quarter CPP Investment Board results are now out. According to the stats, it was a great quarter for some Canadian VC GPs: Celtic House III, Edgestone Venture Fund I and Ventures West...
CDN tech IPO market stirring to life
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...
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