Wellington Financial Launches $300 Million Fund V
It has only been three years since we closed our $200 million Fund IV, but we are about to press release the first close of Wellington Financial Fund V, our new $900 million investment...
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Pension plan pressure on hedge funds was entirely predictable
News Report: Netherlands’ health and social sector Pension Plan to “eradicate” Hedge Funds from portfolio First it was the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, and the trend has now extended to the Netherlands. Hedge...
2014: Year in Review
2014 was a busy year for our firm. It all starts with “The Funnel”, and the team hit new highs in two of the important categories: Opportunities and Financial Reviews. We didn’t break any...
Wellington Financial portfolio co. FolioDynamix being acquired for $200M
We got some great news earlier today for our limited partners. New York-based FolioDynamix is being acquired by NASDAQ-listed Actua (ACTA:Q) for ~US$200 million. It was only the Spring of 2012 when we joined...
Here's hoping OVCF 2.0 fixes the bugs in version 1.0
During the February 2013 budget, the Ontario Liberal government promised to put $50 million into the next generation of its 2007-vintage Ontario Venture Capital Fund (see prior post “‘Struggling’ OVCF coming to an end?”...
Wellington Financial Announces 2nd Closing for Fund IV
I thought our modest but loyal blog readership should be the first to know. We held our 2nd closing for Wellington Financial Fund IV on December 31st. We added two new LPs: a Canadian...
2012 = $75 million committed, 12 new deals, 7 exits
We announced our 12th deal of 2012 earlier this week (a different play on 12-12-12), an US$8.5 million financing for a Boston-based networking infrastructure company with a global client base. The company’s existing investor...
Solvency canary alert?: 59% of CPPIB PE $ commitments producing IRRs below 6%
Got some great feedback on yesterday’s post about the icky external private equity returns at many of the private equity funds chosen by the CPP Investment Board over the past 7 years (see prior...
CVCA audience crib notes
Dateline: Ottawa Have you ever attended an industry conference and wanted to ask a pithy question, but didn’t for fear of a negative reaction from the panelists or audience regarding your “too true” question/statement?...
Job Alert: VC Fund General Partner
Want to join the venture capital industry? Now is the time to make the move. Title: General Partner Sector Focus: Information Technology and Mobile Computing Mandate: Ontario based, with a North American investment strategy...
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