VAdm Mark Norman on "What right looks like"
That’s not my line, but it certainly struck a chord with me. “What right looks like.” It comes from a directive penned earlier this week by Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, Commander of the Royal Canadian...
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Has anyone seen CPPIB’s venture bucks? part 2
I have failed you, yet again. The folks at CPP Investment Board have refused to answer my simple questions about the execution of their $400 million 2010-vintage vehicle that was to fund Canadian entrepreneurs...
Almost US$20M over a four week stretch
It’s more than just warm in California. Things have been quiet on the blog front, and I can’t even blame a lack of content. Dr. Roger Martin has provided grist for at least two...
McKinsey charts minor adjustments for BDC's VC division
Clear as the nose on your face. That has to be one of the true joys of a management consulting assignment from time to time. The answer is obvious from the moment you arrive...
Bridgescale Partners and Edgestone's Venture Fund to team up?
Change is afoot in the Canadian venture capital landscape. It has just been four weeks since I penned the “The creative destruction of Canada’s VC industry” post, and here we are. The creative part...
Feds to tackle Section 116 in Budget
Today’s Throne Speech contained a passage that will excite our friends John Ruffolo, of Deloitte, Stephen Hurwitz, of law firm Choate in Boston and Yaletown’s Steve Hnatiuk (Chair of the CVCA Tax Policy Committee)....
All's well in New Jersey's VC land
Dateline: Princeton, New Jersey Your roving reporter brings more news from our southern neighbour. With street names such as Sand Hill Road and a development called Menlo Park, it should come as no surprise...
Q2 2009 VC funding lowest in 14 years
Not that the figures will surprise you, but Canadian innovation companies continue to suffer in the fundraising sphere. And it isn’t just domestic VC firms that are caught up in the crunch; foreign investors...
HarbourVest: "there should be some Darwinism" in VC Land
Here is an interview excerpt from Red Herring. RH got some time with Kevin Delbridge of Harbourvest. Mr. Delbridge is a senior managing partner at HarbourVest, which manages $30 billion of “fund of funds”...
Skapinker gives his homeland the Bronx Cheer part 2
I must be honest. It takes all of my energy to summon a reply to what might be referred to as a “clarifying” blog post of Mark Skapinker from this past weekend; and by...
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