All is not dire in sunny California
Dateline: Menlo Park “The whole tech sector, flush for years with confidence and talk of disruption, suddenly has an air of desperation about it.” Time Magazine, Nov. 12/15 Is that a cliff, just ahead?...
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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...
NorthLeaf wins $438MM VC mandate from CPPIB
The marginalization of the Canadian Venture Capital landscape continues, unabated. The latest evidence of the industry’s multi-year decline came in the form of CPP Investment Board’s decision to spin out all of their direct...
CPPIB Canadian general partner Q1 2010 performance numbers
I’m sorry that I’m couple of days late, but the 1st quarter CPP Investment Board results are out for the world of private fund managers. What is interesting about this quarter is that many...
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...
OVCF confirms $20 million for EdgeStone's venture fund
On the heels of the breaking news post of last week (“Edgestone VC team wins big backing from OVCF” April 2-09), the Ontario Venture Capital Fund has now formally confirmed that it has committed...
Skapinker gives his homeland the Bronx Cheer
I will leave it all to y’all to come up with suggestions as to his motivation, but former Venture Capitalist Mark Skapinker had some choice words for Canadian entrepreneurs, as well as the venture...
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