Archive for September, 2006
No one is surprised, but whose to blame?
21 September 2006That a once successful hedge fund lost US$6 billion over the course of a few days can’t come as a surprise to the limited partnership community. The local Amaranth fellows that I’ve come across are as smart as you’ll find in the business. They knew which risks they wanted to take, and were picky in [...]
Political donations and VCs
17 September 2006How many of us receive fundraising letters from suppliers, industry colleagues, clients or benefactors? This L.A. Times story details what may be the deathnell for VCs soliciting political donations from portfolio companies see link. According to The Times, Limited Partners such as Harvard Univ. and the State pension funds of California, Colorado and New [...]
Wind power? Where’s the tech in that?
16 September 2006Our fund is widely known for our tech deals, with MKS (20x market cap. increase post our deal), Basis100 (100% share price increase post a Wellington-led transaction) and Airborne Entertainment (the Canadian Venture Capital Association’s 2005 VC deal of the year) being some good examples of how we help others succeed.
But tech isn’t all we’ll [...]
Welcome to our Blog
5 September 2006Each day we come across some of Canada’s most interesting technology ideas, companies and personalities. Our website gets thousands of unique hits a year. This comes as a constant surprise to us; thus the not so novel idea: why not match what we are up to each day/week/month with whatever it is that [...]