WSJ article on Venture Debt

Although it has an understandably U.S. focus to it, here is a decent take on the Venture Debt market. It certainly isn’t the same feeding frenzy here in Canada, although we’ve been pleased to lead $55 million via 6 deals over the past 6 months. Key differences will be quickly apparent to anyone who has

 
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Global Icing

Here’s a headline to warm the heart on any Global Warming Denier: “HOUSE HEARING ON ‘WARMING OF THE PLANET’ CANCELED AFTER ICE STORM” Anyone want to bet that U.S. VP Dick Cheney didn’t point it out to U.S. President George W. Bush with a smirk over breakfast this morning? Boston., Mass. hit a temperature record

 
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Waterloo Investing Trends 5

One of the most objective tech folks in the Waterloo region, Gary Will, has weighed in on this topic. He sensed a start-up lull in the 2002-04 window, but believes there have been lots of late – which is very exciting news. As someone who tracks these things daily, Gary would know. I have been

 
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Some U.S. Recession Hints

A few months ago we touched on some recession signals (“Start spreading the views“, Nov. 28, ’06; “Is the end near?“, Dec. 21, ’06), and Craig recently posted on the happenings in the sub-prime consumer lending market. Here is a confirmatory perspective from a U.S. observer with some meaningful facts. The key theme: According to

 
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