Archive for June 15th, 2007
Friday Interview with VC John Varghese
15 June 2007We can’t let the month of June pass without another crack at a venture capitalist. This week’s interview candidate is John Varghese, Managing Director of VentureLink Funds, a Toronto-based labour sponsored fund. John and I attended U.W.O. at the same time, but didn’t really get to know each other until we were both [...]
US subprime borrowers sink deeper into trouble
15 June 2007According to a report released by the Mortgage Bankers Association, subprime borrowers are getting into deeper trouble with their lenders, particularly in California, Florida and other formerly hot real estate markets. With U.S. mortgage rates hitting a one year high, here’s an excerpt from a NYT piece on the subject:
“Nearly 19 percent of all [...]
RuggedCom IPO a blowout
15 June 2007Congrats to the teams at TD Securities and Genuity Capital Markets. Sounds as though the RuggedCom initial public offering was a tremendous success, with a highly oversubscribed AND broadly based institutional order book. Hitting the target of $40 million, with about 10% going as a secondary offering, demonstrates once again that we are [...]