My investment advisor called yesterday with some good news and some bad news. The good news was that Halogen Software had finished its roadshow marketing (see prior post “Halogen IPO filing gives Canadians their first chance to taste tech in far too long” Apr 2-13). The bad news was that the IPO had been so
ViXS is next in line for Tech IPO parade
I wouldn’t call it a downpour just yet, but the Canadian Technology IPO market might just be getting some traction. When I told you a few months ago that two Tech companies were “on the launch pad”, I had that right. What I had wrong was that the two companies were Halogen Software and Virgin
Has anyone seen OVCF’s “50,000 jobs and $3.6B of economic activity”?
Thanks to the people at Techvibes, I was able to find out that the Government of Ontario believes that the Ontario Venture Capital Fund has been a huge success; far more so than I had ever imagined: The new fund will build on the Ontario Venture Capital Fund, created in 2008. The existing fund has
Here’s hoping OVCF 2.0 fixes the bugs in version 1.0
During the February 2013 budget, the Ontario Liberal government promised to put $50 million into the next generation of its 2007-vintage Ontario Venture Capital Fund (see prior post “‘Struggling’ OVCF coming to an end?” April 24-12), which had run out of dough a year ago after a painfully slow start. With a $50 million matching
Why so uninquisitive about the CPP Investment Board, ROBers?
My pals the Canada’s National Newspaper, the Globe and Mail, had a couple of hours over lunch recently with the Head of our Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The ultimate report had plenty of juice, but it was such a missed opportunity. Journo Tara Perkins got Mark Wiseman to talk about his favourite meals and
