The last business day before Christmas was the busiest financing closing day with the closing of 53, 86 and 75 financings respectively in 2016, 2017 and 2018.Read More →
US VCs invested $439M, 2.7 times of the $162M invested by Canadian VCs. International CVCs invested $120M, ranking 3rd behind US VCs and Canadian VCs.Read More →
Every VC dollar raised by Canadian companies, 55 cents from foreign sources with almost 40 cents from USA alone, only 45 cents from Canadian sources. Read More →
CPE Media released its inaugural and ground-breaking report into venture capital (VC) activity in Canada for first half (H1) of 2017.Read More →
Bain Capital backed Canada Goose and CCMP backed Jamieson led all VC/PE backed IPOs with 40% and 17% gain. Zymeworks, Freshii, Source Energy and STEP Energy lost stock value.
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US VCs and Corporate Venturing led all VC disbursements in Canadian startups – CPE Media preliminary 1st Half 2017 resultsRead More →
Biotech, Oil & Gas and Mining led $30.8B public financing in Q1 2017, accounting for 71% of the total amount.Read More →
Driven by debt financing, Canadian public market financing started 2017 on a very positive note.Read More →
CPE Media reports 307 completed private equity deals with disclosed value of $19.24 billion in 2016.Read More →
42 venture capital funds raised $1.5 billion in 2016. 24 private venture funds raised $1.17 billion and 4 private debt/royalty funds raised $68 million.Read More →
Internet, Communication and Telecom (ICT) and Biotech/Life Sciences attracted 87% of all VC dollars in 2016Read More →
Series A and B dominates venture capital investments while growth stage becomes increasingly important in Canada. Read More →
