Canadian venture capital (VC) disbursements reached a historical high in 2019 with 642 financings for $7.263 billion, backed by US and foreign investors which invested 55% of the total amount.Continue Reading
Dentons Canada LLP did 83 VC deals in 2019, leading 41 other law firms in assisting Canadian startup companies or investors. Continue Reading
CPE Media Analytics released its venture capital report for the first three quarters of 2019: investments from US investors now accounted for half of all VC $ went to Canadian companies.
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First half of 2019 Canadian VC set a torrid pace, with 264 financings completed totaling $2.9 billion, on pace to pass $5B mark for first time since 2000Continue Reading
Chinook Therapeutics secured US $65M Series A funding led by Versant Ventures with participation of seed investor Apple Tree Partners and new investor Samsara BioCapital.
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CPE Media Analytics released comprehensive results for initial public offerings (IPOs) for the first half of 2019.Continue Reading
92 law firms worked on 525 financings with total deal value of $14.76B in Q1. Owen Bird Law Corporation Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP led in deal numbers and total deal valueContinue Reading
Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Greybrook Securities Inc. the leading investment dealer and EMD respectively in Q1 exempt financing fees earned. Continue Reading
US investors invested $6.03 billion, accounting for 61% of $10 billion disclosed cannabis investments, almost doubling of the total amount by Canadian investors ($3.1 billion)Continue Reading
Ontario cannabis and related companies received lion’s share of cannabis investments. US and companies with major US operations captured increasing share of investments with $3.64B (23%)Continue Reading
The CSE most active exchange in Canada leading with 349 cannabis and related deals for $4.65B (29% of the $16 billion total)Continue Reading
Cannabis and related companies raised $16 billion in 2018, 445% increase over 2017 and 2,117% over 2016. Continue Reading
Canadian VC/PE backed IPOs overwhelmingly underperformed against US VC/PE backed IPOs and VC backed IPO underperformed PE Backed IPOs, CPE Media Analytics report foundContinue Reading
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.Continue Reading
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.Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
CPE Media released its inaugural and ground-breaking report into venture capital (VC) activity in Canada for first half (H1) of 2017.Continue Reading
