venture capital
Led by Guelph-based well.ca, the Canadian Angel Capital Organzation releases it's top 10 as voted by attendees at the First Canadian Co-investment Summit.
Suzie uses the re-naming of the National Angel Capital Organization to ask some questions about government's role in funding startups...but not two-guys-in-a-basement startups. Instead, she points out a lack of public-funds bridge financing for fast-growth companies.
Online video is huge. Just ask YouTube. But it's also not profitable. Just ask Google. Ottawa's Overlay.TV hopes to change that. By empowering content creators, advertisers and consumers, this award-winning company is betting that video and nonintrusive commercialization will just 'click'.
Montreal company offers online scheduling that integrates with email and calendar programs.
Citing the effect that Ontario's venture capital fund had on local investment, Suzie sounds a warning for Albertan tech companies who hope to connect to the province's recently announced $178 million "Bringing Technology to Market" action plan.
Enterprise 2.0 startup run by the co-founders of one of Canada's largest software companies seeks superstar developers and UX/UI gurus.
Alan interviews entrepreneur, investor, and online host of CBC's Dragons' Den, Sean Wise. He shares his thoughts on selling products and ideas.
Red Canary asks CiRBA CEO Gerry Smith about the company; its flurry of recognition, growth and current challenges. With comments from Edgestone Partner Derek Smyth.
Charles Plant has worked with startups as an operator, a financier and now as a leader at one of Canada's largest incubators for young technology and science companies. He shares his thoughts on the external and internal challenges facing our emerging technology sector.
Strong US presence drives $2.1 billion in investments in 2007, with Biopharmaceutical and other life science investments up by 23%. Both Ontario and BC see increase in local funding.
More losers than winners? A TechFinance.ca study looks at the stock price performance of 41 Canadian tech companies that went public in the last 24 months. This article was reprinted with the permission of www.TechFinance.ca
A collage of technology company logos (Canadian or with strong Canadian representation) that Red Canary has had the privilege to cover, profile or help find talent. Canada is home to a thriving technology industry that doesn't celebrate or recognize itself as often as it should, eh? Here's part two of our 'webpaper' of Canuck contributors. I hope this ‘webpaper’ continues to serve as a reminder of our industry’s vitality and diversity, and of Red Canary’s effort to shine a much-needed spotlight on great Canadian technology companies.
Recently ranked third on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 with 16,000% growth, Toronto-based Tira Wireless offers a wireless application developers and content publishers a device-agnostic platform.
David Berkowitz, General Partner at Ventures West, talks about opportunity in the maturing cleantech sector
Part of securing startup funding is knowing where to look. Roy Pereira breaks down financing options for young companies.
Borrowed from the blog Venture Law Lines Suzanne is a partner at Venture Law Associates LLP. "A lot of my work includes compensation – sales incentive plans, executive compensation plans and stock option plan design. So I tend to be a bit of a theory wonk when it comes to compensation strategy."
A burgeoning crop of startups, fast-growth companies going public and blue chips arriving from south of the border. Red Canary explores why Waterloo is a tech haven.
A lesson learned over lunch, or, "three reasons why VCs invest in a company". "I had lunch last week with a VC-hired CEO on the verge of having his company sold. We spoke about many things…the buyer, his next career move, and the abysmal track record of Canadian VCs..."
As a career option, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence role is ideal for executives in transition. Red Canary gets the scoop on the job from two post-startup operators. EIR? Individuals who can survey the technological battlefield, dispense sage advice to fledgling companies and stay hungry enough to want to charge into the fight themselves?
While they aren't bubble-era startup mistakes (lavish parties, opulent Aeleron offices and vaporware offerings) today's startups often fly too close to the sun - and are burned by their own hubris and inexperience. Bryan Kerdman, partner at Edgestone Capital, shares his insight on the mistakes he sees. CEO-turned-VC Bryan Kerdman talks about why freshly-funded Canadian startups go south.