VC | BetaKit - Part 69

By Elena Yunusov May 4, 2015

FreshBooks CFO Mark MacLeod steps down to launch SurePath Capital Partners

The Canadian startup ecosystem is about to get a lot more exit and fundraising advice from Mark MacLeod, the now former FreshBooks…

By Ian Hardy November 17, 2014

A new report by The Funding Portal reveals new data on the amount of funding Canadian startups have received. The stats show…

By Joseph Czikk August 14, 2014

Canadian venture capitalists and private equity firms scored big marks in a recent Deloitte-NVCA survey that revealed global…

By Joseph Czikk February 27, 2014

Last year saw 31 percent more venture capital investment in Canada compared to 2012, up to $2 billion from $1.5 billion. In…

By Ian Hardy February 11, 2014

The search for great talent is ongoing. For Vancouver-based HootSuite, it’s been a trek. After successfully raising a…

By Ilan Saks November 28, 2013

Typically one thinks of the entrepreneur and the venture capitalist (VC) as the two main players in venture capital. That’s…

By Joseph Czikk November 14, 2013

The first three quarters of 2013 has turned out to be a pretty good for Quebec in terms of venture capital being invested-…

By Joseph Czikk September 5, 2013

Money seems to be flying around Montreal these days. The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and the Fonds de Solidarité…

By Joseph Czikk September 4, 2013

There seems to be a lot of venture capital (VC) being invested in 2013, but the question is whether it may dry up. According…

By Ian Hardy August 1, 2013

In what is Canada’s biggest venture capital investment for a software company ever, social media dashboard HootSuite has…