Earthy expects no short-term strategy changes as organization searches for new head. The post InBC CEO Jill Earthy leaves after “mutual decision” with board first appeared on BetaKit.| BetaKit
Latest report shows Crown corp. hiked VC investments and contended with “correction on valuation” in fiscal 2025. The post Isabelle Hudon says BDC is getting ready to support Canada’s defence tech sector in “a more aggressive way” first appeared on BetaKit.| BetaKit
Will they do a big AI deal? Should they?| Spyglass
Unprecedented revenue growth from AI companies has changed startup math. The post How VCs are navigating the AI era with Ripple Ventures’ Matt Cohen first appeared on BetaKit.| BetaKit
It humorously calls this family the Model Zoo because one is like the size of a fly's brain and the other the size of a chicken's.| TechCrunch
With AXL, Dr. Daniel Wigdor plans to help launch 50 AI companies in the next five years and keep them in Canada. The post Can one venture studio stop Canada’s AI brain drain? first appeared on BetaKit.| BetaKit
Misfit Ventures co-founders say “reverse brain drain” of talent could be a silver lining for Canada. The post Queer tech founders explore move to Canada as US abandons DEI first appeared on BetaKit.| BetaKit
Plus: The bright spot in Québec’s gloomy VC landscape. The post Cohere remains Canada’s AI hope first appeared on BetaKit.| BetaKit
Sixty percent of VC deals in the province were under $5 million in Q2, new data shows. The post Seed-stage rebound a bright spot in Québec’s gloomy VC landscape: report first appeared on BetaKit.| BetaKit
CVCA report finds life sciences, venture debt among bright spots in otherwise bleak H1 2025. The post “Wake-up call” unheeded as Canadian VC investment hits lowest level since H1 2020 first appeared on BetaKit.| BetaKit
An unpredictable H1 2025 has shaped new needs for the innovation ecosystem for more carefully curated funding that can withstand potential shocks to...| Cleantech Group
Multiverse Computing, a quantum-inspired AI model compression company, has developed CompactifAI, a compression technology capable of reducing the size of LLMs (Large Language Models) by up […] The post Multiverse Computing Secures $215 Million For Scaling Quantum AI Model Compression appeared first on HP Tech Ventures.| HP Tech Ventures
AI Fund, a venture studio founded by renowned AI entrepreneur Andrew Ng, today announced the successful closing of its second fund, raising about $190 million in an oversubscribed round.| Pulse 2.0
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One of the most exciting trends in energy is the rise of programmable power. Energy devices have become increasingly software-controllable. Developers can now build large virtual energy systems out…| Matthew Mandel
Provincial investment agency’s overall $13-million return came in well below $194 million forecast.| BetaKit
Early-stage sustainability startup Lite-1 edged out Glüxkind and Vodasafe.| BetaKit
We spoke to four Osler partners about the deal trends they saw in 2024, and what founders should carry with them into 2025.| BetaKit
Plus: the fintech spaces that A2D’s Ankit Upadhyay says can add value in India and Southeast Asia.| Digital Finance
The new sovereign wealth fund signs up its first external asset managers, but questions of its mission remain.| Digital Finance
Venture leaders publicly grapple with weak performance and uncertain future ahead of CVCA Invest Canada conference.| BetaKit
CWVC analyzed the careers of over 600 women in Canadian VC who have joined its ranks since 2019 for a “pulse” check on how they have advanced and been retained.| BetaKit
The Information Age was a consequence of two developments: the ability to work with information programmatically and the democratization of that capability. We are now entering a similar period in …| Matthew Mandel
As Calgary executes its new innovation strategy, it’s fighting to keep pace with demand for startup funding.| BetaKit
After serving at the helm since January of 2019, CVCA CEO Kim Furlong has announced plans to step down this summer following the VC lobbying group’s upcoming annual event.| BetaKit
Plus: Robinhood scoops up WonderFi, Canadian VC has another tough quarter.| BetaKit
Trade tensions and economic uncertainty contributed to investor caution, CVCA says.| BetaKit
An economically rational deal if you are a true early stage VC| Interconnected
The Australian National University's vice-chancellor vows to stay the course amid sustained pressure on her leadership, while blasting her most vocal critics for using her gender as a tactic to undermine her.| www.abc.net.au
Price vs Value: The Momentum Trap in VC | Equidam| Equidam
I’ve written previously about the deep tech opportunity. While lean software startups have been a great place to invest venture capital over the last thirty years, I believe we’re livin…| Matthew Mandel
Toronto and Montréal-based CMD Capital has halted fundraising and paused its operations indefinitely after failing to secure anchor institutional investors for its first VC fund, BetaKit has learned.| BetaKit
Canadian VC saw $7.86 billion invested across 592 deals in 2024, per the CVCA, buoyed by later-stage megadeals while seed funding struggled.| BetaKit
Investment bank’s Growth Venture Fund will now directly invest in Canadian tech companies.| BetaKit
After closing $54 million USD for its second fund, GTMfund founding partner Scott Barker told BetaKit the VC firm plans to deploy more capital into Canadian startups and grow its office in Canada.| BetaKit
Here are some of the top stock market and venture capital bits & bytes for 2025.| Marketing Masterminds
Disclaimer: I believe that unless you are one of a few firms, there is no possible claim that there is a “correct” way to do venture, only to treat people with respect along the way. Venture capital...| Tumblr
Years ago a friend of mine had a dream about a strange invention; a staircase you could descend deep...| Michael Dempsey's Notes
Update: I dove into this topic further in a follow-up post on where tech markets are going.Over the...| Michael Dempsey's Notes
Disclaimer: This is more for scalable sending notes and personal accountability. Not a professional...| Michael Dempsey's Notes
Disclaimer: This is more for scalable sending notes and personal accountability. Not a professional...| Michael Dempsey's Notes
Disclaimer: This is more for scalable sending notes and personal accountability. Not a professional...| Michael Dempsey's Notes
Humans are not simple creatures. Although we like to present ourselves as coherent wholes to the outside world, on the inside, we’re divided. Marvin Minsky argues in The Society of Mind that minds are composed of smaller agents, each with specialized roles and drives. Inside Out similarly imagines the mind as made up of joyful, […]| Matthew Mandel
How we can build a healthy and sustainable funding model for open source software which is being used by thousands of companies and developers around the world.| Andrea Grandi
For the past few years, start-ups are on the rise. Everybody is giving their dream venture a chance, and why The post Venture Capital Due Diligence for Startups appeared first on Penser.| Penser
Since we launched our product in February, life has been absolutely crazy. We knew getting documents notarized was a pain point for consumers and businesses alike, but we had no idea how significant the interest in Notarize would be. And for us, it has been extremely rewarding as we help people execute the most important transactions of their lives. So, we’re excited to announce that we’ve secured $8 million in Series A financing led by Polaris Partners with participation by Founder’s F...| PAT KINSEL
From the viewpoint of your board, there are founders, operators, investors, and employees. How can you use this to help your career plan?| Kellblog
Understanding the mechanics of founder re-ups in financing rounds| The Angel VC
I’m very excited to announce that we’re looking for a new Associate. In all modesty, I think that for a young, smart person who’s passionate about startups and technology, an Associate role at Point Nine is one of the fastest ways to learn, build your network, and advance your career. Case in point: Rodrigo, who started as an Associate four years ago, is now a Partner at Point Nine; Fabian is running his own fund; Nicolas became a “30 under 30” and is now VP at Insight; and Mathias ...| The Angel VC
Over the last couple of weeks and months we spent some time putting our investment thesis on paper. The purpose of this exercise was to challenge and discuss our implicit assumptions and to get everyone on our team aligned on what kind of investments we seek.| The Angel VC
Nearly all successful modern companies employ some variation of a build-measure-learn feedback cycle. It’s a cycle that iterates as follows: you take an initial position on what your product should be and build it. Then, you measure your target audience’s response and interaction with the product. Then, you analyze your data measurements to figure out where your initial hypothesis was right or wrong and use the learnings from this analysis to inform that next iteration of the product. T...| The Gong Show
The blog post I wrote earlier this week talking about Sequoia’s investment pacing back around the nuclear winter got far more distribution than I initially expected. It made me curious to look at some more recent numbers about investment pacing. Here is my analysis and conclusions. Investment pace is an interesting quality metric to use to evaluate a venture firm because it’s only valuable if you subscribe to the school of thought that you cannot time markets. If you believe you’re ...| The Gong Show
Brian Chesky, CEO and Co-Founder at AirBnB, recently published 7 rejection letters he received from valley VCs in an effort to raise $150k for a 10% stake in AirBnB during mid-to-late 2008. My own view into that era was already published in an email thread between Paul Graham and Fred Wilson that shows how easy it is to miss deals at the earliest stages (I was in the USV pitch mtg with Fred for AirBnb that is the subject of that thread). Brian’s rejection letters are entertaining alone, b...| The Gong Show
The Big Apple is the center of the East Coast innovation corridor, which stretches north to Canada and down south to D.C.’s Tech Triangle, with its tentacles extending as far as Detroit’…| CHRONICLING THE ROBOT INDUSTRY
John Fein and Chris Marks are the managing partners of Firebrand Ventures. John started Firebrand Ventures in 2016, and we interviewed him in 2018. Prior to founding Firebrand, John served as Managing Director for Techstars, a leading startup accelerator with over 40 programs around the ...| upside.fm
This episode of upside is sponsored by Ethos Wealth Management. Managing wealth with an eye toward the future demands vigilance and skill in today’s global economy.| upside.fm
Interview Begins: 9:01 Debrief: 59:30 Victor Gutwein is the Founder and Managing Partner of M25 M25 is an early-stage venture firm based in Chicago, investing solely in tech startups headquartered in the Midwest. Since they launched in 2015, they’ve become the most active investor in ...| upside.fm
