Posted: January 6th, 2010 | Author: Chim | Filed under: Education, Food for thoughts | Tags: Canada, Food for thoughts, Guide, Interesting, Internet, Sweden | No Comments »
I found out a quality of life index of over 100 countries. Canada is positioned at 11th together with other 8 countries.
Quality of Life Index 2009
Read more here.
Posted: December 2nd, 2009 | Author: Chim | Filed under: Startups, Venture Capital | Tags: Entrepreneurs, Guide, Links, Startups, Venture Capital, Web | 1 Comment »
Thanks for Dan M., JS C., Mark E. and Tim T. for your suggestions!
This is a complete list of all the VC firms in Canada. JS made a good suggestion of adding of which firms invested in the last 12 months. I will add this info in the next update.
= A must see.
= A firm dedicated mostly in early stage companies.
= Firm that invested in any startup in the last 3 months (from September 09). You can click the icon to see the news related to the investment.
= Firm that received fund or selected to participate or manage a province venture capital fund in the last 2 months. You can click the icon to see the news.
= Firm that sold or IPO a company in the last 3 months (from September 09).
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Posted: November 4th, 2009 | Author: Chim | Filed under: Guides, Links, Venture Capital | Tags: Entrepreneurs, Guide, Links, Startups, Venture Capital, Web | 8 Comments »
This is a complete list of all the VC firms in Canada.
= A must see. = A firm dedicated mostly in early stage companies.
CentreStone Ventures Inc.
Covington Capital Corporation
Discovery Capital Management Corp.
Emerald Technology Ventures
Genesys Capital Partners
Foragen Technologies
Greenstone
GrowthWorks
J.L. Albright Venture Partners (JLA)
New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
Ontario Venture Capital Fund (OVCF)
Posted: November 4th, 2009 | Author: Chim | Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Finance, Guides, Links, Private Equity, Venture Capital | Tags: Entrepreneurs, Guide, Internet, Links, Private Equity, Startups, Venture Capital | No Comments »
This is a complete list of all the Private Equity firms in Canada.
= A firm dedicated more to Private Equity or late stage startups. 
= A mix firm with investment in VC and PE.
Argosy Partners – Shotgun Fund & Succession Fund
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Kensington Capital Partners Limited
Posted: November 4th, 2009 | Author: Chim | Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Finance, Links, Private Equity, Venture Capital | Tags: Entrepreneurs, Guide, Links, Private Equity, Startups, Venture Capital | No Comments »
Other Firms Related to PE & VC industry (Some of these companies may be venture capital and private equity firms but they were also investing heavily in other areas in finance, such as asset management, etc.)
