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Want to go to SxSW? You can get $687 in support
Tomorrow morning at 9am (Friday, February 8th 2008) there will be a meeting at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada?s Toronto offices (151 Young St, 3rd floor boardroom) to discuss their subsidy for any companies who are going…
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Lift08 Venture Night: 5 Panelists and one MC and 8 pitches
I am here at Lift08 in Geneva, Switzerland. Tonight is “Venture Night”, a startup launch-pad that had 50 submissions, which were narrowed to 8 startups who all demoed and presented their business case tonight. The format is a…
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BlitzWeekend – ad-hoc startup launchpad
When Heri first announced BlitzWeekend, I thought it was a slightly better take on the various StartupWeekends which had been painfully going on. That would have been the easy thing to do, but Heri and the guys have…
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Canadian DEMOgods
You are all DEMOgods to us! As promised here are the DEMO videos from our very own: Standout Jobs (Montreal, QC), Cozimo (Montreal, QC), HealthPricer Interactive (Vancouver, BC), Rove Mobile (Ottawa, ON), SceneCaster (Richmond Hill, ON), and Xtranormal…
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Angel financing – Valuation (part 2)
In the first part of this article series, I discussed reasons why valuation is important. In this article I will talk about how to come up with a valuation. Unfortunately there is no clear cut formula you can…
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StandoutJobs raises $2m from iNovia Capital
The news is finally public that StandoutJobs, a Montreal, Quebec company who we mentioned in our earlier post about DEMO08, has raised $2million from iNovia Capital. With this announcement and their launch at DEMO, StandoutJobs is taking back…
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Canadian Companies at DEMO08
There are 5+1 Canadian companies on the slate at DEMO08 today and for the next 2 days. Standout Jobs, Inc., Montreal, QC Cozimo (some of the team is in Montreal, QC) HealthPricer Interactive, Ltd., Vancouver, BC Rove Mobile,…
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It's a wrap – Founders and Funders Toronto
The inaugural Founders & Funders went off without a hitch. It was a fantastic evening. It wouldn’t have been possible without our sponsors, thank you very much Microsoft and JLA Ventures, the event wouldn’t have happened without their…
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Game On Finance – Browser going to wallop Super Mario
Last week we got our finance on at Game On, a top notch event by Interactive Ontario that brought together thought leaders from the games business. Right from the start it was apparent the games industry is incredibly…
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smartpatterns.com – Create your own Knitting Pattern
I wasn’t exactly sure what to think when I first took a look at smartpatterns.com, a Waterloo, On startup that has 2 employees and has been in development since 2003. Smartpatterns is a windows application, not a web…
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See you tomorrow night – StartupCamp Montreal
Wow, we are just coming off a great night last night at Founders and Funders and tomorrow we are hopping on the train and making our way to Montreal for StartupCamp Montreal. The final lineup for the pitches…
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Canada Needs to Realize The Technology Business is a Race
Canada’s pace in the technology industry is too slow. Commercializing innovation and business are a tough race. Only the swift and the lucky survive. I’m starting to believe the heart of the problem lies in our attitude. We…
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Founders and Funders Toronto Kick Off Questions
The Founders and Funders dinner takes place tonight in Toronto. We really wish we could have invited everyone who asked for a ticket, but we have been sold out for a while now. I really don’t want to…
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BrightSpark: Venture Capital is not what it used to be, we are changing
A lot of us like to speculate on the state of Venture Capital in Canada; we all have a vested interest in the existence of a healthy and competitive market. For BrightSpark, the truth has been much more…
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AnnesDiary.com – Anne of Green Gables gets Fingerprinted
AnnesDiary.com, run by Toronto based LogicaHoldings, is taking a Webkinz style approach to the children’s online entertainment market. Their twist? A fingerprint scanner! To sign up a child for Anne’s Diary a parent must fill out an application…
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Overlay.TV lands a $4,600,000 Series A
Celtic House Venture Partners, EdgeStone Capital Partners and Tech Capital Partners announced today a Series A investment of $4,600,000 in Overlay.TV. The company, based in Ottawa, is building out an internet video-advertising platform that allows viewers to interact…
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Founders and Funders is a sellout, then on to Montreal
Founders and Funders Toronto is just about sold out and we have a waiting list of 60+ people. It is shaping up to be a great evening. I can’t believe it came together so quickly. It was just…
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The Do's and Don'ts of Raising Capital
The Wellington Financial Blog is probably one of the most underrated in Canada. Not only are these guys the real-deal, but they have some serious guts and don’t pull punches for anyone. Yesterday they published a great but…
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TIEQuest Business Plan Competition – Deadline January 31st
In case you weren’t already aware, TIE Toronto (an entrepreneur support group in Toronto) is holding TIEQuest. TIEQuest is a business plan competition which promises that “the winners will receive an ?Expression of Interest? for up to $1…
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Angel financing – Valuation (part 1)
In the next series of articles, I will talk about valuation. When you do a financing deal based on equity, you will need to come to a landing on a valuation for your company. This can be hard…