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OBI and OCE Launch Neuroscience Entrepreneurs Program

The Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) and the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) has new entrepreneurship fellowships providing funding to neuroscience-based businesses. The OBI Entrepreneurs Program will... 

May 7, 2012

MaRS Launches JOLT, Canada’s Newest Startup Accelerator

MaRS has launched JOLT, a new technology accelerator, joining ever increasing pool of startup Accelerators that now include JOLT, GrowLab in Vancouver, Extreme Startups in Toronto, FounderFuel in Montreal,... 

April 24, 2012

BDC Venture Capital Partners with FounderFuel

BDC Venture Capital said it has partnered with Montreal accelerator program, FounderFuel. BDC has allocated up to $6 million over two years for the graduates of FounderFuel. FounderFuel’s graduates will... 

April 24, 2012

Communitech Launches $30 Million HYPERDRIVE Initiative

Communitech has launched HYPERDRIVE program that will provide capital of up to $700,000 for high-potential companies – with a  $30 million program to draw on. Modelled after YCombinator in Silicon... 

April 10, 2012

TriNorth Capital Enters into Difference Capital Transaction, Roger Dent Transaction Off Again

TriNorth Capital Inc. (TSX-V: TRT) has entered into a binding letter of intent (LOI) with Difference Capital Inc. under which Difference Capital will acquire a 49.9% stake in TriNorth Capital for approximately... 

April 5, 2012

Persistence Capital Partners to Initiate Changes to Warnex

Persistence Capital Partners LP (PCP) said it has converted $725,000 in principal under the amended and restated convertible debenture issued to it on August 18, 2011 by Warnex Inc. (TSX: WNX) into 46,178,344... 

March 20, 2012

Investissement Québec Led Quebec VC Consortium Acquires GFI Solutions

A venture capital consortium along with management has acquired GFI Informatique S.A.’s 62.4% control stake in Groupe GFI Solutions for $75 million. The consortium includes Investissement Québec,... 

March 9, 2012

WOF Exits Radiant Communications at Loss

Working Opportunity Fund (EVCC) Ltd. (WOF) has sold an aggregate of 2,039,462 common shares of Radiant Communications Corp. (TSX-V: RCN), being its entire holding in Radiant Communications, at a price... 

March 9, 2012

Greenscape Looks to Exit Green Park Denver Investment

Greenscape Capital Group Inc. (TSX-V: GRN) has engaged Capital West Partners as exclusive financial advisor to explore options to maximize an early return on investment on its 81.2% ownership interest... 

February 29, 2012

GrowthWorks to Delay AGMs of Canadian Fund and Commercialization Fund

GrowthWorks Canadian Fund Ltd. and GrowthWorks Commercialization Fund Ltd. have re-applied for a court order extending the time for Canadian Fund and Commercialization Fund to call the next annual meetings... 

January 27, 2012

GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund Invests in 3 Saint John Tech Companies

GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund has recently made investment totaling $1.75 million in three Saint John, New Brunswick based tech companies. Enovex Technology Ltd., a clean technology company developing... 

January 25, 2012

SaskWorks Venture Fund Appoints New Director

SaskWorks Venture Fund Inc. has announced that at its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on December 16, 2011, Brent Banda, President of Banda Marketing Group Inc., has been appointed to its board... 

January 20, 2012

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