Canadian VC activity powers on, PE deal-making rebounds in Q3
A new report by the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) has found venture capital investment in Canada continuing its strong run in Q3 2015. This contributed to $1.6 billion invested in 410 deals in the first nine months, up 15 percent year over year. Additionally, domestic venture fundraising, which totaled $1.3 billion at the end of September, has already surpassed fundraising in all of 2014. The report also found private equity deal making in Canada had rebounded in Q3 2015, resulting in 260 deals capturing $16.3 billion in total value in the first nine months. At the same time last year, fewer deals took $19.2 billion. Domestic private equity funds have to date collected $6.2 billion in new capital committed.
12 November 2015•5 mins read
