Private Equity
For Menlo's Venky Ganesan, Twilio deal didn’t just pry open the IPO window, but “opened it with a bang"
2 min read · 06 July 2016
Even as venture investment in Canada is increasing, many of the country’s most promising tech companies face a funding gap at key points in their growth cycles, a new study found. A report released today by Yaletown Partners said late-stage tech companies often lack the capital to leverage initial commercial success and pursue emerging-growth strategies. This gap has reduced many innovative companies to bootstrapping their growth. The result is often slower expansion and delayed exits, typically at lower values, relative to competitors.
3 min read · 06 July 2016
U.K.’s vote to exit from the European Union is already slowing capital flows and chasing away tech talent. More dislocation could be ahead
6 min read · 06 July 2016
Union Square Ventures leads the UTIMCO portfolio by a wide margin, thanks to its bets in Etsy, Twitter and Zynga, among others
2 min read · 05 July 2016
Canada’s top 10 second-quarter venture-capital financings attracted more than $446 million from investors, up 60 percent from the $279 million that went into the top 10 deals a year ago. That estimate is based on PE Hub Canada's list of the largest rounds announced between April and June. It is headed by DalCor Pharma and Real Matters, which accounted for the two largest Canadian tech financings since 2013.
3 min read · 04 July 2016
Only three of the 19 VC-backed IPOs in the first half of the year were tech companies, led by the recent debut of Twilio
4 min read · 01 July 2016
Non-traditional venture investors have stopped pumping up valuations, but don’t expect them to leave the asset class en mass or for unicorns to disappear
5 min read · 01 July 2016
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2 min read · 01 July 2016
