Private Equity
6 min read · 12 July 2017
Two like-minded venture firms have formed a strategic partnership and marked the occasion with a first joint deal, backing the developer of an electronic nose sensor. TandemLaunch, a creator of synthetic startups in the consumer-electronics space, agreed to partner with Mistral Venture Partners, a seed investor in information-technology companies. The pact formalizes an already close bond between the firms, but will take the collaboration up a notch, including giving Mistral an early window on opportunities emerging from TandemLaunch’s company-building process.
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3 min read · 06 July 2017
Canada’s top 10 venture-capital financings in the second quarter drew $518 million from investors, up 8 percent from the $480 million that went into the top 10 deals a year earlier. The number is based on PE Hub Canada’s list of the largest deals announced from April through June, supplemented by preliminary data from Thomson Reuters. It suggests Canadian VC investment activity this year is so far keeping pace with the robust trend lines of 2016. At the end of June, VC funds invested $1.75 billion in Canada, preliminary data show, not far behind the $1.78 billion invested in the first half of last year.
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