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Assunta Krehl

I had loads of fun at the MaRS District Entrepreneurship VC interview (Ochard, iNovia &... - 0 views

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raising capital Entrepreneurship 101

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  • MaRS District Collaboration Centre in Toronto CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101. March 4th re-webcast of the session titled: How to Get Money From a VC Every entrepreneur wants to know the secrets for successfully pitching a VC or an angel. Join guest lecturer Peter Tolnai from Orchard Capital along with Chris Arsenault of iNovia Capital and Michael Midmer of Rosetta Capital, all prominent VCs who tell you their secrets for making a successful pitch.  They also host a Q&A session in which the panel  answers your questions directly without saying, "Come back in a few months when you've made some more revenue traction!"   http://www.marsdd.com/Events/Event-Calendar/Ent101/2009/what-investors-look-for-03042009.html
  • Last Wednesday I had the pleasure of participating in one of the MaRS District courses up in Toronto – CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101.
  • Assunta Krehl on 13 Aug 09
     
    Arsenault's blog mentions about Entrepreneurship101 presentation on How to Get Money From a VC by Peter Tolani from Orchard Capital along with Chris Arsenault of iNovia Capital and Michael Midmer of Rosetta Capital at the MaRS Centre. March 9, 2009
  • Assunta Krehl on 13 Aug 09
     
    Arsenault's blog mentions about Entrepreneurship101 presentation on How to Get Money From a VC by Peter Tolani from Orchard Capital along with Chris Arsenault of iNovia Capital and Michael Midmer of Rosetta Capital at the MaRS Centre.
Assunta Krehl

Ready to Pitch Your Killer Idea? Make it to MobileMonday at MaRS - Marketwire - 0 views

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raising capital mobile MobileMonday

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  • If you're a prospective mobile entrepreneur keen to take your idea or business to the next level, you just might get your chance at MaRS on Monday, March 2nd.
  • MobileMonday Toronto, the mobile industry-networking group, will open the floor for prospective mobile entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to some of Canada's leading VCs. The focus of this session will be raising capital for mobile ventures. It will include participation from Sean Wise of Wise Mentor Capital, Ted Anderson, Managing General Partner from Ventures West, Marc Faucher from JLA Ventures Fund and Matt Golden from RBC Venture Partners Fund.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    MobileMonday Toronto, the mobile industry-networking group, will open the floor for prospective mobile entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to some of Canada's leading VCs. Ready to Pitch Your Killer Idea? will look at raising capital for mobile ventures.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    MobileMonday Toronto, the mobile industry-networking group, will open the floor for prospective mobile entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to some of Canada's leading VCs. Ready to Pitch Your Killer Idea? will look at raising capital for mobile ventures. Feb 17, 2009
Cathy Bogaart

Venture capital investment level is the lowest in 14 years; funding for high tech firms... - 0 views

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finance canada raising capital

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 10 Nov 09
     
    CVCA - Canada's venture capital & private equity association's press release Nov. 10, 2009. Activity in Canada's venture capital (VC) market continued to fall in the third quarter of 2009, according to the industry's statistical report released today by the CVCA-Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and research partner Thomson Reuters.
Sarah Hickman

Angel Investors in Groups Achieve Investment Returns In Line with Other Types of Equity... - 0 views

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funding social innovation raising capital investors entrepreneurship

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  • Sarah Hickman on 09 Sep 09
     
    The results of the largest study on the financial returns of angel investors in North America were released earlier this week by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Angel Capital Foundation. The study showed that angels affiliated with organized angel groups achieved an average of 27% internal rate of return on their investments. Overall, ".... [these] groups experienced exits that generated 2.6 times their invested capital in 3.5 years from investment to exit. This return compares favorably to that of other private equity investments, including those of early-stage venture capital." In addition to the study's findings on angel investment outcomes, best practices in angel investing were also identified. Areas linked to investment performance were: * due diligence time * industry expertise among investors * active participation by angels in the funded venture * follow-on investing (interestingly, the study found that " ... [i]n ventures where follow-on investments were made, nearly 70 percent of the exits occurred at a loss.")
Assunta Krehl

Tim Jackson: Entrepreneurship and the upside to a downturn - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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raising capital

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  • Assunta Krehl on 10 Aug 09
     
    Tim Jackson is a partner at Tech Capital Partners and states his views on how he believes venture capital is at a shortage and people need to reinvest. He mentions how entrepreneurs need to network with Communitech, Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation and MaRS.
  • Assunta Krehl on 10 Aug 09
     
    Tim Jackson is a partner at Tech Capital Partners and states his views on how he believes venture capital is at a shortage and people need to reinvest. He mentions how entrepreneurs need to network with Communitech, Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation and MaRS. April 6, 2009
Assunta Krehl

A little venture capital goes a long way - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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raising capital finance Mobile ICT BlackBerry Partners Fund SocialDeck Tenants_Clients

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  • Assunta Krehl on 02 Nov 09
     
    Omar El Akkad, Globe and Mail Technology Report states "the aftershocks of the global recession have greatly reduced the amount of money big funds are willing to give venture capital firms, and how much money those firms are willing, in turn, to give startups. But with the rise of mobile platforms and Web 2.0, the cost of starting up a tech company today are often much lower than just a few years ago, and venture capital firms are increasingly handing out cash with the expectation that it doesn't take as much money as it used to, to launch the next technology powerhouse." Oct 26, 2009
Cathy Bogaart

'In Lieu of Gifts, Please Give Us Free Venture Capital' - 0 views

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finance bootstrapping raising capital

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 28 Aug 09
     
    A new way to finance your upstart: get married. This couple asks for capital for their start up, Aboomba, instead of towels and dishes for their wedding registry.
Assunta Krehl

Focus on Customers Even When Seeking VC Dollars - To Revenue - 0 views

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raising capital

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  • Charles Plant of MaRS Discovery District, the innovation hub in Toronto. Charles communicates a rather negative view of venture capital, but it has the merit of presenting some of the important things to consider before seeking VC money.
  • I especially like the call to focus on customers first. This is not always possible, but designing for a defined market certainly is, and anyone involved with tech commercialization will tell you it’s often the exception rather than the rule.
  • Assunta Krehl on 13 Aug 09
     
    Blog mentions of a presentation where Charles Plant spoke about Venure Capital and how you need to have a compelling business case to maximize and obtain favourable conditions from VCs. March 3, 2009
  • Assunta Krehl on 13 Aug 09
     
    Blog mentions of a presentation where Charles Plant spoke about Venure Capital and how you need to have a compelling business case to maximize and obtain favourable conditions from VCs.
Assunta Krehl

MobileMonday Toronto Returns March 1st for the Fourth Annual VC Panel Pitch - Earth Tim... - 0 views

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MobileMonday Toronto ICT Mobile

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  • Assunta Krehl on 19 Feb 10
     
    March 1st, MobileMonday Toronto will open the floor for prospective mobile entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to some of Canada's leading Venture Capital companies. The event is focused on raising capital for mobile ventures.The event will take place at the MaRS Centre.
Assunta Krehl

Calgary plugs into Silicon Valley VCs - Financial Post - June 2, 2012 - 0 views

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raising capital entrepreneurship Startup Camp Canada technology Boast Capital

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  • Assunta Krehl on 04 Jun 12
     
    Christine Dobby, Financial Post reporter states "Plug and Play Tech Center in Silicon Valley and Calgary-based Boast Capital announced the launch of Startup Camp Canada, which will offer technology startups US$25,000 in funding plus 10 weeks of incubation time in the Valley and a further stint north of the border in the fall."
Assunta Krehl

Building a Successful Biotech Incubator - 0 views

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entrepreneurs mars education raising capital

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  • MaRS aggregates the discovery pipelines of its member institutions, which include three universities, 10 academic teaching hospitals, and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
  • MaRS is another good example. Located in the heart of downtown Toronto, the MaRS facility is less than a mile from five major teaching hospitals, the Ontario legislature, and the University of Toronto. More than two dozen research institutes and Toronto’s financial district are also nearby.
  • Consequently, MaRS is a vertical incubator, with a wide variety of companies and stages of development. That mix helps companies better understand the conditions that foster growth. MaRS is home to more than 65 organizations, including The Hospital for Sick Children, the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Merck Frosst Canada, the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Celtic House Venture Partners, AIM Therapeutics, and AstraZeneca Canada.
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  • “Collaboration is the essence of the new economy,” insists Ross Wallace, director of strategic partnerships at MaRS. “There’s a new focus on the power of institutions to generate intellectual property and ideas, and then build around them.”
  • MaRS has a virtual education program dubbed “Entrepreneurship 101.” One February class features budgeting, another agrifood innovation. The classes are available at no cost, and anyone can register. The program also includes blogs and discussion groups such as the drug development and cancer targets groups. So far, MaRS has relied on viral marketing to get the word out.
  • To provide that expertise, MaRS developed the MaRS Venture Group. This team of experienced investors, entrepreneurs, technology experts, and advisors works with companies to help them bridge the gap between entrepreneurial start-up and experienced growth company. The Venture Group provides market intelligence as well  as advisory services such as strategic planning, partnership and alliance building, intellectual property management, marketing and communications, sales strategy, channel development, financing, and human resource development. It works with groups outside the MaRS orbit, too.
  • Assunta Krehl on 31 Jul 09
     
    To have a successful biotech initiative proximity to academic hubs and capital remains a crucial factor in hatching a thriving cluster. MaRS Discovery District is a good example of a vertical incubator and offers many services to help entrepreneurs at different stages.
Assunta Krehl

DLVR Therapeutics Inc. Raises Additional Capital Adding MaRS Innovation to Investor Bas... - 0 views

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Ontario Institute for Cancer Research OICR UHN University Health Network MaRS Innovation investing tenants

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  • Assunta Krehl on 29 Oct 11
     
    DLVR Therapeutics Inc. ("DLVR") - a privately-held biotechnology company announced it completed its seed round investment. University Health Network (UHN) and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) are investors in the company.
Miguel Amante

MaRS brings angels and start-ups together - The Globe and Mail - July 14, 2010 - 1 views

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capital advisors ron close jim meenan cleantech ICT ICE life sciences clients & tenants events raising capital pitching

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  • Miguel Amante on 21 Jul 10
     
    Last summer, Toronto-based MaRS, a not-for-profit innovation centre, launched its "Angel" program with the help of Canaccord Genuity. A year later, there have been five Angel events and about half of the program's 15 members have received some form of funding.
Assunta Krehl

Want to learn about innovation? Head to Toronto - Business Innovation Factory - 0 views

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Martin Prosperity Institute MaRS creativity

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  • Probably most impressive was The MaRS Centre - an old hospital converted into a non-profit innovation centre connecting science, technology and social entrepreneurs with business skills, networks and capital. The building is undeniably cool. Located in Toronto’s “Discovery District” -- two square kilometres have been designated as the city’s center of innovation. The MaRS Centre is a gateway of sorts to Canada’s largest concentration of scientific research. It’s anchored by major teaching hospitals, the University of Toronto and more than two dozen affiliated research institutes.
  • MaRS Centre from the outside
  • MaRS was created in 2000. The founding group raised significant capital (almost $100 million from all three levels of government and both institutional and individual private sector donors and an additional $130 million of debt and credit lease instruments were also secured) to support the development. What’s so clear is that leadership to drive public/private sector collaboration is required to effect real change. Many credit Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty for helping to not only create the MaRS Centre but also invigorate the region as a whole.
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  • Martin has transformed the Rotman School from a mediocre Canadian business school to a world-class institution. It’s one of the few business schools around with an innovative curriculum built around the fundamentals of design thinking. Martin believes designers approaches to thinking and problem-solving can and should be applied to all components of business (He calls it integrative thinking and business design.) Most of our own processes here at the Business Innovation Factory are firmly rooted in design thinking principles.
  • Martin also managed to lure Richard Florida to Toronto in 2007 to direct the Rotman School's new $120-million Martin Prosperity Institute. Spinning off from much of Florida's research, the institute's goal is to build a leading think-tank on the role of sub-national factors – location, place and city-regions – in global economic prosperity. By taking an integrated view of prosperity, the institute will look beyond economic measures to include the importance of quality of place and the development of people’s creative potential. I'm looking forward to ongoing conversations with our new friends at the Rotman school. I suspect there might even be a collaboration or two about to happen as well. Bottom line: if you want to learn about innovation, Toronto is the place to be.
  • Assunta Krehl on 24 Aug 09
     
    Chris Flanagan talks about the benefits of moving to Toronto and the great work happening at the MaRS Centre. Mention of Martin transforming the Rotman School to a "world-class institution" ... that has "an innovative curriculum built around the fundamentals of design thinking." There is also a mention of the Martin Prosperity Institute spin off.
  • Assunta Krehl on 24 Aug 09
     
    Chris Flanagan talks about the benefits of moving to Toronto and the great work happening at the MaRS Centre. Mention of Martin transforming the Rotman School to a "world-class institution" ... that has "an innovative curriculum built around the fundamentals of design thinking." There is also a mention of the Martin Prosperity Institute spin off. Oct 30, 2008
Melissa Hughes

Why Canada's tech entrepreneurs prefer American backers - Financial Post - July 21, 2013 - 0 views

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MaRS canada tech entrepreneurs

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  • Karen Schulman Dupuis on 25 Jul 13
     
    "Carol Leaman recently raised $3.3-million for her Waterloo-based startup, Axonify. The funding round involved two U.S. investors: Harmony Partners, a venture capital firm, and education giant Kaplan. Ms. Leaman, who sold another company, PostRank, to Google in 2011, had the choice of adding a Canadian investor to the round, but declined. "
Miguel Amante

IT company grows with Ontario aid - Simcoe.com - August 18, 2010 - 0 views

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ice ict investment accelerator fund iaf financing raising capital

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  • Miguel Amante on 24 Aug 10
     
    Barrie-based IT company gShift Labs qualifies for Investment Accelerator Funding.
Sarah Hickman

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entrepreneurship funding raising capital investors strategy early stages

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  • Sarah Hickman on 09 Sep 09
     
    Founders and funders both must understand valuation for pre-revenue and startup entrepreneurial ventures. * Which key factors should angel investors consider to determine value? * How can entrepreneurs present their companies more effectively? This Collection from Kauffman Foundation eVenturing provides insights to reduce the natural contentiousness of negotiating valuation.
Sarah Hickman

BioAuto, BioCar, Biobased materials, renewable, plastics, autoparts, Ontario, soy - 0 views

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cleantech & physical sciences finance raising capital funding

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  • Sarah Hickman on 08 Sep 09
     
    The Ontario BioAuto Council Investment Fund is a $5-million fund that targets commercialization and market development of biomaterials destined for Ontario's automotive sector.
  • Sarah Hickman on 08 Sep 09
     
    The Ontario BioAuto Council Investment Fund is a $5-million fund that targets commercialization and market development of biomaterials destined for Ontario's automotive sector.
Assunta Krehl

Aggregate Therapeutics to play a key role in commercializing stem cell discoveries - 0 views

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Stem Cell Aggregate Therapeutics Inc MaRS Ilse Treurnicht

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  • Assunta Krehl on 10 Aug 09
     
    Biotechnologies au Canada: l'exemple de l'Ontario in Industrie Pharmaceutique, May 22, 2009 mentions that MaRS Discovery District is an Innovation Centre and mentions how it helps entrepreneurs to commercialize their research.
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  • Assunta Krehl on 13 Aug 09
     
    Cluster Growth Through Collaboration article in Ciencia Conocimiento Tecnologia, March 20, 2009 mentions about the MaRS story, MaRS' mission and programs and resources offered to entrepreneurs.
  • Assunta Krehl on 13 Aug 09
     
    Cluster Growth Through Collaboration article in Ciencia Conocimiento Tecnologia, March 20, 2009 mentions about the MaRS story, MaRS' mission and programs and resources offered to entrepreneurs.
  • Assunta Krehl on 13 Aug 09
     
    Cluster Growth Through Collaboration article in Ciencia Conocimiento Tecnologia, March 20, 2009 mentions about the MaRS story, MaRS' mission and programs and resources offered to entrepreneurs.
  • Assunta Krehl on 13 Aug 09
     
    From Mars to MaRS - Taking engineering innovation to the world from Globe and Mail Supplement. Article features MaRS and Krista Jones states "MaRS helps emerging start-up and entrepreneurial companies commercialize promising innovations." Jones states that "40% of MaRS Clients are engineering-based companies."
  • Assunta Krehl on 24 Aug 09
     
    Sowing the Seeds, Toronto Board of Trade member magazine, Dec 1, 2007. Skymeter Corp is working on a GPS technology for toll collection, parking management, and pay-as-you-drive insurance. The article talks about how entrepreneurs go about raising capital.
  • Assunta Krehl on 27 Aug 09
     
    As stated in Burrill Canadian Biotech News, "MaRS Discovery Distruict and Canadian Stem Cell Network have entered into a partnership agreement to pursue long-term publc oro private financing for the translational development activities currently being undertaken by Aggregate Therapeutics."
  • Assunta Krehl on 27 Aug 09
     
    As stated in Burrill Canadian Biotech News, "MaRS Discovery District and Canadian Stem Cell Network have entered into a partnership agreement to pursue long-term public or private financing for the translational development activities currently being undertaken by Aggregate Therapeutics."
  • Assunta Krehl on 27 Aug 09
     
    As stated in Burrill Canadian Biotech News, "MaRS Discovery District and Canadian Stem Cell Network have entered into a partnership agreement to pursue long-term public or private financing for the translational development activities currently being undertaken by Aggregate Therapeutics."
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