by Chris Massot | Mar 4, 2016 | Entrepreneur, Technology
The Ready to Rocket business recognition program in BC has recently announced their lists of BC tech companies that have the highest potential for growth in 2016. This year’s listing is the 14th consecutive one, covering the 3 different technology sectors of...
by Chris Massot | Mar 3, 2016 | Analysis, Global Partners, Investment, Trends
In our article last week, The Lowdown on the Slowdown, we noted that some geographic markets such as Europe and Canada have been less impacted than their US and Asian counterparts. To explore this observation further, it is necessary to look at regional...
by Chris Massot | Mar 1, 2016 | Conference, SaaS
SaaStr Annual is quickly becoming the must attend event of the year for the who’s who of B2B SaaS. Will Fraser, CEO of Referral SaaSquatch, one of The Alacrity Foundation’s companies, was present, and collected some key takeaways to share. The Annual SaaStr Conference...
by Chris Massot | Mar 1, 2016 | Global Partners, Investment
A core component of Alacrity’s mandate is to attract foreign capital to Western Canadian companies. We could not fulfill our mission without input the investment community elsewhere, and from an extensive network of advisors globally. One such advisors, Henry Wu...
by Chris Massot | Feb 25, 2016 | Analysis, Investment, Technology, Trends, Venture Capital
The rate at which the venture capital industry invests in startups has experienced a significant slow down since November 2015. The average deal size in Q4 2015 fell to $15.6 million, from $19.3 million in the previous quarter; the total number of VC deals fell by...
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