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 | 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...
by Chris Massot | Jan 28, 2016 | Entrepreneur, Trends
In an effort to increase and facilitate the expansion into new markets, Canada’s federal government recently announced the launch of the CanExport program. This new program will provide up to $50MM in financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
by Chris Massot | Jan 19, 2016 | Analysis, Conference, Technology, Trends
Day two of the BC Tech Summit includes a talk on the opportunities that the cleantech sector has to make resource-based industries better, cheaper, and cleaner. In tune with the COP21 agreement, governments from around the world will be working to transition to a low...
by Chris Massot | Jan 14, 2016 | Analysis, Entrepreneur, Technology, Trends
Technology for resource-based industries like mining, oil and gas, or forestry have reached the point where technology solutions are continuously improving the efficiency, accuracy, communications, and more on a daily basis. BC’s resource focused tech sector has the...
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