CVCA — Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:10:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png CVCA — Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 Private equity investment dipped in 2019: Report https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/private-equity-investment-dipped-in-2019-report/ Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:10:28 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=396660 Mega-deals accounted for more than half of total PE investment

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]]> Private equity and venture markets strong in Q2, CVCA reports https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/private-equity-and-venture-markets-strong-in-q2-cvca-reports/ Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:52:06 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=386206 Venture capital investing had a record quarter, reaching $1.28 billion

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]]> Private capital industry suffers from lack of diversity: report https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/private-capital-industry-suffers-from-lack-of-diversity-report/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 18:51:03 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=383968 Survey of venture capital and private equity firms shows room for improvement

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]]> Canadian VC investment boomed in Q1, while PE fizzled: report https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/canadian-vc-investment-boomed-in-q1-while-pe-fizzled-report/ Tue, 28 May 2019 16:46:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=382380 ‘Mega deals’ carried VC, while high valuations hurt PE deals

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]]> Whitney Rockley named CVCA chairwoman https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/people/whitney-rockley-named-cvca-chairwoman/ Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/whitney-rockley-named-cvca-chairwoman/ The McRock Capital co-founder succeeds Peter van der Velden

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]]> VC investment activity soars in 2016 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/vc-investment-activity-soars-in-2016/ Fri, 24 Feb 2017 15:20:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/vc-investment-activity-soars-in-2016/ There was $3.2 billion in total venture capital investments in 2016, up by 41% from 2015 and reaching their highest level since 2001, according to a new report from the CVCA

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]]> Feds’ VCAP program generates $886 million in investment commitments https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/feds-vcap-program-generates-886-million-in-investment-commitments/ Mon, 23 Jan 2017 19:50:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/feds-vcap-program-generates-886-million-in-investment-commitments/ Thanks to the program’s success, the VC industry is calling on the federal government to include a second VCAP program in the 2017 federal budget

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]]> Canadian venture capital and private equity activity way up https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/canadian-venture-capital-and-private-equity-activity-way-up/ Mon, 22 Feb 2016 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/canadian-venture-capital-and-private-equity-activity-way-up/ Health and life sciences drive growth in venture capital

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]]> Life sciences drive surge in venture capital deals https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/life-sciences-drive-surge-in-venture-capital-deals/ Wed, 29 Jul 2015 16:15:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/life-sciences-drive-surge-in-venture-capital-deals/ Private equity investments decline, says CVCA

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]]> BDC Venture Capital, GrowthWorks win vencap award https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/bdc-venture-capital-growthworks-win-vencap-award/ Thu, 22 May 2014 20:15:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/bdc-venture-capital-growthworks-win-vencap-award/ The firms are joint recipients of CVCA’s 2014 Venture Capital ‘Deal of the Year’ Award

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