Canada is THE Best Place to do a Startup. Last night was Five Mobile’s big Zynga acquisition celebration party at Cheval’s rooftop patio. Great event, lots of Toronto’s startup community were hanging out. Lots of cool conversations and introductions. It had a few of us talking about the current state of the startup eco-system right now. Before your eyes scan down, I think its best to make sure you are sitting, with a glass of ice cold water. Here’s the exit count by annum (source: techvibes list of acquisitions): 2007 – 6 exits 2008 – 8 exits 2009 – 14 exits 2010 – 27 exits 2011 – on track for 35 exits (about 17 to date) Yes, that’s right, the startup eco-system is actually on a hockey stick growth curve – phenomenal!!!
The vibe from many folks in the room – “Canada is back, this is awesome, lets go start more companies, why are dumb new grads going to Facebook when they can make it BIG with their own thing”! In fact, I’m so jazzed up after last night that it makes me want to say something bold. Look, I know it sounds crazy. The Downside of Canada’s Start-up Buying Binge. Editor’s note: This is a cross post from Mark Evans Tech written by Mark Evans of ME Consulting. Follow him on Twitter @markevans or MarkEvansTech.com. This post was originally published in September 12, 2011 on MarkEvansTech.com. Some rights reserved by SteelToad There has been a lot of euphoria and happy dances recently about the flurry of Canadian start-ups being acquired. The list includes Zite (CNN), Five Mobile (Zynga), PostRank (Google), PushLife (Google) and BackType (Twitter). The positive news is that the flurry of deals (22 and counting, according to TechVibes) provide a huge boost to Canada’s start-up ecosystem, which needs all the support it can get.
Acquisitions reward start-up founders, encourage venture capitalists and angel investors, embolden entrepreneurs, and provide a healthier landscape for people like myself who provide services to start-ups. In short, Canada’s start-up ecosystem is on a roll and, hopefully, these deals will make things even better and more active. News - Canada's Technology Triangle. Posted on Monday February 04, 2013 An evaluation of technology-related merger and acquisition activity in 2012 puts Canada behind only the United States and the United Kingdom.2/4/2013 10:59:00 AMBy: Jeff Jedras An evaluation of global technology industry merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2012 shows Canada had a strong year, ranking behind only the U.S. and the U.K. in terms of the volume of deals done.
While the U.S. is a runaway leader for private tech company acquisitions, when the rest of the world is examined Canada's 100 deals were behind only the United Kingdom's 156, well ahead of India, Germany and France. The report notes Canada has demonstrated strong momentum of late on both the financing and the exiting front. Canada ranked second for global tech acquisition activity outside the U.S. Globally, 2277 private technology companies were acquired in 2012, with disclosed valuations of US$46.6 billion. Some 30 per cent of the deals accounted for 80 per cent of that total.
Startups face funding problem in Canada | Productive Conversations. The throngs of people attending the Golden Triangle Angel Network’s Oktoberfest party held in Waterloo, Ont., in October weren’t just there for the beer. They came to network. In Canada, the number of entrepreneurs founding startups has never been greater. Dozens of incubation centres and accelerator hubs have sprung up across Canada — from heavyweights like GrowLab in Vancouver and Montreal’s Founder Fuel to smaller university-backed players like Ryerson University’s DMZ.
What has Canada done wrong, and more importantly, what should Canada do to ensure that the exciting new crop of entrepreneurs aren’t all acquired by foreign firms or move to warmer climes? The oldest, Waterloo’s Communitech Hub, has seen a huge influx of clients: Wannabe entrepreneurs joining the hub have jumped to 302 in 2011 from 96 in 2009. “Last week, four or five companies a day were joining the Hub,” says Iain Klugman, president and chief executive of Communitech. That’s the good news. Canada’s vanishing tech sector. If Research in Motion Ltd. is no longer Canada’s most valuable publicly-traded high tech company, what is? The answer may surprise you. You won’t find it in the S&P/TSX information technology index. Except for its stock market listing in Toronto and the fact that it’s registered in the Yukon, it is barely Canadian at all. But in the past few years, SXC Health Solutions Corp. – which uprooted its head office from Milton, Ont., to the Chicago area a decade ago – has mushroomed into a world-beater, on the back of software its sells to firms that manage prescription drug claims for employers and governments mostly in the United States.
SXC became so successful, it began buying its customers, and now manages many drug benefits programs itself. The stock has increased sixfold in value on the Toronto Stock Exchange in the past three years, giving SXC a stock market valuation of close to $10-billion – more than double the size of RIM. What I learned about Quebec entrepreneurs while touring with StartUp Canada. I’ve often been told that Quebecers are less entrepreneurial than other Canadians, and if you look at the stats over the past 20 years, that appears to be true. We have consecutively had the lowest rate of independently employed people in the entire country. But someone forgot to mention that to the 200 plus active and aspiring entrepreneurs that attended StartUp Canada events in Quebec this July. They came out to connect, learn and, most importantly, share their ideas with people just like themselves.
The first thing I learned was that there are numerous business professionals willing to get involved as volunteers, giving their time to promote the growth of new business. Let’s be honest, when we think of traditional business stereotypes, we think of companies slugging it out and crushing their competition, going to war to maintain or increase their market share. Startup and IT community Hub - Montreal Tech WatchMontreal Tech Watch. À propos de Foulab - foulab.org. Foulab.org / À propos de Foulab Qu'est-ce que Foulab? L'objectif de foulab est de fournir à ses utilisateurs un environnement et des ressources leur permettant d'échanger connaissances, idées et d'explorer les nouvelles technologies. A ces fins, l'organisation aménagera un espace permettant aux utilisateurs de collaborer.
Devenez membre de Foulab Les Laboratoires Foulab est un organisme sans but lucratif visant à fournir a ses utilisateurs un environnement dans lequel ils pourront mettre en commun leurs connaissances et idées afin d'explorer les nouvelles technologies. Si vous voulez avoir une meilleure idée de ce qu'est Foulab, il vous suffit de passer au Suite 33B, 999 du Collège lorsque foulab est ouvert. Foulab est ouvert pour les visiteurs tous les mardi à partir de 20h ainsi qu'a de nombreux autres moments. Pour plus d'info sur comment nous contacter, consultez la page Contactez Foulab. Donnez à Foulab. Accueil - Le Panthéon des entreprises québécoises. StartupGuide | Montreal Startup Map. Great minds search alike. Programme d’accélération – Montréal. Flow Ventures | Canada's Startup Consultants. Sign Up - Beyond the Rack. "Thank you so much, I am very pleased with your service, and your customer service.
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The viability, necessity and glimpse of more possibilities have been clearly demonstrated. The OSMO Foundation was able to leverage the level of activity to successfully raise the profile of the Notman House project, leading to a combined $1.7M in grants from the municipal, provincial, and federal government. In addition a $4.3M loan has been committed by Investissement Quebec and the BDC. What is Notman House? The Future Notman Campus Build Notman House Let's take Notman to the next level! Qu’est-ce que la Maison Notman Le Futur Campus de Notman. House | The home of the web in Montréal. All Posts | Page 2 of 174.
Philippe Le Roux, ex-VDL2 & Pheromone prepares CertiMail (Job Opportunities) 5767Founded by Philippe Le Roux who previously founded VDL2 (which later became Pheromone), CertiMail is a Montreal based start-up helping SMBs make effective use of email in commercial activities following best practices and being compliant with the anti-spam and privacy regulations. The product to develop is an innovative cloud based certification service powered by artificial intelligence that will be used by tens of thousands SMBs. The product is oriented toward small businesses owners (i.e. your local car dealer, restaurant or renovation contractor) with low skills in web applications, the user experience is the critical key of our success and you will be in charge of it. Philippe is looking for passionate developers and designers. Here are the details of the first job offers at CertiMail.
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