Nauta Capital’s latest business software fund will maintain the firm’s focus on the U.K. and U.S. and Spanish markets.
Venture-backed acquisitions rise in quarter, led by EMC’s $1.2 billion purchase of Virtustream.
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Georgian Partners will soon realize two software investments it made seven years ago, just when the Toronto-based growth equity firm was getting started. E-signature solutions provider Silanis Technology and big data software company Syncsort, the earliest deals of Georgian Partners’ first applied analytics fund, both entered into sales agreements in October.
Wellington Financial, a Toronto-based specialty finance firm, has raised nearly all of its target of $300 million for its fifth innovation-focused private debt fund. Wellington President and CEO Mark McQueen told PE Hub Canada that Wellington Financial Fund V has so far secured $285 million of committed capital. That’s 95 percent of the way to the fund’s hard-cap target.
VCs should be worried that entrepreneurs are hurting themselves with the stampede to join the Unicorn Club
Market volatility hasn’t dampened investor enthusiasm or chased away crossovers, but company creation is slow
Enterprise software provider OpenText has recruited a seasoned Canadian investment professional to lead its recently launched venture program. David Harris Kolada, whose experience includes his role as a partner at Jefferson Partners, was earlier this year hired as the company's vice president, venture capital.
Montréal-based Lightspeed is poised for a major growth spurt and may soon be ready to contemplate a public sale after raising the largest venture financing in Canada in more than a year. Lightspeed, a point-of-sale platform targeted to retailers, has secured $80 million in a Series C round co-led by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Investissement Québec, and joined by Accel Partners and iNovia Capital.