The adoption of cloud has been one of the most significant trends in the Technology sector over the course of the past decade and a half. Everyone from businesses to consumers would have noticed the shift from on-premise solutions to cloud-based ones for everyday productivity tools like G Suite, One Drive, and Dropbox.
Read MoreCovid-19 has had a dramatic impact on the overall markets and especially the venture capital and M&A markets. And while the market has bounced back significantly from recent lows, many clients are asking what this means for the private markets like M&A and raising VC capital. As such, we keep getting questions from various software companies on what is the best course in these challenging markets.
Read MoreBut what makes Canada a great country for investment? With the explosion of private capital availability in global capital markets over the last decade, Canadian technology companies have attracted venture capital investment at an annualized growth rate of 23% per year, far surpassing our southern neighbor’s growth rate of 15% over the same period.
Read MoreOne sector where private equity has become more active over the past decade has been Software. Private equity’s share of total software M&A deals has nearly doubled from 2010 to 2019 and now accounts for over a third of all Software deals.
Read MoreOn the back of a record year for M&A and another strong year for the equity markets, we thought we would share our predictions for 2020 in this short blog post.
Read MoreWhile it's been encouraging to see some of the big Venture Capital (VC) investments into Canadian technology companies over the last few months, the headlines cover-up a much more alarming trend. If you look at dollar volume of VC investments as a % of the activity in the US, the trend has actually been in the opposite direction - i.e. there is less money being invested today in Canada as a % of the money that's being invested in the United States that there was in 2012.
Read MoreWe thought it was worthwhile to start blogging once a month on the topic of the tech VC and M&A markets, highlighting the trends we are seeing and how well the overall VC and M&A markets are doing in general.
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