Halogen IPO filing gives Canadians their first chance to taste tech in far...
It was just yesterday when the Wall Street Journal was getting me all amped up about the U.S. IPO market, and what it might mean for the folks back here in the Dominion: Another sign of rising investor...
View ArticleViXS is next in line for Tech IPO parade
I wouldn’t call it a downpour just yet, but the Canadian Technology IPO market might just be getting some traction. When I told you a few months ago that two Tech companies were “on the launch pad”, I...
View ArticleThird TSX Tech IPO on deck
It’s almost become an onslaught! If not an onslaught, perhaps the signs of some momentum are there. The oversubscribed institutional book for both ViXS and Halogen Software (HGN:TSX) has given Bay...
View ArticleBlackBerry: don’t bet on a frothy, “quick auction”
News report: BlackBerry Ltd. has already held talks with potential bidders in what it hopes will be a quick auction (WSJ) It was only a few weeks ago when I sold my personal RIM shares following a...
View ArticleShrinking independent dealers will crimp Canada’s economy
News report: Richardson GMP buys Macquarie’s Canadian wealth management unit You might have heard that Macquarie Canada had sold its retail brokerage arm and ~$13 billion of assets under management to...
View ArticleBlackBerry deal tests limits on M&A creativity
Is the Fairfax bid for BlackBerry fully financed or not? According to Bloomberg News yesterday, it doesn’t appear so: The Fairfax (FFH:TSX) coalition, which hasn’t been identified, is in flux and new...
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As BlackBerry shares swoon, a different kind of buyer emerges
News Report: BlackBerry Draws Interest of Cerberus So, it has come to this. The share price of BlackBerry (BBRY:Q, BB:TSX) has dropped so low, despite the $9 Fairfax LOI (see prior post “BlackBerry...
View ArticleThe Canadian tech IPO onslaught that never was
The media coverage of the pending TSX tech IPO onslaught has been intensive. And perhaps the recent attention shouldn’t come as a shock, since they missed the first wave of deals and all (see prior...
View ArticleHalogen’s valuation shadow could undercut Canada’s tech IPO momentum
The deals are there for Canadian technology companies and its broader ecosystem, that’s for sure. Kinaxis (KXS:TSX), Critical Control (CCZ:TSX), DIRTT (DRT:TSX) and Espial (ESP:TSX) have all raised...
View ArticleSurveyMonkey deal demonstrates power of late stage private markets
News Report: SurveyMonkey Valued at US$2 billion as Some Investors Sell Shares Once upon a time, the only way a tech company could raise $250 million was via an Initial Public Offering. Then along came...
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