Angel Investors Ontario is excited to share the release of its 2016/17 Annual Report. The Report details our network’s Fiscal Year performance, as well our cumulative performance between 2007 and 2017. Other highlights include Success Stories,...
CLOSING ITS $95 MILLION FUND, ROUND 13’S BRUCE CROXON SAYS IT’S THE PERFECT TIME TO INVEST IN CANADA
Round 13 Capital has officially closed its $95 million fund to invest in Canadian growth-stage companies. In July 2016, BetaKit reported that Round 13 had raised $35 million for its fund. Lavalife co-founder and Round 13 managing partner Bruce...
THE ANGEL INVESTOR’S DILEMMA
Building their portfolio company by company, the angel invests each time with the belief that the company in question might well succeed. But when stepping back and appraising their portfolio as a whole, they must reconcile with the fact that they...
CANADA’S BOLD MOVE TO ATTRACT HIGHLY SKILLED TALENT PAYING OFF
Sharoon Thomas could have applied and begun the multi-month wait last year to secure his permanent residence through the startup visa program created by former U.S. president Barack Obama’s administration. Good thing he didn’t. He is the CEO...
HOW DO YOU BUILD A MORE DIVERSE TECH COMPANY? IT STARTS AT THE TOP
When Huda Idrees founded Dot Health, a health technology startup in Toronto, she had a radical thought: what if her new company's culture didn't have to suck? In an industry where women and people of colour are often underrepresented, a company's...
THESE CANADIAN, WOMEN-RUN STARTUPS AIM TO SERIOUSLY IMPROVE WOMEN’S SELF-CARE
There are some pretty incredible companies in this country who are aiming to change the face of women's healthcare. And, it just so happens they're run by women, too! From tampon delivery services to at-home HPV testing, here are a few of the...
CANADIAN GOV’T ANNOUNCES THAT STARTUP VISA PILOT PROGRAM WILL BECOME PERMANENT
The Canadian government announced that the Startup Visa program would now become a core part of the country’s immigration policy starting in 2018. Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains and Minister of Immigration,...
COMMUNITECH LAUNCHES BOOTSTRAP PROGRAM TO HELP STARTUPS GAIN EARLY ADOPTERS, VALIDATE PRODUCTS
Waterloo’s Communitech innovation hub has launched Communitech Bootstrap, a new program that aims to help startups validate their products and find early-adopters. The three-month Communitech Bootstrap program, which is run four times a year, is...
HIGHLINE BETA ACQUIRES FEMALE FUNDERS WITH GOAL TO SUPPORT 1,000 WOMEN ANGELS BY 2020
Female Funders includes an online education portal featuring topics like getting started as an angel investor and a curated list of angel investment resources, while providing access to deal flow and a global community of women investors and...
CANADA’S PLAY FOR IMMIGRANT TECH TALENT
When it comes to high-skilled immigration, the U.S.'s loss could be Canada's gain. Canada recently launched a Global Skills Strategy visa program to make it easier for its companies to bring in foreign workers with specific technology or business...
YORK REGION IS A LITTLE NORTH AND A LITTLE NICER FOR STARTUPS
Judging from the media headlines and gauging by the universities and incubator clusters, you’d think that Toronto and Waterloo are the only reasonable choices to found a startup in Ontario – at first. But upon closer inspection, it’s the growing...
WHAT ENTREPRENEURS SHOULD LEARN FROM UBER’S LEADERSHIP CRISIS
How quickly business fortunes can change. The travails of Uber, transformed in recent months from a case study in high-growth entrepreneurialism to a business with a leadership vacuum following the ousting of its founder and chief executive, is a...
WHY ENTREPRENEURS NEED TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESS FOCUSED
Every new business or product owner wants to attract the broadest possible audience, so they are prone to adding more features, multiple sales channels and appealing to every demographic. Unfortunately, often the result is potential customers who...
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: NAO-ONTARIO UNVEILS NEW NAME & BRAND
What an impactful year 2016 has been for the Network of Angel Organizations - Ontario and the Ontario Angel investor community, and we look forward to kicking off 2017 with a bang! If you were unable to join us for our Annual General Meeting and...
Kepler Communications: York Angel Investors Help Toronto-Based Start-Up Develop ‘Out of This World’ Technology
The Start-Up While many Angel investments take place here on earth, some find themselves orbiting its surface. Kepler Communications, a Toronto-based start-up, is building a communications network in space with many small satellites to enable...
NAO-ONTARIO HOSTS GENERAL MEETING AND SYMPOSIUM
On Wednesday June 8th, 2016 NAO-Ontario held a general meeting and symposium in Toronto. Angel investors, group managers, and other partners in the Angel ecosystem gathered to compare notes and share best practices, plus attend brief educational...
With Support from SOAN, Mosaic Goes Where No 3D Printer Has Gone Before
At one time, you would have to go to a brick-and-mortar store to purchase hard goods. Then came the Internet to help facilitate the transaction. Now, as we approach a new era, producing goods from the comfort of your home has moved from concept to...
Toronto-Based Start-Up Orchard Puts Phones in the Hands of Many at a Reasonable Cost
In today’s technology-centric world, anyone with his or her hands on the pulse owns a smartphone. And while phones might merely be seen as an extension of self, few using smartphone technology truly grasp the mechanisms behind the magic. For many,...
Ontario Start-Up Receives Angel Funding to Assist Women Undergoing Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
Rna Diagnostics Inc., an advanced healthcare company with offices in both Toronto and Sudbury, recently received a fourth round of financing from 20 Angel Investors in the Northern Ontario Angels (NOA) group, representing a significant milestone for...
Angel-Backed SurfEasy Inc. Acquired. by Opera Software ASA
Angel-Backed SurfEasy Inc. Acquired. by Opera Software ASA Members of Angel One Investor Network (Angel One), Georgian Angel Network (GAN) and Niagara Angel Network (NAN) invested in the Toronto-based start-up, SurfEasy, between November 2012 and...
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