Yaletown at Investment Showcase at #BCTECH Summit

If you’re one of the IoT, ICT or CleanTech technology businesses signed up to pitch in the Investment Showcase at BC Tech Summit, we look forward to meeting you. Yaletown Partners is a sponsor of #BCTECH Summit – the largest technology conference in British Columbia coming… Read More

Pretio Interactive Announces 2016 Results, Platform Launch & Acquisition

Pretio Interactive, a technology-driven performance marketing company, is pleased to announce its 2016 results alongside two key achievements in the first month of 2017. The company organically grew key financial metrics by double and triple digits; launched the first version of its Apollo™ programmatic marketing platform; and completed the acquisition… Read More

TMX study looks at innovation funding woes

Globe and Mail reports on roundtable recommendations to close growth funding gap. Canadian growth companies face a $4-billion funding shortfall compared with U.S. rivals that should be filled by tapping the country’s pension plans, banks and insurers, according to a study due to be released Tuesday… Read More

Roundtable Recommends How to Strengthen Canada’s Innovation Economy

Today the TMX Group released the Advancing Innovation Roundtable report on how to increase access to growth capital for Canadian innovation economy companies as they progress beyond the seed and startup stages. “The Roundtable recommendations are a call to action, primarily to the investment sector, to… Read More

Yaletown Newsletter – Yaletown wraps 2016 with Canada’s largest VC backed exit

Happy New Year everyone. Here’s a heads up on key developments coming in early 2017 and some highlights of our busy final quarter last year. PitchBook ranked Bit Stew as the Top VC-backed Exit of 2016. Yaletown Partners, the first and largest investor in Bit Stew Systems, was… Read More

Bit Stew Exit Ranked by PitchBook as Top VC-Backed Canadian Deal of 2016

PitchBook, the industry’s leading resource for information about global VC, PE and M&A activity, has ranked Bit Stew as the top VC-Backed Canadian Exit of 2016. Yaletown Partners was Bit Stew’s first and largest investor. In November 2016, Yaletown was rewarded for its emerging growth investment into Canada’s Industrial Internet… Read More

Access to capital from B.C. government supports growth in tech sector

Yaletown Partners joined the B.C. government and tech community yesterday in a celebration event for Bit Stew, one that highlighted that the #BCTECH Strategy to improve access to capital is paying off as B.C. Tech companies are taking advantage of the Province’s venture capital programs to reach new levels of… Read More

Cooledge Named a Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Company

VANCOUVER, Canada – Cooledge Lighting Inc. wins Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ award recognizing the company as the second fastest growing technology organization in Canada. This award acknowledges entities that have demonstrated bold innovation, dedicated leadership and strong growth in their respective industries. Cooledge’s 2nd place finish was achieved with revenue growth… Read More

Salil Munjal joins BC Innovation Council Board

Yaletown’s General Partner, Salil Munjal, has joined the board of the BC Innovation Council (BCIC) to help encourage the development and application of advanced or innovative technologies to meet the needs of industry in BC.   “I’m honoured to be invited to join BCIC and… Read More

Yaletown and A100 to manage Alberta’s $10M Accelerate Fund II

Today, Alberta Enterprise announced a second early-stage fund called Accelerate Fund II with a $10 million investment. This Fund will focus on providing startup capital to Alberta-based companies concentrated in the sectors of information and communication technology, clean and energy technology, life sciences, as well as agriculture and biotech. Yaletown Partners will… Read More