Category Archives: vc

Startup Empire, the conference you want to be at

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Thomas Purves

This one is going to be the startup event of the season. Some great speakers (and more surprises to come, just you wait) and a great deal for a two day conference (thanks to some generous sponsors) . Very impressed … Continue reading →

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Lift08 Venture Night: 5 Venture Pannelists and one MC

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Thomas Purves

[ This update cross-posted from StartupNorth.ca] Welcome to my live-blogging coverage of Lift08 in Geneva. At venture night togight. 50 submissions, narrowed to 8 startups to present their demo and business case tonight. The format is a good one, familiar … Continue reading →

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The sorry state of VC in Canada

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Thomas Purves

Paging Mark, David and the crew at StartupNorth. I’ve been talking about this for over a week and forgeting to post it. Mark McQueen of Wellington Financial has a fantastic post about a recent Delloite report revealing the sad state … Continue reading →

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