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Dear Canadian founders, your time is now! There’s a tired talk track in the Canadian startup ecosystem that somehow our system here is broken. That you, as founders, aren’t ambitious enough, that we, as VCs aren’t fast enough, that our government is too involved… and that overall, our inability to generate the scale of successes that Silicon Valley does is entirely a result of poor decisions we continue to make. The world is taking notice of you, and outsiders are coming to Canada to fund your ideas. I like to think of the Canadian ecosystem as an analogy to a child gr...

Crazy for crypto — or not: Seattle VCs sound off on tech’s hottest topic following Coinbase IPO April 15, 2021 at 11:58 am Sometimes, making an exception can pay off. That’s what happened to Version One Ventures, which typically invests in early-stage startups but veered off course to make a bet on a fast-growing cryptocurrency company four years ago. That investment in Coinbase “ended up as a multiple fund maker,” noted Version One General Partner Boris Wertz, who started the firm out of Vancouver, B.C. in 2012. Verison One invested in Coinbase partly because it believed blockchain...

AlleyWatch Gencove New York-based Gencove’s low-pass sequencing platforms delivers whole genome discovery at the cost of genotyping arrays. Founded by Joe Pickrell, Kaja Wasik, and Tomaz Berisa in 2015, Gencove is backed by investors that include Alexandria Venture Investments, Balaji Srinivasan, Refactor Capital, SV Angel, and Version One Ventures. FOUNDED:2015 FOUNDERS:Joe Pickrell, Kaja Wasik, Tomaz Berisa

‘The fastest growing marketplace in history’: Vancouver’s Dapper Labs at the center of NFT craze Geekwire 3/3/2021 © Provided by Geekwire (Dapper Labs Photo) NFTs go viral: Digital collectibles, also known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), are suddenly the talk of the tech world. They’ve been around for a few years, but gained steam in recent weeks. Music star Grimes just sold about $6 million worth of digital art earlier this week. The NBA’s new Top Shot trading cards have generated $230 million in sales over the past month. Popular Searches How it works: NFTs use blockchain tec...

Cape Privacy Brings David Besemer On Board As VP of Engineering Share Article OmniSci, Cisco Executive Joins Leading Encrypted Learning Company “David is joining Cape at a pivotal time, as we focus on extending our technology platform and growing our client base across Financial Services,” said Ché Wijesinghe, CEO at Cape Privacy. NEW YORK (PRWEB) February 24, 2021 Cape Privacy, the leading global encrypted learning platform, today announced that David Besemer is joining the company as Vice President of Engineering. This is...