Check out SoundHound & Zoove
Dateline: San Francisco A trip to Silicon Valley is always inspiring. This time I came back with news of two VC-backed firms to keep your eyes on: SoundHound and Zoove. If you enjoy music, or are at...
View ArticleGoing long the Social Software space
What a nice time of year to have been doing due dili on a story in California. Sadly, I missed out and Mark Usher and some of our colleagues had the pleasure of finding and closing today’s US$6 million...
View ArticleEasy fix to “Volker Rule”: split the banks & dealers
The opposition is fierce, I read, and by last evening there were thousands of pages of letters filed with the various arms of the U.S. government. The goal of the “Volker Rule” is to limit the risk...
View ArticleAlmost US$20M over a four week stretch
It’s more than just warm in California. Things have been quiet on the blog front, and I can’t even blame a lack of content. Dr. Roger Martin has provided grist for at least two blog opportunities all...
View ArticleWellington Financial Provides $15.5 Million of Growth Capital to two U.S....
As mentioned late last week (see prior post “Starting to feel a bit like 2007 all over again” May 28-13), things are busy right now. Here’s the press release on the two new financings we announced...
View ArticleWellington Financial opens new office in San Jose, California
Earlier today we announced the opening of another Wellington Financial office in California, as well as the addition of Rob Helm and Sean Lynden as our newest colleagues and Partners. During their many...
View ArticleWellington Financial Launches $300 Million Fund V
It has only been three years since we closed our $200 million Fund IV, but we are about to press release the first close of Wellington Financial Fund V, our new $900 million investment program....
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All is not dire in sunny California
Dateline: Menlo Park “The whole tech sector, flush for years with confidence and talk of disruption, suddenly has an air of desperation about it.” Time Magazine, Nov. 12/15 Is that a cliff, just ahead?...
View ArticleMistaking a “Premium” for a “Ratchet”
Tobias, Neil, John, Sandy…passionate folks all. It was interesting to follow the debate in yesterday’s StartUpNorth repost of the Bloomberg News story regarding the latest Real Matters M&A activity...
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Thank heaven for Michael Nobrega
As I looked around at the hundreds of people enjoying the patio of Toronto’s Richmond-Adelaide Centre last night, I couldn’t help but think of former OMERS CEO Michael Nobrega. The OMERS Ventures and...
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