Representative examples of our recent venture capital experience in M&A, fund formation, early-stage financings and equity growth financings, including acting for:
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D-Wave Systems Inc. on its C$27-million offering of Class I Convertible Preferred Shares.
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Norwest Venture Partners and Georgian Partners on their acquisition of a controlling stake of Medgate Inc.
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Desire2Learn Incorporated on its C$85-million series B funding and debt financing, with participation from Columbus Nova Technology Partners, Graham Holdings, Four Rivers Group, Aurion Capital, existing investors New Enterprise Associates and OMERS Ventures, and Silicon Valley Bank.
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Georgian Partners as lead investor in the C$38-million Series B round in Influitive.
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InvestEco Sustainable Food Fund II, L.P. on its investment in in Mama Earth Organics Inc. and its subsequent acquisition of Organic Food Delivery Corp.
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Zymeworks Inc. in connection with its private placement of Class A Preferred Shares for aggregate gross proceeds of US$61.5-million.
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CTI Life Sciences Fund on its C$22-million Series A investment in SutroVax.
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D-Wave Systems Inc. on its C$30-million equity raise with funding from Goldman Sachs, BDC Capital, the Harris & Harris Group and DFJ.
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Georgian Partners, Cisco Systems and Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund on series B and C investments in eSentire, a cybersecurity software provider.
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Scott Bommer (SAB Capital) on a recent investment as part of an investor group providing C$60-million in new funding to Hootsuite Media Inc.
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Goodwater Capital on its series C investment in Frank & Oak.
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Axine Water Technologies Inc. on its series A financing round that saw The Roda Group join existing investors Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital and BDC Venture Capital.
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REGEN Energy on its US$7-million series B investment round led by a significant international energy company with participation from existing investors NGEN Partners and the BDC Venture Capital Energy/Cleantech Fund.
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Endurance Wind Power on its series C round of financing led by Yaletown Venture Partners.
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Iris Capital Fund III FCPR on its investment in Beyond the Rack Enterprises Inc.
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Boreal Genomics Inc. on its series C round with new and existing venture capital investors.
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GenomeDx Biosciences on its series B round in two tranches led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund.
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Square Victoria Digital Properties on its series A investment in Checkout51, a digital coupons and analytics developer.
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Highland Consumer Fund, LLC in connection with its investment in DavidsTea Inc.
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Skye Asset Management on its multi-tranched minority investment in an early-stage Canadian biotech company.
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Highland Capital Partners LLC on its investment in Beyond the Rack Enterprises Inc.
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Rover Parking on its seed investment round.