Innovation Toronto

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Despite the broader economic rumblings, it’ s never been cheaper to start a company and there’s still a ton of venture money out there. In fact, Ressi told me that there is so much money out there for startups that VCs are now offering to partially buy out founders’ [...]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Investment in Canada’s venture capital sector rose in the third quarter as U.S. investors sank more money into start-up Internet-focused companies, an industry body said on Tuesday.
Investors pumped C$512 million ($528 million) into new, small businesses across Canada in the three months to the end of [...]

MEDIA companies are often criticized for not taking enough risks in choosing television shows, authors, movies and musicians. But when it comes to technology start-ups, their appetite for risk appears to be on the rise.

 
A growing number of media conglomerates have established divisions to take minority stakes in small Internet and technology companies. Other [...]