Monthly Archives: March 2008

Betting on the success of a start-up

Full-time entrepreneur, part time angels investment instigator and one of our partners at MSU, Austin Hill, likes to ask an entrepreneur looking for finance:

“What’s the bet i’m making with this investment ?”

It’s a great question … but what a lot of first time entrepreneurs don’t appreciate is that the answer to the question depends on [...]

Montreal Wireless Developers Unite!

Last week I was speaking at the Interfaces Mobilité event and two trends quickly became apparent: (1) people are fed up with Byzantine and expensive Cellco pricing schemes and (2) they long for carriers to open up their platforms to developers and start-ups. Nothing new here under the Canadian sun.
What is new however, is that [...]

Nouveau fonds pour le démarrage d’entreprises en technologie

Le fonds bénéficiera de l’appui d’une vingtaine d’anges financiers et d’entrepreneurs montréalais qui ont réussi dans le domaine.
MONTREAL, Québec, 10 mars 2008 – Montreal Start Up, un spécialiste du capital de démarrage, dont la mission est d’appuyer les entrepreneurs montréalais qui bâtissent les succès de demain, a aujourd’hui annoncé le lancement d’un premier fonds de [...]

New seed capital fund for Montreal’s technology entrepreneurs

Fund aims to capitalize on the committed support of twenty of Montreal’s most successful entrepreneur and angel investors.
MONTREAL, Quebec, March 10, 2008 - Montreal Start Up, a venture investor dedicated to supporting Montreal based entrepreneurs in their quest to create and build successful companies, today announced the closing of its $3 million venture capital fund, [...]