What US Investors Must Know Before Investing In Canada
Law360, New York ( March 24, 2016, 10:22 AM EDT) -- 2015 was a banner year for the Canadian technology sector. On the heels of Shopify's highly successful initial public offering, a number of successful Canadian startups, including Lightspeed Retail, Kik Interactive, Hootsuite, Desire2Learn and Vision Critical, may be poised — subject to a return to more favorable market conditions generally — to enter the public markets at significant valuations. At the same time, venture capital activity in Canada increased meaningfully in 2015 relative to 2014, with the number of deals up 4 percent and the amount invested up 11 percent, according to Thomson Reuters. Over the past five years, total venture capital investments in Canadian companies have doubled to $2. 6 billion, with 2015 representing the best year in terms of total capital invested since 2002. . . .
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