An Overview of Stock Option Plans

October 9, 2014

Under a typical stock option plan, an employer provides their employee with a right to purchase a certain number of shares for a stated exercise price.  Generally, the option vests […]

L-Spark: Ottawa’s New Incubator and Accelerator

October 9, 2014

WHY L-SPARK? – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR INNOVATIVE INCUBATOR AND ACCELERATOR Posted on September 26, 2014 on the L-Spark blog.   You asked, and we answered! Here are […]

Destination: Silicon Valley North – A McGill Journal of Law Podcast

October 7, 2014

Last year, startups in California alone raised $15 billion in funding – Canada? Less than $2 billion. In the latest McGill Law Journal podcast, they compares Canada and Silicon Valley as destinations for […]

Commercial drone regulations: Canada vs. US

October 6, 2014

When Canadians attempt to characterize aspects of Canadian culture, it’s not uncommon to draw comparisons with the US. I recently noticed that as I respond to questions about the Canadian […]

Holding Shares in a Family Trust

October 1, 2014

In a previous blog post, we discussed the general concept of a family trust and indicated that one way to use a family trust is to hold shares in a Canadian-controlled […]

Zeetl Acquired by Hootsuite

September 30, 2014

Hootsuite recently announced that they have acquired Zeetl, a social telephony company. With this acquisition, Hootsuite plans to add a new voice solution to better empower customer service teams around […]

eSentire Raises $14 Million Series C Financing

September 19, 2014

Earlier this week,  eSentire announced that they have completed a $14 million Series C investment round. The round was led by Georgian Partners with participation from Cisco Investments and Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund, along with existing […]

LW Connect – Thursday, September 25

September 17, 2014

We’re back up and running now that the summer is over, so please join us for LW Connect next Thursday, September 25! Who: Tech Startups and Knowledge-Based Businesses; What: An informative networking session with […]

What is a Family Trust?

September 12, 2014

The concept of a family trust is often raised to founders of a startup as an alternative to holding their shares in their new company personally (see LW Academy tax […]

The Funding Portal Launches New Cleantech Platform

September 11, 2014

The Funding Portal provides a comprehensive view of all private financing and government funding sources that are available in Canada. Every month, more than 17,000 Canadian organizations visit The Funding […]

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