Catherine McIntyre

3 days ago | thelogic.co | Catherine McIntyre

TORONTO — Despite the “Buy Canadian” movement elsewhere, Canadian startups are still turning to American investors to raise the money needed to build and grow their ideas. According to PitchBook, U.S. investors participated in 80 per cent of Canadian venture capital investments in the first quarter of 2025—that’s 86 deals worth US$800 million. U.S. investors led at least 24 of those transactions, , representing about half of all deal value.

6 days ago | thelogic.co | Catherine McIntyre

Former Brookfield Asset Management fund manager Josh Raffaelli claims the firm—which manages about US$1 trillion in assets—fired him after he filed a whistleblower complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He alleges the firm misled investors and bribed him to endorse business he claimed violated securities law. Brookfield denies any wrongdoing.

1 week ago | thelogic.co | Catherine McIntyre

In July 2023, Ottawa announced a plan to help entrepreneurs reach a milestone that has long eluded nearly every Canadian business: to hit a billion dollars in annual revenue.

1 week ago | thelogic.co | Catherine McIntyre

BDC Capital and Boston-based Clean Energy Ventures co-led the funding round in the Quebec startup. Exterra will use the money to build a plant that will convert up to 400,000 tonnes of asbestos mine tailings—or residue—annually into metal oxides like magnesium, nickel and silica. The company also seeks to remove carbon from the atmosphere through the process by mineralizing CO2. (The Logic)

1 week ago | thelogic.co | Catherine McIntyre

The asset management giant said in a letter to shareholders Tuesday that the recent global market turmoil has created a disconnect between companies’ price and their value, creating buying opportunities it plans to take advantage of with some of its uncalled capital. (The Logic)