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The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") recently published the final version of new regulations...

Most entrepreneurs who plan to sell when exiting their business don't think about it seriously until they are ready to sell.

It is a common misconception that small businesses and start-ups are ineligible for grant funding. In fact, many grant programs in Canada are specifically designed for small- to-medium-sized businesses...

Substantial investment is needed to get a drug to market, with development costs averaging in excess of nearly US$2.8 billion, and more than 85% of drugs fail in clinical trials.

According to an analytical research published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2023, Canada was ranked the most attractive destination for immigrant start up founders among the OECD countries.

Despite a year of economic uncertainty and aggressive rate hikes that wreaked havoc on financial markets, venture capital (VC) investment in Canadian agribusiness thrived in 2022.

The Canadian government has announced new measures in its 2024 Fall Economic Statement to facilitate increased pension fund investment in the country's venture capital (VC) sector. This includes a commitment...

Amendments to Alberta's Business Corporations Act (ABCA), which came into force on May 31, 2022 (the ABCA Amendments), introduced a new ability for an Alberta corporation...

The Ontario Securities Commission has unveiled a series of proposed prospectus exemptions aimed at growing small and medium-sized enterprises.

I attended and spoke at a full-day conference held by the Equity Crowdfunding Alliance of Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia.

On April 9, 2015, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced significant changes to the disclosure requirements applicable to venture issuers (the Amendments).

On June 23, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced National Instrument 45-110 Start-up Crowdfunding Registration and Prospectus Exemptions ("NI 45-110").

The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association ("CVCA") released its Q1 2024 Canadian Venture Capital Market Overview (the "Report").

Once a startup gains momentum, discussions often turn to venture capital funding to support its growth.

The federal government recently announced that it would be injecting $400 million into the venture capital sector in Canada in 2013.

This is the 3rd of a 4-part business startup series created by Anand Athiviraham, Senior Associate in our Business Law Group. See the first installment of this series: Incorporating your business...

There has been a significant uptick in the number of startups and emerging companies using warrants to close the gap on various transactions.