Yaletown Venture Partners

Yaletown Venture Partners

Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Yaletown Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests time and money in seed and early-stage technology and clean-tech companies. Yaletown focuses on Western Canada''s vibrant Energy Technology and Information Technology and Clean-tech clusters.

Yaletown is backed by some of Canada''s largest pension funds and financial institutions, all of which have a long-term commitment to venture capital. Yaletown''s investment managers bring a combined sixty years of early-stage company-building and financing experience to each portfolio company. Yaletown''s co-founding individual investors include some of Canada''s most successful technology entrepreneurs.

The knowledge and experience of Yaletown''s investment managers, investors, and resource network are all focused on a single goal: the success of each portfolio company.

Website:
http://www.yaletown.com
Categories:
Venture Capital
Address:
500 - 1122 Mainland St
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6B 2S8

Blog Posts About Yaletown Venture Partners

Vancouver's Yaletown Venture Partners expands into Seattle
Yaletown Venture Partners announced today at the Venture Northwest Conference in Portland, that one of its founding partners, Kirk Washington, has established a full-time office in Seattle to... [more]
Yaletown Ventures announces new Calgary based partner
Yaletown Venture Partners announced yesterday that Brad Johns has joined the firm as Partner, where his primary focus will be on investments in the Information Technology sector in Calgary. "Brad... [more]
Zeugma assets acquired by Tellabs
Yesterday Illinois-based Tellabs announced that they are coming to Vancouver to open a mobile Internet R&D office and that they have acquired an R&D team, technology and intellectual... [more]
Yaletown Venture Partners add Partner to mix
Yaletown Venture Partners announced this morning that Salil Munjal has joined the firm as Partner to work alongside co-founding Partners Hans Knapp, Mike Satterfield and Kirk Washington. "I'm... [more]
Alberta's A100 Crawls Out Of The Primordial Ooze
On Thursday night, I was happy to be included in a gathering of the most influential movers and shakers in high-tech in Alberta. Called the A100 after it's namesake, the C100 (a group of Canadian... [more]
GenoLogics raises $1M - and Yaletown's Steve Hnatiuk disappears?
Victoria's GenoLogics, a developer of software for biologists and physicians, has raised $1 Million of equity financing out of a round that could be worth $1.5 million. This is in addition... [more]
Alberta Enterprise invests $29 Million in Yaletown and Chrysalix
Edmonton-based Alberta Enterprise announced today commitments to two Vancouver based funds: $14 million to Yaletown Ventures II LP, a $103 million clean tech and IT fund; and US $15 million to... [more]
Digital and new media in Vancouver: Panel discusses investment trends
New Media is a rapidly growing sector in our local economy. The combined wireless and mobile, video gaming, animation and VFX, web 2.0 and social media, interactive marketing and e-learning sectors... [more]
Winning the Cleantech Game – Real Growth Stories with the VEF
On March 23rd the Vancouver Enterprise Forum is hosting Winning the Cleantech Game – Real Growth Stories hosted by Yaletown Venture Partners' Kirk Washington. Cleantech is one of the... [more]
Update on BC's Digital Media People to watch in 2009
Last year we compiled the second edition of our "Digital Media People" for British Columbia (the first was in 2008) and it's that time of the year to look back at the individuals we singled out and... [more]
BC Renaissance Capital Fund Managers NOW official
Over breakfast this morning the Honourable Iain Black, Minister of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development, introduced the new fund managers selected by the B.C. Renaissance Capital... [more]
Indicee Raises $6 Million For Business Intelligence Reporting Tool
Today over on the Indicee blog, co-founder Mark Cunningham declared that it is launch day. There’s been no shortage of activity here at Indicee over the past few months and today we are... [more]
20 Most Active Venture Capital Investors in Canada
Today TechFinance.ca published a list of the Most Active Venture Capital investors in Canada to date for 2009. The number preceding the firm's name is the number of deals they participated in and... [more]
Banff Venture Forum kicks off by showing the money
A great introduction to some Venture Capitalists and what they are looking to invest in. The ten panellists were from across the IT, Energy and Life Sciences sectors, so here's quick introduction... [more]
Yaletown Venture Partners gets Constructive
Vancouver's Constructive announced today that Yaletown Venture Partners has taken an investment position in the company. With the investment from Yaletown and three additions to... [more]
Genologics quietly adds $5 Million in VC Funds
Victoria's Genologics quietly completed their 3rd round round of financing late last month adding another $5 Million which will be applied towards ongoing expansion plans. This latest round of... [more]
$9 Million in Series C takes Zeugma to $50 Million
Vancouver's Zeugma Systems announced this morning that it has closed approximately $9 Million as a part of its Series C funding round. This round brings total funding to date... [more]
Mixpo picks up award in NYC and follow-on investment
Seattle-based Mixpo is in New York this week being recognized by AlwaysOn as an OnMedia 100 winner. The OnMedia 100 winners are selected from among hundreds of technology companies nominated by... [more]
Getting Financed in Today's Environment
Financing deals are still getting done in today’s challenging economic environment, but the bar has been set higher. The 12th Annual Canadian Financing Forum was held yesterday in Vancouver,... [more]
Venture capital, digital trends and the wireless industry in 2009
One of the most important things for any startup to know, particularly in the aftermath of an economic downturn, is where to go to find the money. A session at the Pacific Northwest Wireless... [more]
Steve Hnatiuk's predictions for 2009
TechFlash's John Cook has been querying Washington State's top Venture Capitalists (part one & part two) and Vancouver own Steve Hnatiuk of Yaletown Venture Partners got into the mix. Have a... [more]
Digtial Media People to Watch in BC in 2009
One of the benefits of blogging about technology in BC is the opportunity to meet and interact with innovative technology leaders and evangelists every day. During 2008, we had the... [more]
Yaletown Venture Partners close on $65 Million
Vancouver's Yaletown Venture Partners announced today a $65 million initial closing on Yaletown Ventures II Limited Partnership. This new fund will continue Yaletown’s focus on leading... [more]
Yaletown Ventures II Coming Soon
On the heels of news of a reshuffling at VenturesWest, there's some good news coming out of the West Coast Venture Capital scene. Word on the street is that Yaletown Venture Partners is nearing the... [more]

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