BDC Capital launches $200 million fund to bolster Canada’s deep tech ecosystem
BDC Capital has announced the creation of a new $200 million CAD fund designed to invest in and support early-stage Canadian deep tech companies.
The Deep Tech Venture Fund marks Canada’s largest dedicated deep tech fund. The move follows BDC Capital’s recent investment in Montréal’s Boreal Ventures, a $26 million Québec-focused deep tech fund founded by BDC Capital alumni David Charbonneau.
“If we play our cards right… There will be tech champions headquartered here,” said Thomas Park, partner at BDC Capital’s Deep Tech Venture Fund.
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Noel Gardner
, April 22nd, 2021 07:52
Playing his sax through Fender Twin and Bassman amplifiers, Sex Swing and Dead Neanderthals collaborator Colin Webster provides a thrilling journey for Noel Gardner
The question of what the difference might be between free jazz and free improvisation – what elements, or lack of, might make one term or the other a more correct description of a recording or performance – is interesting to think about, assuming one has such interests. It’s only if you try and get
definitive that you’ll play yourself: this is music unhidebound by rules or restrictions, for listeners and artists alike. Colin Webster, a saxophonist living in London with an extensive catalogue of releases, is a good example of someone perpetually on the cusp of the two notions, though.
local matric crowned Morabaraba board game champ Photo: Supplied/ Saudah Bhaimia
Board games are gaining popularity across the globe, but one Curro learner is currently dominating a board game with origins closer to home - Morabaraba.
Saudah Bhaimia, a matric learner at Curro Klerksdorp, has recently earned the distinction of being the first-ever female to climb to the top of the official Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) Morabaraba rankings.
There is added importance to her rise to the top of the Morabaraba rankings, since doing so breaks the barriers of gender inequality, especially since Morabaraba is traditionally played among men.
SIR – George Eustice (Comment, February 21) has announced £10,000 support packages for fishermen.
It is right to champion this £1.6 billion industry – but what, may we ask, has Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, done to help the rapidly collapsing, £213 billion travel industry? Other than tell the public not to book a holiday, precisely nothing.
George Morgan-Grenville
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
HS2 naysayers
SIR – My letter (February 17) supporting HS2 and ruing the opposition to attempts to improve infrastructure prompted a 4-0 naysayer response (Letters, February 21).
Two letters criticised the “limited” route – but HS2 is for long-distance travel, with minimal stops, and its ultimate destination is Newcastle, which is rather more than “half way up England”. A longer-term goal could be to reach Edinburgh or Glasgow.