Working Opportunity Fund
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100 of The Most Inspiring People
July 31, 2007
With so much negative press these days surrounding the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, it is our pleasure to once again be able to relate the positive aspects of our industry.
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NowPublic Gets $10.6 Million For Crowd Sourced News
July 31, 2007
“Crowd sourced” news network NowPublic.com has closed a $10.6 milion series A round of financing led by Rho Ventures with seed investors Brightspark and the Working Opportunity Fund participating.
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For NowPublic Citizen Journalism Seems to Work
July 31, 2007
NowPublic, a Vancouver-based citizen journalism site has raised $10.6 million in Series A funding from Rho Ventures/Rho Canada, Brightspark, and the Working Opportunity Fund.
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NowPublic nixes takeover bids, lands financing
July 31, 2007
NowPublic.com, a leading "citizen journalism" site based in Vancouver announced today that it has closed a $10.6-million (U.S.) round of financing from venture capital groups in the U.S. and Canada, after turning down several offers to acquire the company outright.
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PROTIVA COMPLETES $3.5 MILLION FINANCING
July 11, 2007
Protiva Biotherapeutics Inc. announced today the completion of a convertible debenture financing with commitments of CAD$3.5 million. This fourth round of financing brings Protiva’s cumulative venture capital financing to CAD$26.2 million.
Read More...Time Magazine: 50 Best Websites 2007
July 10, 2007
Mainstream media types may gripe about the absence of safeguards ensuring the validity of news reported by the blogosphere, but nowhere are the merits of citizen journalism more apparent than at NowPublic.
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Now, Computing Can Handle Long-Distance Relationships
June 25, 2007
High-tech executives have long talked about replacing personal computers on corporate desks with something simpler, but relatively few customers have done it.
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Bold Move to Control PC Security and Software
June 19, 2007
One day they are four guys sitting around public meeting rooms and dreaming about their far-fetched plans to reinvent business computers. The next day they've hit pay dirt, sitting on $34 million US in venture capital, with the heavy hitters in computer manufacturing lining up to buy their computer chip technology that replaces traditional desktop computers with a puck-sized Internet-connected portal.
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GrowthWorks Partners with Canadian Company in Quest to Map the Future of the Computer
June 14, 2007
In May 1999, a small group of scientists and believers gathered in British Columbia, Canada to begin the fundraising process towards developing the world’s first commercially viable quantum computer.
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EQO Communications Launches EQO Mobile, Changing Global Mobile Calling Landscape
May 23, 2007
Vancouver, BC, Canada and London, United Kingdom – EQO Communications, a pioneer in mobile internet phone services, today announced the launch of EQO Mobile, a groundbreaking new service that lets users make international long distance calls and exchange IM and text messages on their mobile phones at local calling and messaging rates.
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Radiant Communications Announces Record Revenue in First Quarter
May 17, 2007
Vancouver, BC – Radiant Communications Corp., Canada’s leading supplier of broadband solutions for business, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007.
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Switch Materials Announces Early Round Financing
May 10, 2007
Vancouver, B.C. – Switch Materials Inc., a spin-off company from Simon Fraser University developing energy efficient smart window technology, today announced the closing its first round of financing.
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Soap box derby car design and upcoming race strategy revealed by Victoria technology CEOs and BC Cancer Agency researchers
May 08, 2007
Victoria, BC - Cancer researchers and technology CEOs including Dr. Brad Nelson and Canary Derby Chairman Michael Ball of GenoLogics Life Sciences Inc. reveal the BC Cancer Agency & Canamera Team Car, launching the campaign to raise $100,000.
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Red Herring names EQO as a 2007 Red Herring 100 Winner!
May 02, 2007
San Francisco, CA, - Red Herring today announced that EQO Communications, a leading provider of mobile internet phone services, is a recipient of the Red Herring 100, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in North America each year.
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Bycast Announces OEM Software Agreement with IBM
April 25, 2007
Vancouver, BC – Bycast® Inc., the leading provider of grid-powered storage management software, today announced that Bycast and IBM have entered into an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) software licensing agreement that will enable IBM to deliver IBM branded products based on Bycast StorageGRID® software.
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Neuromed Licenses Phase 3 Chronic Pain Product from ALZA Corporation
April 24, 2007
VANCOUVER, BC and CONSHOHOCKEN, PA – Neuromed Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation chronic pain drugs, announced today that it has licensed from ALZA Corporation the exclusive U.S. rights to develop and commercialize OROS® Hydromorphone, an extended release formulation of a potent opioid analgesic in Phase 3 clinical development.
Read More...EQO Named one of Canada's Top "Up and Comers" by Branham Group
April 17, 2007
Vancouver, BC - EQO Communications, a leading provider of mobile internet phone services, today announced that the company has been named one of this year's "Top 25 Up and Comers" by Branham Group, a consultancy that provides planning, marketing, and partnering services to the technology sector.
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Plug Power Announces Completion of Cellex Power Acquisition
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Latham, N.Y., and Vancouver, BC – Plug Power Inc. a leader in providing clean, reliable on-site energy products, today announced that the Company has completed its previously announced acquisition of Cellex Power Products Inc., a private company and a leader in providing fuel cell power solutions for lift trucks and other material handling equipment.
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