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		<title>Where to from here?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As much as a blog is a thankless task, I am aware that a small handful of otherwise sane folks claimed to be disappointed when I shelved my virtual pen with the acquisition of&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Time to chart my next Adventure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the fifth anniversary of CIBC’s acquisition of Wellington Financial now in the rear-view mirror, I’ve decided that it’s the appropriate time to chart my next adventure. The opportunity I&#8217;ve had has been as&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sometimes, good things don&#8217;t have to end</title>
		<link>https://www.markmcqueen.ca/2018/01/sometimes-good-things-dont-have-to-end/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2018 02:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There’s a saying that “All good things must come to an end,” but perhaps that’s not always the case. Over the past 17 years, I’ve had the good fortune to turn a hobby into&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Toasting the Creative Destruction Lab</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 13:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t want to startle you, but I&#8217;m a bit giddy about the UofT&#8217;s Creative Destruction Lab. I had the opportunity to sit through a complete day of CDL sessions last month, and couldn&#8217;t&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>CIBC Equity Research: The Epic Rise Of Bitcoin; But What About The Supply?</title>
		<link>https://www.markmcqueen.ca/2017/12/cibc-equity-research-the-epic-rise-of-bitcoin-but-what-about-the-supply/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 11:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With Bitcoin blowing through $10,000, I thought I would share this interesting report from Stephanie Price and Varun Choyah of the CIBC Software &#38; Services Institutional Equity Research team.  I certainly don&#8217;t mean to make&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Toronto&#039;s tech buzz is awesome, but results are what will ultimately matter</title>
		<link>https://www.markmcqueen.ca/2017/11/torontos-tech-buzz-is-awesome-but-results-are-what-will-ultimately-matter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2017 15:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By any measure, Canada&#8217;s venture capital market, and the ecosystem as a whole, appears to be on fire. I can&#8217;t think of a time over my 10+ years of blogging when I might have said that,&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snap Inc. acquires Fund V portfolio co. Metamarkets</title>
		<link>https://www.markmcqueen.ca/2017/11/snap-inc-acquires-fund-v-portfolio-co-metamarkets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 14:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[AOL Ventures]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve had a busy run of late on the portfolio M&#38;A front.  Aquisio, RiskVision, and now San Francisco-based Metamarkets. Metamarkets provides an AI-based big data SaaS platform, delivering an analytics dashboard for programmatic ad&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Web.com acquires Montreal-based Fund V portfolio co. Acquisio</title>
		<link>https://www.markmcqueen.ca/2017/11/web-com-acquires-montreal-based-fund-v-portfolio-co-acquisio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2017 10:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[More acquisition news hit the wire last evening.  This time it was Acquisio, a Montreal-based Wellington Financial Fund V portfolio co., announcing its tie-up with Web.com, of Jacksonville, Florida.  Here&#8217;s the release: &#8220;Acquisio makes available to small&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Resolver acquires Fund IV portfolio co. RiskVision</title>
		<link>https://www.markmcqueen.ca/2017/10/resolver-acquires-fund-iv-portfolio-co-riskvision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not every day that a Canadian-backed firm acquires one of our California-based portfolio companies.  As becomes more apparent as the years go by, Canada and the USA have become one market.  The acquisition of&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wellington Financial Provides US$4 Million in Growth Capital to Agilence</title>
		<link>https://www.markmcqueen.ca/2017/08/wellington-financial-provides-us4-million-in-growth-capital-to-agilence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The deals have come in all sizes this year, whether or not we&#8217;ve been able to announce them! This week&#8217;s growth capital financing came in the form of a US$4 million commitment for Agilence&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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