Q3 2018 review: venture capital financing and deal activity decline after record-setting H1

PwC and CB Insights recently released their Q3’18 “MoneyTree Canada report” (the Report), which provides an overview of investments in Canadian venture-backed companies. According to the Report, after an exceptional H1’18 (which we’ve covered in an earlier post), Q3’18 has seen a decrease in the number of deals, as well as in dollars invested. General overview According to the Report, Canadian venture capital (VC) funding has decreased for the second quarter this year, falling 42% to USD $541M in Q3’18 (from USD $927M in Q2’18). Similarly, despite a record-high of 127 deals in Q2, Canadian companies only completed 87 deals in Q3’18. Despite these falling numbers, corporate VC investment in Canadian start-ups increased to 39% of all deals in Q3’18, which marks a significant increase from 32% in Q2. This is an area that has seen a lot of growth in recent years, rising from 17% of all deals in Q4’16. Canadian…

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