Why it’s critical to build a repeatable sales process before hiring sales people - by Geoff Mair The software’s been tested and shipped. The Series A Financing is in the Bank. Now it’s time to hire the Sales Team and watch the money flow in. What could possibly go wrong? The... read more →
GPU analytics company MapD Technologies today announced it has closed a $25 million Series B funding round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation from existing investors NVIDIA, Vanedge Capital and Verizon Ventures. The financing comes amid a rapid increase in the adoption of ultrafast graphics processing units (GPUs) to power enterprise applications including machine learning, numerical computation and now... read more →
News release: February 23, 2017 (Vancouver, BC) - Vanedge Capital Partners Ltd. announces the final close of Vanedge Capital II Limited Partnership at $161 million of committed capital. The partners are grateful for the confidence and support of the Limited Partners and welcome HarbourVest Partners into the Limited Partner group, joining other... read more →
MapD, a Vanedge portfolio company, teamed with Bitfusion to set a new “world record” for in-memory database performance. With the help of Bitfusion’s product Boost, MapD was able to scale up to 64 GPUs, across 32 servers to scan 147 billion rows a second. The benchmark was completed with help... read more →
"This is the second investment from our $100 million BC Tech Fund and part of Government's plan to grow BC's tech sector," said Amrik Virk , Minister, Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services. " Kensington's investment in Vanedge Capital II is the first investment in a tech fund and will in... read more →
On Tuesday November 1st, Vancouver Entrepreneurs Forum and Science World will host leading experts in a conversation on how machine learning is changing the way we live. What is hype and what is reality? How will businesses be impacted? Where will the talent for this industry come from? Get tickets... read more →
Today we are pleased to announce that In-Q-Tel, the non-profit strategic investor that identifies innovative technology for the U.S. Intelligence Community, participated in our previously announced Series A round. IQT joins previously announced investors GV (formerly Google Ventures), Nvidia, Vanedge Capital, and Verizon Ventures. Needless to say, we are delighted to... read more →
Aug. 29, 2016 - Canalyst, an equity research tool provider for institutional finance professionals, announced today the closing of its oversubscribed $2.7 million seed financing led by Vanedge Capital. Canalyst will use the funding to expand its coverage universe and platform capabilities. "We're absolutely thrilled to be working with Vanedge,"... read more →
