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Peter van der Velden

@Petervencap

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parent, partner, vc, sports enthusiast, pilot, traveler looking to help great entrepreneurs build best-in-class health and wellness companies

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Joined February 2014
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Peter van der Velden
1 year
What a ridiculous piece of "expert" commentary - the fact that one pension plan in OHIO has a management issue HAS ZERO to do in affirming that Canadian pension funds are structured to prevent mismanagement
benefitscanada.com
A culture of prudent investment standards and guideline compliance is keeping Canadian pension funds safe from some of the unique risk management cases seen abroad, says Scott McEvoy, a partner at...
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Peter van der Velden
1 year
CASH CRUNCH (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Jul 26, 2024 Why on earth are these bad investment decisions getting so much press. you buy a stock it goes down or you buy a business that fails - you lose money - that just they way investing work
globe2go.pressreader.com
Rental incomes are not cov­er­ing the cost of own­er­ship for 80 per cent of new con­domin­ium investors in the Toronto region, report says Pre­con­struc­tion mar­ket is ‘in reces­sion­ary ter­rit­...
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Peter van der Velden
1 year
Ok so let me follow this logic - you buy the condo at the peak of the mkt in 2021for $650k, you try to game a down mkt by listing it for $599k &. go “no bid” so your response is to reprice it at a premium to your top of the mkt purchase price at $689K? Wow
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After three months and a $50,000 price drop, this downtown condo owner has still received zero offers.
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Peter van der Velden
1 year
One of these things is not like the other - can you pick the athlete? Great golf day with Connor McDavid, Mitch Marner and friends hosted by the CIBC team
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Chris Arsenault
1 year
Sad to hear this from many entrepreneurs. My 2 cents, instead of putting so much effort in planning to leave, why don’t we unite and fight for economic environment that supports company building and wealth creation here in Canada 🇨🇦 the current regime will be over turned within
@evansammccann
Evan McCann
1 year
Great Canadian founder moving to Austin! Anyone have advice on O1/visas?
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matt roberts
2 years
So today, a second-time successful entrepreneur let me know he's left Canada taking the startup he's working on with him—the second one in as many days. We're losing the war for global entrepreneurial talent and winning the war for food delivery drivers. It isn't sustainable.
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Peter van der Velden
2 years
This is what engaged capital with a vision to being impactful for investors, the province and the country does! #cvca
theglobeandmail.com
Patio door maker Novatech CEO says the deal reflects desire to keep the company in Canada
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Peter van der Velden
2 years
The proposed changes incentivize investors to re-domicile 🇨🇦 IP outside of 🇨🇦 & to have 100% of the investment & value creation accrue elsewhere. Also encourages building the team outside 🇨🇦, thus eliminating job creation and foreign investment #cvca
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theglobeandmail.com
The negative effects of the 2024 budget for life science and health care in Canada will be pronounced
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Peter van der Velden
2 years
Really important inflexion point as @LumiraVentures company Transposon Receives US FDA Fast Track Designation for TPN-101 for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
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/PRNewswire/ -- Transposon Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing a platform of novel, orally administered therapies for the treatment of...
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Peter van der Velden
2 years
Wrong ... healthcare is NOT “federally procured but distributed provincially.” Healthcare is funded provincially & federally (transfer payments), Healthcare innovation is approved Federally (HPB) but procurement decisions are 100% provincial https://t.co/kqht5iemPQ via @BetaKit
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betakit.com
Healthtech founder Joella Almeida says "Federally procured and provincially distributed" healthcare alienates practitioners and creates poor patient outcomes.
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Peter van der Velden
2 years
The really concerning stat for me is that foreign CVC engagement in CDN deals fell to 12% of deals, a 5 year low. This is in stark contrast to our experience in US LS deals where CVC engagement is way up. https://t.co/Y3mP7SHBWM via @BetaKit
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betakit.com
Canadian CVC funds exhibit lower activity in VC deals compared to the US and tend to direct their investment primarily towards foreign startups.
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Peter van der Velden
2 years
Unfortunately what the @cvca president forgot to mention or what @betakit failed to report yet again was the momentum in #lifesciences , with 2 $150+m VC led #PIPES & another $2+ billion realization https://t.co/NSDywmIJ54 via @BetaKit
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betakit.com
The first quarter of 2024 saw mixed results in terms of venture capital funding and a significant pickup in private equity activity, according to a new report.
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Peter van der Velden
2 years
As someone who manages other people’s capital for a living, these stories never fail to amaze. While I am sympathetic to those who lost “some or all of their life savings” I am uncertain that it is “trust” vs greed that drives these allocations
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globe2go.pressreader.com
A self-pro­claimed “Crypto King” has been arres­ted and charged with fraud and money laun­der­ing, police said Thursday, warn­ing that they believe he tried to soli­cit new investors as recently as...
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Peter van der Velden
2 years
Loved ⁦@OntInnovation⁩ Minister Vic Fedeli’s comments - “we are pivoting from our focus on EV to Life Sciences” thank you - this matters #cvca@investontario⁩ ⁦@LifeSciencesON
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Peter van der Velden
2 years
In fact much of the slump accrues to sectors other than life sciences which enjoyed another strong Q anchored in a $2B exit and multiple 100+m financings - Depressing headline numbers of the venture-capital slump don’t tell the full story #cvca
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globe2go.pressreader.com
Bright spots in the cur­rent ven­ture-cap­ital land­scape exist. You just need to know where to look. Recent reports are right. Amid high interest rates, ven­ture cap­it­al­ists have a shrink­ing...
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Peter van der Velden
2 years
You can’t make this up. Weeks after announcing regressive capital gains tax reforms that will retro-actively penalize those who have invested in risky businesses & disincentivize future investment - Ottawa urges more support for riskier businesses #cvca
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globe2go.pressreader.com
Crown cor­por­a­tions such as BDC, EDC get man­date to free up cap­ital for more uncer­tain ven­tures Ott­awa is dir­ect­ing Crown cor­por­a­tions that fin­ance small and medium-sized busi­nesses to...
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@ExactImaging
Exact Imaging
2 years
It's not just about prostate Biopsy! talk and live demo from @HidelbrandoMota showing how he uses #microultrasound for pre-robotic surgery planning. #ExactVu has a multitude of uses all along the prostate cancer patient pathway! @FocalOneHifu @EDAPTMS #prostatecancer #urology
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Peter van der Velden
2 years
Not really sure they did. Just quoting data from their survey without actually taking a position themselves - despite this data being an amazing foundation for coming out strongly against the tax grab on entrepreneurs
@markrmcqueen
Mark McQueen
2 years
Glad to see that you three have found your voice on this topic. Better late than never.
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@NAChristakis
Nicholas A. Christakis
2 years
The University of Chicago, as usual, striking the right balance. Worth reading in full. It is exactly right. President Alivisatos’ Note on the Encampment (April 29, 2024) Dear Members of the University Community, Just a few hours ago, a group of students established an
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