whoa: Wonder Woman > Iron Man

😂 A good cry

Hi there,

We just released our 42-page MoneyTree Canada report with PwC, providing a data-driven look at venture capital trends in Canada in Q2’17.

Check out a few highlights scattered below.

But first.

So, about that

One of my new favorite responses to people saying our subscriptions are expensive.

Thanks to Mike Phenow of LinkUp for sharing this with me.

Feeling down

Deals and dollars invested in Canadian companies hit eight-quarter highs in Q4’16, but financing activity has since receded. Q2’17 saw $400M deployed across 58 deals, down 18% and 16%, respectively, from Q1’17.

Wonder Woman > Iron Man

The Wonder Woman movie could be the biggest superhero movie debut of all time.

Drilling down

We examined smart money investment to construction tech companies since 2013. All 3 construction tech unicorns — Uptake Technologies, Katerra, and Procore Technologies — have received smart money VC funding.

Let’s bring Napster back

This is an interesting graphic that highlights how much streaming music services pay artists.

Most popular emojis

Here are the most popular on Facebook.

Canada takes majority

Canada-based investors represented at least 50% of all active investors in Canadian companies across seed, early, and expansion stages, with later-stage deals being the lone exception.

Innovation stations

Here’s our updated list of 65 corporate innovation labs working to turn ideas into opportunities at well-established companies. Ikea’s Space10 and Coca-Cola’s Development and Innovation Lab were both established in 2015.

Industry Standard

CB Insights data is the most trusted by those in the industry and the media. A few recent hits.

Fortune. Laura Entis (@lauraentis) writes about VC interest in pet startups and cites CB Insights investment data.

BetaKit. Jessica Galang (@jessicagalangg) covers VC investment in Canada and references data found in the CB Insights Q2 2017 Canada MoneyTree report with PwC.

Harvard Business Review. An article that says innovation is as much about finding partners as building products, with a mention of CB Insights corporate investment data.

Skadden. Stuart D. Levi shares lessons from the CoinDash ICO hack and references CB Insights investment data.

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Anand
@asanwal

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