Last Years Successes / This Years Concerns; The June 1st, 2020 Edition of the Age of Ingenuity

Welcome to the June 1st, 2020 episode of the Age of Ingenuity.

Canadian venture capital (VC) disbursements reached historical high in 2019, completing 642 financings of $7Bln plus in total. But that growth has evaporated in our current, shattered economy.

Sources cited during this episode include the following:

• The May 20th, 2020 CPE Media press release, "Backed by US and foreign investors, Canadian VC sets record at $7.263Bln CDN for 2019."

• The 2019 Canadian Venture Capital Report from the Financing.ca website.

• The May 27th, 2020 Canadian Press post "COVID-19 aid programs will have to end, others to be modified, Trudeau says."

• The 2019 Federal Government Budget.

• The May 29th, 2020 Statistics Canada press release, "Gross domestic product, income and expenditure, first quarter 2020."

• The May 27th, 2020 Science and Enterprise post, "Antibody Drug Biotech Raises $105M in Venture Funds."

• The April 7th, 2020 Motley Fool post, "Here Are All the Companies Working on COVID-19 Vaccines, Treatments, and Testing."

• The May 18th, 2020 Science and Enterprise post, "Infographic – Biotech Remains Hottest Venture Sector."

• The quarterly PriceWaterhouse Coopers/CB Insites compiled Money Tree Report.

• The May 22nd, 2020 Conservative Review post, “Horowitz: The CDC confirms remarkably low coronavirus death rate. Where is the media?”

• The April 20th, 2020 Conservative Review post, “Horowitz: New antibody study is strong evidence that the lockdown strategy is the wrong course.”

• The May 5th, 2020 Business Insider post, "UK health expert resigns after breaking lockdown to see married lover." 

• The May 24th, 2002 Press Progress post, "Photos Show Toronto Mayor John Tory Close-Talking With Large Crowds Packed in Trinity Bellwoods Park." 

• The April 21st, 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science post, "Antibody surveys suggesting vast undercount of coronavirus infections may be unreliable." 

• The April 20th, 2020 Conservative Review post, “Horowitz: New antibody study is strong evidence that the lockdown strategy is the wrong course.”

• The May 22rd, 2020 MarsDD press release, "18 Canadian startups that are still hiring despite COVID-19 in June."

• The May 28th, 2020 Financial Times post, "With a US$560-billion war chest, Big Tech goes on pandemic M&A spree despite political backlash."

"Age of Ingenuity" tracks Canada's "innovation ecosystem," the organizations, agencies and individuals attempting to turn innovative Canadian start-ups into world class, billion dollar "unicorns," able to anchor industries and create jobs.

Age of Ingenuity Credits

Producer and Host - Chuck Black

Host and Contributor - Brian Orlotti

Host and Contributor - Al Calder

Associate Producer and Contributor - John Penturn

Music: Freesound House Flow by Jaturo licenced under a Creative Commons 0 Licence.

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