by Pique Ventures | Jun 18, 2019 | Big Ideas, Impact investing, Vision
At the start of 2018, for close to two months, Bonnie Foley-Wong, CEO of Pique Venture laboured over a document, working evenings and weekends. She made more asks of her community and network for letters of support than she can count on both hands. She was at the...
by Pique Ventures | Jun 11, 2019 | Capital raising, Crowdfunding, Fund Your Business, Innovation, Uncategorized, Vision, Women Investing in Women
Building a new firm in venture capital from scratch is not easy. Traditionally it has been the domain of former investment bankers and exited entrepreneurs. There are now some interesting entrants to the industry such as writers, podcasters, and very determined forces...
by Pique Ventures | Jun 6, 2019 | Big Ideas, Events, Gender Lens Investing, Leadership, Women Investing in Women, Women Investors
On June 3 to 6, 2019, the City of Vancouver hosted the 5th Women Deliver global conference focused on gender equality and the health, rights, and well-being of girls and women. Bonnie Foley-Wong, CEO of Pique Ventures, was there and was keen to meet other individuals...
by Pique Ventures | May 28, 2019 | Big Ideas, Events, Fund Your Business, Innovation
What is Your Impact Investment Thesis?An investment thesis is to an investor like a value proposition is to an entrepreneur. You get asked what your thesis is all the time. As you get started, you’ll need to test out your thesis and see if any entrepreneurs want your...
by Pique Ventures | May 21, 2019 | Big Ideas, Impact investing, Impact investment, Innovation, Integrated Investing, Leadership, Pique Fund, Vision, Women Investing in Women, Women Investors
When Bonnie Foley-Wong named her firm, she chose Pique Ventures because she wanted people to be curious about the unknown, rather than be afraid of it. Seven years on, she has come to realize that we need more than just curiosity about the unfamiliar – we need...
by Pique Ventures | May 14, 2019 | Big Ideas, Events, Innovation, Leadership, News
Bonnie Foley-Wong, CEO Pique Ventures, Receives British Columbia Entrepreneur Promotion Award of 2019 by Startup Canada Vancouver, BC – May 14, 2019 – Bonnie Foley-Wong received the Startup Canada Entrepreneur Promotion Award in Vancouver, BC presented by Intuit...
by Pique Ventures | May 7, 2019 | Big Ideas, Capacity Building, Capital raising, Crowdfunding, Impact investing, Leadership, Women Investing in Women
“All-women teams received just $1.9 billion of the $85 billion total invested by venture capitalists last year, according to data on the from M&A, private equity, and VC database PitchBook. That’s equal to about 2.2% of 2017’s total pot. Meanwhile, all-male teams...
by Pique Ventures | Apr 30, 2019 | Big Ideas, Capital raising, Leadership, Women Investing in Women, Women Investors
Read the full article on Business Insider “I’m sorry, but you can’t come in.” I had decided to venture out to a networking event to reconnect with colleagues, to talk to them about the second venture fund I was raising, and to show off my...
by Pique Ventures | Apr 22, 2019 | Big Ideas, Climate Solutions, Decision-Making, Impact investing, Impact investment, Investing Ideas, Leadership, Trends, Vision
April 22 is Earth Day, a day to build environmental awareness and to remind us to work year-round to solve climate change, to end plastic pollution, to protect endangered species, and to get educated about sustaining the environment. Rarely a day goes by that I don’t...
by Pique Ventures | Apr 16, 2019 | Fund Your Business, Impact investing, Impact investment, Pique Fund, Tools
Pique Ventures invests in a community of diverse leaders creating technologies with long-term utility and companies that care, connect, and protect. Our Impact Lens We invest in ventures that improve access to essential resources. To us, impact investing is about...
by Pique Ventures | Apr 9, 2019 | Big Ideas, Market News, Trends
As Lyft launched its initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange on March 29, investors watched intently, celebrating the success and the investment gains they hope to reap. Quartz notes that the IPO won’t make Lyft drivers wealthy. “Lyft set aside 5% of the...
by Pique Ventures | Apr 2, 2019 | Impact assessment and measurement, Impact investing, Impact investment, Pique Fund, Trends
The venture capital model of unbridled capital-fuelled growth has faced some backlash recently (paywall). The conventional model of venture capital gained a reputation for a focus on short-term gains for the few. Harvard Business Review described it this way: “ One...
by Pique Ventures | Mar 26, 2019 | Big Ideas, Events, Impact investing, Impact investment, News, Trends, Vision, Women Investing in Women
“There are trends and then there is the future. At some of the investor events we see advertised, they are focusing on cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and cannabis – these areas are trendy right now, but at Pique Ventures, we notice other technologies that...
by Pique Ventures | Mar 19, 2019 | Diversity, Events, Impact investing, Pique Fund, Women Investing in Women
In January 2019, Pique Ventures hosted its annual investor and community event to celebrate the meaningful connections and purposeful investment activities experienced over 2018. We welcomed members who were newer to the Pique community and those who were curious...
by Pique Ventures | Mar 12, 2019 | Events, Leadership, Leadership diversity
“Women in Canadian tech jobs, with a bachelor’s degree or higher, earn nearly $20,000 less a year than their male counterparts and were found 4 times least likely than men to work in a tech job.” according to a recent report by The Brookfield Institute for Innovation...
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