Pique Ventures’ Annual Investor & Community Event
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...
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Canada’s Commitment to Women and Gender Equality
“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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Pique Ventures Grows Its Team
Although women represent 58% of analyst roles in venture capital, “with each step up the “staircase” of seniority, representation of women [in venture capital] is cut in half” according to a report by Female Funders and Hockeystick. At Pique Ventures, we invest in...
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How Good is Your Venture-Backed Company’s Supply Chain?
I was so dismayed when I read the story about a venture-backed company that went out of business and left its suppliers in the lurch, many of them small businesses. Although venture capital is the source of funding for less than 10% of fast-growing firms, as I wrote...
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Zebras: Built to Last
You’re probably familiar with the term “unicorn” — coined by Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures in 2013 — which is a company valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors. Critics of the billion-dollar-valuation as the primary indicator of success or...
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Let’s Reach Drawdown and Reverse Global Warming
My 19-year old niece showed me the Starbucks sticker on her reusable coffee cup, confounded that she was stuck with another piece of paper that would have to go in the bin. My 4-year old daughter is dismayed by the amount of plastic in our oceans and how harmful they...
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Increasing Venture Capital to Women-Led Businesses
At Pique Ventures, we applaud the tireless work that Criterion Institute has performed to advance the field of gender lens investing. From convening intimate groups of practitioners, investors, and leaders at events that focused our attention on conversations,...
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What do CEOs Do All Day?
A version of this post was originally published in Inc and on Quora. ~~~~~ Over the course of my career, I have had the privilege of working with CEOs in many different capacities and from different perspectives. I have audited companies led by CEOs, advised,...
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Pique Ventures is Hiring! Seeking an Analyst to Join Us
2018 was an incredible year of growth and opportunity for our firm. Most notably, Pique Ventures was selected to participate in the Government of Canada's Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative. What that means is we have secured our anchor investor for our second...
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Pique Ventures selected as part of Canada’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative
VCCI investment helps Pique Ventures deploy its second fund to invest in a diverse community of leaders, building technologies with long-term utility and companies that care, connect, and protect. Vancouver, BC (November 5, 2018) – Pique Ventures, an impact investment...
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