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 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 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 Bonnie Foley-Wong | Feb 19, 2019 | Impact investing, Integrated Investing, Pique Fund
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...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Oct 31, 2018 | Leadership diversity, Pique Fund
How Pique Ventures and its portfolio companies are changing the face of Canadian venture capital through innovative impact investing Vancouver, BC (Oct 31, 2018) – Pique Ventures is proud to announce that Beanworks – led by CEO Catherine Dahl – raised over $10 million...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Sep 26, 2018 | Integrated Investing, Pique Fund, Quora
Not all seed stage investors are chasing unicorns. Some of us are looking for zebras. Chasing only unicorns is not a great strategy. Here is a collection of media and research that argues why: May 2015 – Why Too Many Unicorns Might be Bad for Your Business...
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