by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Jan 24, 2019 | Big Ideas, Climate Solutions, Impact investing, Integrated Investing
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...
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 | Jun 20, 2018 | Leadership diversity
June has been an incredibly fruitful month for Vancouver-based female founders. Vancouver-based AVA Technologies, led by CEO Valerie Song, raises $2.6 million of seed capital in an investment round led by Vanedge Capital (I had the privilege of coaching Valerie Song...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Aug 11, 2017 | Gender Lens Investing, Leadership diversity
More and more investors and financiers are starting to realize that it’s a smart strategy to invest in women-led companies. Pique Fund is an inclusive angel fund that has been actively investing in women-founded technology ventures in British Columbia since...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Jun 5, 2017 | Gender Lens Investing, Leadership diversity, Women Investing in Women
This post was originally published on Inc. and Quora. Would I invest in a start-up with a woman as CEO? You bet I would. I’ve done it six times through Pique Fund and likely to do it again. The odds of encountering two identical startups (with the exception that one...
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