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Company Research

Canadian Unicorn Companies: Who They Are, What They're Worth and Who Backed Them

A sourced list of Canadian tech unicorns and former unicorns, with latest reported valuations, key investors and what their paths say about building a billion-dollar company in Canada.

7 min read
Sales & Lead Generation

How to Build a B2B Lead List That Actually Converts

A step-by-step guide to building a targeted B2B lead list: defining your ICP, finding accounts, adding contacts, verifying data, prioritising with signals and keeping the list clean.

7 min read
Raising Capital

How to Build an Investor List That Actually Gets You Meetings

A step-by-step method for building a targeted investor list: where to find names, which fields to track, how to score fit and how to prioritise outreach before a raise.

7 min read
Private Equity & VC

How to Buy a Business in Canada: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide

How to buy an existing business in Canada: finding targets, valuation, asset vs share purchase, financing with BDC and vendor take-backs, due diligence, tax points and closing.

7 min read
Raising Capital

How to Find Angel Investors for Your Startup: A Step-by-Step Playbook

Where angel investors actually come from, how to build a list of the right ones, and how to approach them so they reply. A practical playbook for first-time founders.

9 min read
Private Equity & VC

How to Find Family Offices That Invest in Deals Like Yours

Where to find single and multi-family offices, how to work out their investment mandate, how to get introduced and what family offices look for in direct deals and funds.

7 min read

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Investor target lists

Angels, VCs and family offices filtered by stage, sector, geography and recent activity, with a reason each one fits.

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Off-market, founder-owned businesses that fit your buy box, researched by hand rather than scraped in bulk.

Funded-company leads

Companies that just raised, with the people who will be buying, delivered as a clean spreadsheet or CRM import.

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