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Cross Border Activity - September 2008 California and Massachusetts-based venture shops continued to show interest in Canadian technology plays by participating in financings completed by eBlime, Infobright and Tungle – it is noteworthy to point out that each of the transactions involved a raise of at least $5 million and included participation by Canadian investors. On the M&A side, US buyers privatized two TSX-listed companies. One of the acquisitions involved a private equity fund taking out one of the remaining income trusts.
Cross Border Activity - August 2008 The fact that the loonie is hovering around parity with the US dollar hasn’t stopped US players from investing in Canadian companies, as all of the notable Canada-US transactions last month involved money moving north across the border. The month’s activity, which included two financings and five buyouts, consisted of three technology deals.
Cross Border Activity - July 2008 There were 5 Canadian financings that involved participation by investors from the United States. The American investments included capital injections into cleantech and cleantech-related software companies. There were three cross border M&A deals; two of the transactions were strategic acquisitions in the software space, while the third deal was the billion dollar private equity buyout of Hudson’s Bay.
Cross Border Activity - June 2008 In June, US players helped finance 5 private deals which totaled $69 million in new capital. Proofpoint’s acquisition of Fortiva was the lone US-led M&A deal, and one of the two transactions involving a Canadian software developer.
Cross Border Activity - May 2008 Cross border financings included two VC investments, a private equity raise by one of Canada’s exchanges, and a convertible debt issue in the biotech sector. M&A activity included two transactions involving U.S players that bought out Canadian targets.
Cross Border Activity - April 2008 Cross border financing in April 2008 saw a Toronto-based online video and media distributor receive financing from a U.S. Private Equity firm. Reported M&A activity consisted of one-way transactions, as was the case for a Toronto-based private technology company that was acquired by a public U.S. information technology company.
Cross Border Activity – March 2008 Cross border financing in March 2008 saw a British Columbia-based biotech company receive financing from global investors. Reported M&A activity was one-sided, as three U.S. Private Equity firms each acquired a Canadian company.
Cross Border Activity – February 2008 Cross border financing continued to slow in February 2008. No completed deals were reported, however M&A activity saw a Toronto-based server virtualization company acquired for over $200 million in cash by a major U.S. software company.
Cross Border Activity – January 2008 Cross border financing started slow in 2008, however M&A activity saw 2 U.S.-based Private Equity firms acquire Canadian companies, as well as 2 European companies involved in acquisitions.
Cross Border Activity - December 2007 Cross border financing continued to slow in December, however M&A activity saw 3 Canadian firms acquired by companies south of the border.

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