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AVAC Update July 3, 2009
07/03/2009
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
07/03/2009
AVAC Ltd. requests your presence at the 2009 AVAC ANNUAL on July 23rd at Edmonton’s Shaw
Conference Centre.
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AVAC Ltd. Appoints New Chairman to Board of Directors
06/16/2009
Ross Bricker, President and CEO of AVAC Ltd. announced today that Mr. Art Froehlich has been appointed to the position of Chairman of AVAC’s Board of Directors.
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AVAC Update May 19, 2009
05/19/2009
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Venture Capital Rodeo School
05/07/2009
AVAC & Yaletown have banded together to offer you the opportunity to connect with your western roots!
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CVCA 2009 Annual Conference May 27-29
04/28/2009
AVAC, Calgary Economic Development, Calgary Technologies Inc. and the Banff Venture Forum are pleased to be marketing partners of the 2009 CVCA Annual Conference which takes place in Calgary on May 27-29. This is the premiere networking and professional development event for Canada’s private capital industry and will attract over 400 industry professionals and influencers from across the country, the U.S. and around the world to Calgary!
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Global Cosmetics Industry Sources Made-in-Alberta Ingredient
04/23/2009
A $2.4-million investment by AVAC Ltd. is critical to the growing success of Botaneco Specialty Ingredients Inc. Download the attached PDF for the full story.
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MoboVivo Inc. announces GlassBOX TV shows for web and mobile
04/22/2009
Music, sports and reality TV series added to MoboVivo.com WebStore
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AVAC Update April 20, 2009
04/20/2009
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CoolIT Systems Closes $6.2 Million Financing
03/24/2009
Capital plan supports mainstream performance-computing adoption of liquid cooling. Download the PDF for the full story.
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AVAC Update March 13, 2009
03/18/2009
AVAC news and events for March. Follow the link at the top of the page and subscribe.
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Psyko Audio Takes Headphone Market by Storm
03/10/2009
Psyko Audio Labs Inc. of Calgary will use a $975,000 investment by AVAC Ltd. to enhance an international marketing campaign to let gamers know how they can buy a set of the revolutionary 3-D-sound headphones that won first place at the world’s largest consumer electronic tradeshow held in Las Vegas in early 2009. Download the PDF for the full story.
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Tynt Multimedia Closes $5 Million Series A Investment
03/05/2009
iNovia Capital, a manager of seed and early stage venture capital funds, today announced its investment in Calgary-based Tynt Multimedia to complete the closing of a $5 Million financing round that included existing angel investors and AVAC Ltd.
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Vet market ripe for Business Infusions’ software
02/27/2009
A $340,000 investment by AVAC Ltd. gives Business Infusions of Calgary the cash to boost global marketing of an innovative end-to-end practice management software package that’s already increasing the profitability of equine veterinary clinics from Calgary to Kentucky and Dubai, says Scott Pickard, president and CEO, Business Infusions.
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Farmon.com launches on-line community for young farmers
02/20/2009
A $25,000 investment by AVAC Ltd. enabled Farmon.com to launch a website that’s creating an innovative on-line community to help young Alberta farmers use Internet connections to grow their businesses via point-and-click access to everything from educational courses and videos, to blogs, forums and even direct sales to consumers, says Jackie Northey, Farmon.com coordinator.
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AVAC Media Release - SinoVeda Nets AVAC investment
02/17/2009
A $2.9-million investment in the precommercial
development of a natural health product
company headquartered in Edmonton will help SinoVeda
Canada Inc. develop a unique line of human phytomedicinal
products, “including one that is expected to give Alberta....
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AVAC Update - February 13, 2008
02/17/2009
AVAC news and events for February. Follow the link at the top of the page and subscribe.
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AVAC Update - January 20, 2008
01/21/2009
AVAC news and events for January. Follow the link at the top of the page and subscribe.
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Media Release: Synodon Secures $1.3 million Investment
12/18/2008
Synodon Inc. is an Edmonton based technology company which has developed and demonstrated an advanced airborne remote gas sensing system called realSensTM, based on technologies developed under the Canadian Space Program and by Synodon scientists.
Download the attached PDF for the full story.
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AVAC Update - December 9, 2008
12/09/2008
News and upcoming events on AVAC focused areas. Sign-up at the top of our website to get it by email.
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Media Release: MoboVivo Earns AVAC Investment
11/21/2008
AVAC Ltd. to invest $1 million in MoboVivo, a multi-media distribution company that delivers educational, entertainment and lifestyle productions to computers, mobile phones, iPods, game platforms, settop boxes, web sites and social networks, effectively “getting digital video from producer to consumer -- anytime, anywhere,” says MoboVivo president Trevor Doerksen of Calgary.
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AVAC Update - Nov 7, 2008
11/11/2008
News and upcoming events on AVAC focused areas. Click the sign-up link at the top of the page to get it by email.
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AVAC is Hiring - Vice President Investment
11/04/2008
The Vice President, Investment, will report directly to the President & Chief Executive Officer of AVAC Ltd. The incumbent will lead and mentor the team of Alberta based Investment Managers in the implementation and achievement of AVAC’s business plans, assist in the development of corporate strategy and coordinate efforts towards the overall success of AVAC.
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AVAC is Hiring - Senior Investment Manager
11/04/2008
Based in either Edmonton or Calgary, the Senior Investment Manager will report to the Vice President, Investment. This role’s primary focus will be to support the growth of early stage commercial opportunities in Alberta and Canada. The value-add will be provided by facilitating investments and activities that effectively support AVAC’s strategic investment objectives. The Senior Investment Manager will work with clients from conception of an idea to full commercialization. The conversion of products and or services is to provide more economic value to industries such as Life Sciences, Information and Communication Technology, Technology and agrivalue.
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Alberta Rhodiola rosea Program featured in Alberta Venture Magazine
11/01/2008
Read more about this AVAC investee at the Alberta Venture Magazine website.
http://www.albertaventure.com/?p=2826&year=
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AVAC Update - Oct 10, 2008
10/15/2008
News and upcoming events on AVAC focused areas. Click the sign-up link at the top of the page to get it by email.
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DataGardens: One of Canada’s top 10 start-ups
09/30/2008
AVAC investee, DataGardens was was selected as one of Canada’s top 10 IT start-up companies. The company was chosen by a distinguished group of venture capital investors based on DataGardens appeal as an exceptional Canadian investment opportunity.
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AVAC Update - September 9, 2008
09/09/2008
Latest news and upcoming events for AVAC focused areas. Subscribe by clicking the sign-up link at the top
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Media Release: Userful Corp to Green the World's Computer Industry
08/19/2008
A Calgary-based software company that helped its customers cut global CO2 emissions by more than 29,000 tonnes over
the last 12 months (the environmental equivalent
of taking 5,000 cars off the road), is preparing to
ramp-up sales of it’s ecologically-friendly software
that’s already revolutionized over 30,000 public and private desktops worldwide.
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AVAC Update - August 12, 2008
08/12/2008
Latest news and upcoming events for AVAC focused areas. Subscribe by clicking the sign-up link at the top of the page.
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Ross Bricker quoted in the July Farm Forum article "Get ready for a revolution"...
08/01/2008
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AVAC Update - July 11, 2008
07/15/2008
News and dates to remember. Subscribe by clicking the "newsletter" link at the top of the page.
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Media Release: Calgary Scientific Inc. Revolutionizes Cardiac Assessment
07/07/2008
A $1-million investment from AVAC Ltd.’s new IVAC fund will help Calgary Scientific Inc. accelerate the release of a sophisticated suite of medical diagnostic software that enables physicians to conduct a full cardiac assessment examination from CT and MR images. Full story inside the PDF.
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