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GreenSky Ventures makes investments in early-stage Canadian technology companies through its affiliated venture capital funds.

📊 It’s interesting to look at the asset allocation of large professional investment managers around the globe and how those asset allocations have changed over the years. 

📈 One of the best performing endowment funds in the U.S., the Yale Endowment, has shifted its asset mix significantly over the years. The chart below illustrates how the asset mix was primarily domestic equity in 1985, whereas by 2020, the portfolio was dominated by ‘alternative’ investments, such as venture capital, absolute return, leveraged buyouts (private equity) and natural resources. 

🚀 The adoption of alternatives by large institutions illustrates how the venture capital asset class has evolved within the overall investment landscape. While venture may be a less familiar and sometimes opaque asset class to some, it has proven that it is able to create outsized value and produce attractive long-term financial returns for many sophisticated investors. 

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📢 GreenSky Episode 6🎙 is here!

🎙️ We recently discussed negative control rights on our podcast with Marc Shewchun from Fasken and James Brink from Ormston List Frawley LLP. They shared invaluable insights on navigating these complexities and ensuring your term sheet works for the entrepreneurs.

Tune into the latest episode of GreenSky Ventures podcast to learn more about negative control rights in a term sheet. 

https://lnkd.in/gEbdcuKb

The previous two episodes on term sheets are:

Episode 4: What is a term sheet (https://lnkd.in/g952JsCv)

Episode 5: Shareholder rights in a term sheet (https://lnkd.in/g8Y7tccQ)

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💸 Historically, the #venturecapital asset class generates return dispersions that are relatively wider than other asset classes. #Dispersion signifies the variability or spread of returns, in this case, within a single asset class. 

📊 The chart below from PitchBook shows the fund dispersion for various #alternativeasset classes. Venture capital (shown as “VC” on the chart) has the highest fund performance dispersion, meaning that venture capital funds had the widest spread between the top returning funds and the bottom returning funds. 

💰 Investors are often interested in asset classes with wider return dispersion because there is the potential for greater returns if they can find #skilledmanagers who perform at the higher end of the dispersion band. 

📈 By contrast, in asset classes with historically lower dispersion spreads - such as #fixedincome or US #publicequities - the potential difference in returns generated by skilled managers compared to less skilled managers is generally much smaller.

Are you interested in learning more about GreenSky Fund VI? Fill out the form (https://lnkd.in/gpdYRzhQ) or contact us directly.

CC: Mike List, Marian Hoffmann, Greg Stewart, Valdis Martinsons, Neil Peet, Moien Giashi, PhD, Justin Dunnion, Victoria McCowan

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We are excited to support ethica Channel Enablement Inc. in its journey.
Thanks BetaKit and Josh Scott for featuring this story!

Neil Peet, Mike List, Valdis Martinsons, Marian Hoffmann, Greg Stewart, Moien Giashi, PhD, Justin Dunnion, Victoria McCowan, Alan Zimmermann, Brad Lagasse, Jeff Brunet

📢 WE ARE AT Startupfest 2024 NEXT WEEK!
💼 Our Principal, Moien Giashi, PhD, will be in Montreal at STARTUPFEST July 10-12, 2024! 
📅 If you will be around, get in touch with him NOW!

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Join us in welcoming our newest team member, Justin Dunnion who has started this week with the rest of the GreenSky Ventures investment team at Collision Conf!

Neil Peet, Moien Giashi, PhD, Mike List, Marian Hoffmann, Greg Stewart, Valdis Martinsons, Victoria McCowan

📢 GreenSky Episode 5🎙 is here!

In this episode, we continue our conversation on term sheet and cover shareholder rights!

Moien Giashi, PhD, hosts Mike List, GreenSky Ventures managing partner and Marc Shewchun of Fasken and James Brink of Ormston List Frawley LLP, and the group covers the following topics:

➡Liquidation Preference  
➡Pro-rata right
➡Anti-Dilution right
➡Tag-Along/Co-Sale Right
➡Drag-Along Right
➡Share Conversion

Find the link in the comment section.

Our Principal Moien Giashi, PhD was on a panel this week along with Jude Sacramenthas from RBCx, Ana Misra, Jennifer Edey from Deloitte sharing with startups how they should plan their fundraising!

Thanks Sneha Punwani, MBA for moderating and the rest of IDEA Mississauga team for organizing this panel!

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🦷 We are excited to announce our investment in Mesosil. Mesosil's patented nanocarriers have a ton of applications, including in dental materials, to fight cavities and infections!

⚗ Congrats to Cameron Stewart and the team for what they have achieved!

#deeptech #medicaldevice #lifesciences #bio #venturecapital #seed #dental #startup #innovation #commercialization

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Our Principal, Moien Giashi, PhD will be in City of Calgary May 28-31 to attend Inventures 2024.

We are looking forward to catching up with startups, investors and ecosystem partners!

Bluesky Equities, Thin Air Labs. Ontopical, Direct-C Limited, UCeed Haskayne Student Fund, CDL-Rockies, Platform Calgary, Inverted Ventures, Panache Ventures, Invest Alberta. Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC), Graphite Capital, Venture Capital Association of Alberta (VCAA)

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