Much has been written about the record year in funding for Atlantic Canadian startups last year, but one facet of startup fundraising in the region has been largely overlooked: the growing role of the stock market.
For the first time, high-growth innovation companies in Atlantic Canada are turning in a meaningful way to the stock market as a source of capital. Several forces have converged to make publicly listed companies a more important component of the community.
Atlantic Canadian companies raised more than $24 million by selling shares and derivatives on the stock markets in calendar