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March 07, 2021:Market volatility causes Canadian capital markets speed bump
After three successive weeks of extraordinarily strong capital markets activity by the Canadian technology and clean tech sectors, this past week was impacted by ongoing market volatility as we expected last week. Public markets equity raises were under $100 million by our count. We are keeping an eye out on the performance of TAAL (an interesting Bitcoin SV play) and General Pizza (our due diligence found the pies to be delicious!). In the USA, we’re eager to see public debuts by Coupang, Instacart, Rocket Lab and Cipher in coming weeks/months.

February 28, 2021:Another Strong Week for Canadian Capital Markets, Market Volatility Near Term Speedbump
After two consecutive weeks of extraordinarily strong capital markets activity by the Canadian technology and clean tech sectors, with total public equity fundraising announcements of around $2.5 billion. That said, recent market volatility could temper upcoming near-term activity as investors digest recent new issues and grapple with increased market fluctuations. In the USA, we look forward to upcoming public market debuts by Coinbase, Robinhood, Roblox and Toast.

February 21, 2021: Canadian Capital Markets’ Strong Run Continues
After our last weekly update, highlighted a very busy week for Canadian capital markets, last week was extremely busy as well, coming in at around $900 million in public markets equity transactions. Amongst our client list, Sophic client, Luckbox (LUCK-TSXV) announced a $5 million equity financing, which was raised to $15 million owing to strong investor demand. The launch of the second-ever bitcoin ETF just days after approving the first crypto fund, in Canada (EBIT-TSX & EBIT.U-TSX) received considerable attention. In the USA, Coinbase was reportedly valued above US$100 billion, ahead of a direct listing. SpaceX raised ~US$ 850 million at a ~US$75 billion valuation.

Market Undervalues UGE Versus Peer Transactions
After strong shareholder returns in 2020, 2021 could be another strong year for UGE International, a developer and operator of community solar projects (mostly in the U.S.). Why? Compared to solar project peer transactions, the market is undervaluing UGE shares. Plus, almost C$7 million was added to UGE’s balance sheet this week, in an oversubscribed offering.