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Team - ArcTern Ventures
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Core management, investment screening and direct governance of investee companies is provided by our Managing Partners: two entrepreneurs with long and successful track records building technology startups. The core management team is buttressed by an experienced Investment Committee, a cadre of Canada’s top technical and business advisors, and a well-connected set of investors. Further leverage provided by the extensive set of professionals that is the MaRS network. Mike Bain, CFO. ArcTern Ventures (for...
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Thoughts | Tom Rand's Cleantech
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Cleantech Investor, Advisor, Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur. The market won’t by itself get us beyond carbon. That much is clear. The market is a powerful force, but must be harnessed to the task with clear and consistent market signals. Like a price on carbon, and the acceleration of capital into clean energy markets. We need more polymaths, less defensive rhetoric, and a clear view to pragmatic solutions. Hydrostor launches energy storage plant w/ Toronto Hydro. December 19, 2015. See ArcTern blog here.
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Oceanic Defense: June 2010
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Researchers Predict Larger-Than-Average Gulf 'Dead Zone'; Impact of Oil Spill Unclear. The red and yellow areas show the approximate boundaries of a Gulf of Mexico dead zone from several years ago. (Credit: Graphic courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio). The 2010 forecast, released by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), calls for a Gulf dead zone of between 6,500 and 7,800 square miles, an area roughly the size of Lake Ontario. We're not...
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Guest post: In defense of the Ontario FIT program | CLEAN | BREAK
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Guest post: In defense of the Ontario FIT program. September 15, 2011. The following post comes from Tom Rand (PEng, PhD), director of VCi Green Funds. And author of Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit. The answer depends largely on how, and if, the Green Energy Act (GEA) rolls out. It’s the Liberals, and not the NDP or Conservatives, who are promoting the policies that will ensure Ontario is positioned to become a major manufacturer and producer of clean technology. To deliver on the promise of jobs, the GEA mus...
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Green Bonds – the details | Tom Rand's Cleantech
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Cleantech Investor, Advisor, Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur. Green Bonds – the details. July 25, 2015. Interest in “Green Bonds” is increasing these days; heavily emphasized in a recent interview. With Managing Partner Tom Rand. For clarity, here is the text of a detailed policy proposal. Rand worked on as an Action Canada Fellow in 2008/9. It’s details feature a uniquely productive interplay between the public and private sectors. This entry was posted in Climate Change. Politics of the Environment.
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Activities | Tom Rand's Cleantech
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Cleantech Investor, Advisor, Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur. G&M OpEd: Ontario’s Cap-n-Trade. Dated: April 20, 2015. Op-ed (Globe and Mail, April 14th) discussing emerging role of sub-national jurisdictions on Canadian climate policy. The Provinces get it: Carbon pricing can be simple and efficient More coverage: – on CBC Radio’s Ontario Today (Rand starts 18:20) – on … Continue reading →. Waking the Frog – Book Launch. Dated: November 27, 2014. The Future of Energy. Dated: September 1, 2014. Evan’s...
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Videos | Tom Rand's Cleantech
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Cleantech Investor, Advisor, Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur. Latest in Series of E-Squared Debates. November 17, 2015. Listed from latest to earliest) Dec 14 – on the Paris deal at COP21 Nov 16 – is cleantech growth a silver lining in our lackluster climate efforts? Nov 2 – in which Fraser Institute makes the (indefensible and unsubstantiated … Continue reading →. Canada2020 : Five Big Ideas. March 11, 2015. Waking the Frog – Book Launch. November 27, 2014. Politics of the Environment. November 24, 2014.
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G&M OpEd: Ontario’s Cap-n-Trade | Tom Rand's Cleantech
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Cleantech Investor, Advisor, Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur. G&M OpEd: Ontario’s Cap-n-Trade. April 20, 2015. Op-ed (Globe and Mail, April 14th) discussing emerging role of sub-national jurisdictions on Canadian climate policy. The Provinces get it: Carbon pricing can be simple and efficient. 8211; on CBC Radio’s Ontario Today. 8211; on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning with Matt Galloway. This entry was posted in Activities. Politics of the Environment. Canada2020 : Five Big Ideas. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
