Sean Silcoff
@SeanSilcoffStoryteller. Newshound. Co-wrote Losing the Signal, about BlackBerry. I cover Canadian tech/biotech/innovation for Globe & Mail. Verified.
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Today is my 10th anniversary at the Globe & Mail (excluding a summer stint in 1996). It’s been a fun ride so far. Here are 10* stories I’ve written/cowritten in the past decade: 1. How BlackBerry blew it: The inside story/via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/report-on-busi… (*OK, 11)
You can find me here, there, everywhere. X, LinkedIn, Bluesky…
When an Onion story is not an Onion story: The Onion Says It Has Bought Infowars, Alex Jones’s Site, Out of Bankruptcy nytimes.com/2024/11/14/bus…
Exclusive: Vancouver’s @penderventures has closed its second fund, hitting its $100M CAD mark despite a tough environment. I unpacked the news, the state of the #VC market, and the firm’s Fund II plans with managing partner Maria Pacella. #YVRtech #CDNtech betakit.com/pender-venture…
Google bought his smart glasses company. Will anyone buy Stephen Lake’s heat pumps? theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Alberta’s Deep Sky sells first carbon removal credits to RBC, Microsoft theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Can Canada’s psychedelic drug developers shake off the sector’s bad trip? theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Dye & Durham overhauls proposed slate for contested AGM – but keeps one name in snub of CEO’s brother theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Neo Financial raises $360-million, backed by Shopify’s Tobi Lutke, Slack founder Stewart Butterfield, others theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Groupe Dynamite launches IPO with shares priced between $19 and $23 each theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Sanctuary AI chief Geordie Rose exiting post at robotics company theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Dye & Durham rejects rival board slate notice by activist investor on technical grounds theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Total federal spending last yr=$6.8T. >1/3 to SocSecurity+Medicare.Trump promised to not cut those. Military spending veterans benefits=$1.2T. Debt interest =$882B. Remaining budget=$2.7T. Could Musk find $2T in savings from that? “Don’t hold your breath.” theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…
Bell’s U.S. ambitions started with thwarted bid for Frontier Communications theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Canada Post to launch chequing and savings account in partnership with Koho Financial /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Aron Levitz named co-president of Wattpad as #CDNtech executive turnover continues through the fall betakit.com/aron-levitz-na… via @BetaKit
Canadian TikTok creators say closure of local operations will hit them hard /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
$DND saga is neverending & never dull. Here's some of our past @globeandmail coverage lnkd.in/eU2bKiaj lnkd.in/evHBAmv8 lnkd.in/e9mxtWqY lnkd.in/ef5ZkGcX lnkd.in/eRcdrFCG lnkd.in/e5HVfyaW lnkd.in/eZYEsGzH lnkd.in/ejjYsexn
Dye & Durham tried to use competition investigation to entrench leadership, documents show /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Groupe Dynamite files preliminary prospectus for IPO to list on Toronto Stock Exchange /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Competition Bureau sets sights on Dye & Durham years after company dramatically hiked prices /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
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