63 stories about CSE from the Canadian Securities Exchange blog since 2014.
Companies in these stories: FRSH (CSE:FRSH), TRIP (CSE:TRIP), BCBC (CSE:BCBC), BHSC (CSE:BHSC), Draganfly Inc. (CSE:DPRO), Raffles Financial Group Limited (CSE:RICH)
Canadian Securities Exchange CEO Richard Carleton appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy in March 2026 to discuss the breakdown of the traditional IPO for small- and medium-sized companies and why widening retail access to public markets is central to fixing it. By James Black, Vice President, Marketing and Communications,…
This week, host Anna Serin is joined by Gwen Preston, Newsletter Writer and Mining News Blogger at Resource Maven to discuss recent developments and current trends in the mineral exploration and investment space.Gwen shares her views on how rate hikes have impacted the mineral investment space, the new competition for speculative capital, and the…
These are tough times for many publicly traded companies. Valuations have declined alongside rising interest rates, and capital is incredibly difficult to come by across many sectors. In a challenging market like this, some boards and management teams are trying almost anything to give their valuation, trading liquidity, and capital-raising opportunities a boost, however small.…
It was a tale of two stock markets in 2023, with large-cap indices nearing record highs, while the shares of smaller companies struggled to find steady footing. Ongoing geopolitical uncertainty didn’t help, but if one had to name a single factor explaining the divergent performance, most observers would point to interest rates, which have surged…
Welcome back to The Exchange for Entrepreneurs Podcast. This week, host James Black is joined by Hamish Khamisa, Founder and President of Sparx Publishing Group, where they discuss his findings from over a decade of analyzing investment trends, particularly those in the self-directed investment space. James and Hamish then go deeper into the trends that…
Welcome back to the Exchange for Entrepreneurs Podcast. On this week’s episode, host James Black welcomes back Rob Cook, Sr. VP at the Canadian Securities Exchange to share interviews and stories from his recent journey to Rwanda and Uganda. During his travels Rob sat down for conversations with intrepid entrepreneurs including Robert Twibaze, a hotelier…
Welcome back to the Exchange for Entrepreneurs Podcast. On this week’s episode, host James Black welcomes back Neil Seeman, a Canadian educator, internet entrepreneur, mental health advocate, and author. Neil’s new book “Accelerated Minds: Unlocking the Fascinating, Inspiring, and Often Destructive Impulses that Drive the Entrepreneurial Brain” dives into the brain science of why entrepreneurs…
Welcome back to the Exchange for Entrepreneurs Podcast. On this week’s episode host James Black taps into the extraordinary journey of Quawntay “Bosco” Adams, whose odyssey from the streets of Compton to federal prison and now to Hollywood is truly the story of one man whose dream was simply too big for anything to stop.…
It’s been a whirlwind start to 2023. Over the past three months, the CSE team has enjoyed connecting with friends both old and new in mining and from across the capital markets at the many mining events and activities taking place across the country. From VRIC to PreDACs to PDAC, there was no shortage of…
Welcome back to the Exchange for Entrepreneurs Podcast. On this week’s episode, host James Black welcomes back Alex Tapscott, Co-Founder of the Blockchain Research Institute to talk about all things blockchain, decentralized finance, and Web3. This conversation is a natural extension from James and Alex’s conversation back in 2019 where Alex discussed the origins and…
On this episode of the Exchange for Entrepreneurs Podcast we welcome back Bill Besenhofer, CEO of The Fresh Factory (CSE:FRSH). In this week’s conversation, we chat about the platform they have built to accelerate the growth of disruptive food and beverage brands that are vertically integrated from the farm to shelf. The Fresh Factory strives…
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It’s International Women’s Day! Join the Canadian Securities Exchange’s Anna Serin as she’s joined by CSE CFO Mary Anne Palangio and CSE CLO Tracey Stern for a special edition of the Exchange for Entrepreneurs Podcast. In this episode, Mary Anne and Tracey share perspectives earned through their unique journeys in the Canadian Capital Markets, including…
On this week’s episode of the Exchange for Entrepreneurs Podcast we welcome back Todd Shapiro, CEO of Red Light Holland (CSE:TRIP). In this week’s conversation, we discuss why their stock symbol isn’t quite as representative of the company as it once was (or was meant to be) and “dig” into the things they are doing…
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On this week’s show of the Exchange for Entrepreneurs Podcast we welcome Ray Williams to discuss diversity, race, and social equity, and why these themes are critical on both a human and economic level. Ray Williams is the Vice Chairman – Financial Markets at National Bank Financial and has a storied banking career that has…
The sixth episode of this year’s program has us catching up with Brayden Sutton, CEO of The BC Bud Corporation (CSE:BCBC). Brayden isn’t just a CEO… he’s had a colorful career as a trader, as an entrepreneur, and investor at a young age. He’s even written a book called Money Mind: Beyond Speculation – a…
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After previously appearing as a special guest moderator on CSE’s Esports in the Capital Markets program, Esports executive Ben Feferman returns to the Exchange for Entrepreneurs podcast to talk about the current state of the Esports industry. After riding a wave of growth driven by public markets speculation prior to the pandemic, the industry finds…
We start our second show of the season by revisiting one of the most memorable interviews from last season with Ilan Sobel, CEO of BioHarvest Sciences (CSE:BHSC). On last year’s interview we learned about the driving mission of his company to build “human utility value”. We use that as a jumping-off point as we re-unite…
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Home to over 300 mining listings (and counting), the CSE team understands and appreciates the importance of cultivating strong relationships in the mining industry. It’s why we’ve proudly made a name for ourselves in the sector by attending, sponsoring, and speaking at a range of mining and exploration events within Canada and globally over the…
Jay Martin, President and CEO of Cambridge House International makes his long-overdue return to the Exchange for Entrepreneurs podcast! In this episode we follow-up 30 months after our last conversation with Jay when the impact of the global pandemic was starting to irreversibly alter the path of his business at Cambridge House International – a…
Welcome back to a new season of the Exchange for Entrepreneurs Podcast! This year promises to be another compelling year of discussion with entrepreneurs, investors and influencers standing firmly in the intersection between entrepreneurship and the public markets. Season 3’s inaugural interview is with returning guest Cameron Chell. Cam is the Co-Founder and CEO Co-Founder…
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Episode 31 of The Exchange for Entrepreneurs Podcast is live! The CSE’s Barrington Miller chats with Millennial Strategies Partner Jeffrey Guillot about the company’s lobbying work, cannabis legalization in the US, and New York State’s positioning within the industry. The conversation also addresses CAURD licenses, the illicit versus legal markets, and cannabis oversupply. Here’s an…
At the Canadian Securities Exchange, we pride ourselves on being the exchange of choice for entrepreneurs from a range of industries around the world. The growing international demand for deep expertise in public venture capital, especially in areas like mining, cannabis and technology, are part of the reason why members from our team recently travelled…
By Richard Carleton, CEO of the Canadian Securities Exchange One of the very best aspects of the Canadian capital markets is our ability to provide funding to early-stage companies. With a successful history of financing mining and oil and gas exploration, the industry has applied its skills in more recent years to support innovation in…
CEO Richard Carleton was pleased to sit down with Greg Hasty from Highly Capitalized during MJBizCon Las Vegas to discuss the CSE’s position in the global cannabis space, how the industry as a whole is maturing, as well as M&A activity and brand building among US cannabis MSOs. Read the transcript of the interview below.…
Stock markets around the world continued to enjoy high levels of investor participation and buoyant prices in the first half of 2021. How happy are you with the first six months of the year, and what were some of the highlights in terms of issuer accomplishments and milestones achieved by the CSE team? We are…
Last month, Thomas S. Caldwell retired from the Board of Directors of the Canadian Securities Exchange and stepped down as Chairman, a role he had filled since 2012. The move was prompted by a new recognition order from the Ontario Securities Commission requiring the Exchange to have an independent director serve as Chairman. Mr. Caldwell,…
CSE’s Phillip Shum chats with TAAT Lifestyle & Wellness Ltd. (CSE:TAAT) CEO Setti Coscarella about their objective to introduce an innovative, experience-driven alternative to tobacco cigarettes for tobacco smokers who aspire to leave nicotine behind. Here’s an overview of what they cover in this episode of #HashtagFinance: 0:35 – Introducing Setti and the TAAT mission…
CSE’s Anil Mall chats with Anthony Brown, CEO of AMPD Ventures Inc. (CSE:AMPD), about his company’s ambitions in providing high-performance cloud and computing solutions for low-latency applications, including video games and eSports, digital animation and visual effects, and big data collection, analysis and visualization. Here’s an overview of what Anil and Anthony cover in this…
Curious about what’s happening in the US stock market? We invited two market experts to discuss the recent rally in the US on our AFTER MARKET programs and compiled both interviews for your listening pleasure. Firstly, JB & Bear are joined by their third ever guest on AFTER MARKET – Richard Carleton, CEO of the…
Dr. Ahmad Doroudian on the Potential of a COVID-19 Treatment, Not a Cure | #HashtagFinance The CSE’s Barrington Miller chats with Dr. Ahmad Doroudian, CEO of BetterLife Pharma Inc. (CSE:BETR), about BetterLife’s ambitions to advance on the AP-003 clinical trial programs of Altum Pharmaceuticals Inc., which includes a therapeutic pipeline consisting of three products, including…
First of all, given that Canada remains in varying phases of lockdown due to COVID-19, how is the CSE team doing? Is everyone healthy and adjusted to working on a different basis for the time being? Yes, everyone is in fact healthy and team morale is excellent. Right now, we have a small number of…
CSE’s Barrington Miller chats with Brad Moore, CEO of Global Cannabis Applications Corp. (CSE:APP) about his company’s ambitions as a technology company that strives to improve medical cannabis patients’ outcomes through the gathering and analysis of deep data. Here’s an overview of what Barrington and Brad cover in this edition of the #HashtagFinance podcast: 1.10…
CSE’s Barrington Miller chats with Paul Rosen, CEO of 1933 Industries Inc. (CSE:TGIF) about his recent appointment as Interim CEO of the company and his operating philosophy moving forward in the face of COVID-19. Paul also shares his personal journey as an early leader in the cannabis industry and makes note of the many changes…
CSE’s Anil Mall chats with Derek Wood, CEO of Tocvan Ventures Corp. (CSE:TOC), about his experience in mineral exploration finance and the many do’s and don’ts of building a public mining stock. The conversation also touches on Tocvan’s ambitions as an early-stage natural resource company engaged primarily in the acquisition, exploration and, if warranted, development…
CSE’s Phillip Shum chats with Charlie In, Chairman of Raffles Group Financial (CSE:RICH) about their recent listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange and their focus on providing customized public listing advisory services by working with audit, legal, tax and banking professionals. Here’s an overview of what they cover in this episode of the #HashtagFinance podcast:…
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CSE’s Anil Mall chats with Tower One Wireless (CSE:TO) CEO and President, Alejandro Ochoa, about their focus on owning and operating wireless telecom infrastructure sites in Latin American markets that are experiencing strong growth. Here’s an overview of what they cover in this podcast: 1:55 – Tower One – a specialty real estate play first.…
CSE’s Phillip Shum chats with TAAT Lifestyle & Wellness Director Joe Deighan, who discusses their recent public listing and subsidiary Taat Herb Co. who manufacture and sell premium hemp products including hemp cigarettes made from a proprietary blend of premium hemp. Here’s an overview of what they cover in this podcast: 1:38 – Joe’s background…
On this episode of #HashtagFinance, CSE’s Anil Mall talks with Robert Delamar, CEO of First Responder Technologies Inc. (CSE:WPN) about how First Responder is developing groundbreaking technologies to prevent and safely defuse public attacks involving concealed weapons. Here’s an overview of what they cover in this podcast: 3:07 – The vision behind the creation of…
The CSE’s James Black and Mark Francis were joined by Ronnie Jaegermann, Venture Partner from Beyond Ventures, Simon Weintraub, Partner from Yigal Arnon & Co., and Tomer Nitzan, Presiding Officer, US-Israel Desk at BDO, for a webinar on June 11th, 2020. In this latest installment of the CSE’s “All Locked Down and Nowhere to Go”…
On this episode of #HashtagFinance, CSE’s Barrington Miller was joined by Stephen Stewart, Director of Mistango River Resources Inc. (CSE:MIS) to discuss the why they are hunting for Kirkland Lake gold. He also addresses the dramatic evolution of the company over the past 12 months and why he’s excited about the prospects for the company’s…
CSE’s Anil Mall was joined by Paul Woodward, President, and Greg James, COO of Aether Catalyst Solutions, Inc. (CSE:ATHR) to share how the company is progressing its research in developing a low-cost, high-performance, three-way catalyst to replace the costly precious metals currently utilized in automotive catalytic converters. In this three-way conversation, Paul and Greg explain…
CSE’s Barrington Miller was joined by Mike Sieb, Director of Getchell Gold Corp. (CSE:GTCH) to inaugurate the first ever “Mining Monday” session of #HashtagFinance. In this discussion, Mike shares why Nevada is his favourite jurisdiction for mineral exploration (4:24), the hallmarks of great opportunities in the mining business (7:22), and the factors that are supporting…
CSE’s James Black, Barrington Miller, and Anil Mall were pleased to finally return the favour and host Happy Munkey LLC’s Vladimir Bautista and Ramon Reyes for a deep dive on the intersection of cannabis corporate AND cannabis culture. In this expansive discussion, the team shares why their recent feature in Forbes is further validation of…
The CSE’s James Black and Mark Francis were joined by Angela Jackson, Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Portland Seed Fund, Derek Hunter, President and CEO of Bluesky Equities Ltd., and Sean Peasgood, President and CEO of Sophic Capital, for a webinar on May 19th, 2020. In this latest installment of the CSE’s “All Locked…
A special “Cannabis Week” presentation, CSE’s Anna Serin was joined by CSE CEO Richard Carleton and special guest Bruce Campbell, Founder and Portfolio Manager at StoneCastle Investment Management Inc., to recap the (brief) history of the cannabis industry in the Canadian markets, and lend their insights from the front lines of this rapidly evolving industry.…
Kenneth Sam, Partner of Capital Markets at Dorsey & Whitney LLP, joined the CSE in this fourth instalment of our educational conference series, “All Locked Down and No Place to Go.” In this highly insightful webinar, Sam uses his background as a cross-border securities lawyer in Canada and the US to lead the conversation on…
When: Tuesday, April 28th at 1:15PM PDT / 4:15PM EDT Where: Zoom Video Conference How: RSVP to media@thecse.com The CSE looks forward to hosting “A Primer on At-the-Market (ATM) Offerings” on Tuesday, April 28th, 2020. Part of the CSE’s “All Locked Down and Nowhere to Go” educational conference series, next Tuesday’s webinar will centre on…
#HashtagFinance is now on the left coast! Meet your west coast hosts, CSE’s Anna Serin and Anil Mall. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / SoundCloud / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS
CSE’s James Black and Barrington Miller recently sat down to celebrate #HashtagFinance’s 100th(!) episode and reflect on the current state of work/life balance during the era of Coronavirus. In this wide-ranging Sunday morning chat, JB and Bear discuss how they are adapting and delivering services from the exchange (1:18), the domino effect of events that…
CSE’s Phillip Shum recently sat down with Peter Hodson, the founder of 5i Research, and former Chairman of Sprott Asset Management, to discuss what he’s learned over his 50 years of investing experience. In this discussion, Peter shares the feeling he gets finding the little gems that turn into the “next big thing” (2:29), how…
The CSE is known to share milestone moments with their newly listed companies, but it also celebrated some major milestones of its own this past year. In addition to its 15th anniversary in 2019, the CSE also celebrated 129 new listings – including three Israeli companies – the signing of an MOU with the Jamaica…
CSE’s Phillip Shum recently caught up with Ian Tennant, Co-Founder and Director of Newsfile Corp., to reflect on the company’s origins starting 20 years ago. In this chat, Ian shares how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act presented an opportunity for a new, national newswire service (1:04), his tips to maximize the most important real estate of a…
CSE’s James Black recently joined his colleagues Barrington Miller and Phillip Shum to reflect on another eventful year at the Exchange for Entrepreneurs. This special episode includes a wide-ranging discussion on the many highlights from 2019. The team discusses the numerous global destinations that the CSE covered throughout the year (1:53), the fascinating intersection between…
On December 19th, the Canadian Securities Exchange team gathered at the CSE Media Centre to participate in the final Market Open of 2019. After breakfast, team members had a chance to jingle the opening bell, show off some of the finest festive styles of the season, reflect on the many milestones the CSE has achieved…
The CSE proudly welcomed the Passport to Canada’s Cannabis Sector to open the market at the CSE Media Centre on November 20th, 2019. The Passport to Canada’s Cannabis Sector is an alliance between Aird & Berlis, MNP, MGO, ELLO, and the CSE. The alliance will be joining over 35,000 cannabis industry professionals, investors, and entrepreneurs…
In this very special 50th episode of #HashtagFinance, CSE CEO Richard Carleton joins James Black as the podcast’s first-ever repeat guest to celebrate the CSE’s 15-year anniversary as a recognized exchange (1:02), to reflect on how the growth of the cannabis industry affected the evolution of the CSE (7:08), to discuss the upcoming expansion from…
When it comes to achieving milestones at the CSE, the Exchange for Entrepreneurs is on an extended winning streak. With capital raised by CSE-listed issuers, trading value, and number of listings (more than 500!) all reaching new heights, it’s already been a strong start to 2019. Scroll on for an exclusive, in-depth interview with CSE…
This special presentation from the Blockchain Revolution Global Conference in April 2019 is brought to you by the CSE – Canadian Securities Exchange. This conversation between CSE CEO Richard Carleton and Blockstation CTO Jai Waterman, with hosting duties by CSE’s James Black, dives into the world of Security Token Offerings (STOs) and how the industry…
It is clear from speaking with people both inside the Canadian Securities Exchange and around the broader financial community that 2018 is going to be remembered as perhaps the most transformational year in the CSE’s history. Huge financings, billion-dollar market caps, a steady stream of international listings, and financial institutions investing in CSE issuers like…
Energy storage sounds very much like a prosaic industry, but it is poised for a boom. One World Lithium (CSE:OWLI) hopes to be part of the explosive growth. Tim Brock, a consultant to One World Lithium, or OWL, believes that a junior company with an eye on eventual production must strive to be a low-cost…
CSE is proud to present its most recent quarterly update video and press release below highlighting the record third quarter of the year at the Canadian Securities Exchange: Multiple Industry Sectors Push CSE Trading Volume, Financings to New Records in Third Quarter of 2016 CSE Posts Record Activity in Q3 of 2016 The Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE)…
CSE is proud to present its most recent quarterly update video and press release below highlighting the record first half of the year at the Canadian Securities Exchange: Growth in Trading Volume and Financings Highlight Productive Q2 CSE Posts Record Activity in First Half of 2016 The Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) is pleased to release…
A great piece was published today by Peter Murray of Proactive Investors that discussed two emerging technology companies listed on the CSE. The article discusses Gener8 Media Corp. (CSE:GNR) and RESAAS Services Inc. (CSE:RSS) and their respective performances in 2013 as well as what has been driving their recent successes. Of particular interest is how…
