Up the Venture Curve

Posted on 09. Jun, 2008 in Corporate News

Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is a general partner of Avrio Ventures.

It’s been a tough year for private-equity firms to raise new funds, but Avrio Ventures, a Calgary-based venture capital firm, has bucked the trend and closed $75-million in a fund that targets — not junior oil companies — but nutraceutical and food technology firms.

(Above is an excerpt from an article published in the National Post on Monday June 9, 2008, written by Karen Mazurkewich)