Adam Adamou

Adam Adamou's background marries extensive hands on company building experience with a successful track record as a venture capitalist, investment banker and director of both private and publicly-held technology companies across North America. Adam's knowledge of the Canadian technology and special situations universe is unparalleled. His extensive networks, relationships and deep technical knowledge of business issues have generated outstanding results and returns.

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Adam Adamou is an entrepreneur with extensive hands on company building experience and a successful track record as an investor and director of both private and publicly-held technology companies across North America. His extensive networks, relationships and deep technical knowledge of business issues have generated outstanding results and returns.  Adam is the Chief Executive Officer of Ov2 Securities Inc. (www.ov2securities.com) a corporate finance & M&A advisory boutique based in Toronto, Canada. Ov2 Capital Inc., a sister firm is invests in angel and venture stage Canadian growth companies, with 15 portfolio companies in its fund family. Prior to this, Adam served as the Executive Chairman of International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC). Adam restructured the management team, recruited a CEO and CFO, returned the company to profitability and facilitated the exit of the major venture capital investors. Entrepreneurial in spirit, Adam was involved in founding a number of succesful financial industry start-ups including Working Ventures Canadian Fund (venture capital), Taurus Capital Markets Inc. (investment banking), and Evergreen Capital Markets Inc. (investment banking).As a venture capitalist and investment banker Adam was involved in financing, funding and growing some of the great technology start-ups, including Research in Motion (RIMM), Catamaran Corporation (CTRX), Secure Computing Corporation (SCUR), Border Networks Inc., Absolute Software (TSX: ABT), 01 Communique Inc. (TSX:ONE), Nuvo Networks Inc., SoftQuad International Inc., Dalsa Corporation, Leitch Technology Corporation, Microforum Inc. and many others.Adam completed the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program in 1994 and graduated from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Business in 1991, earning a B.COMM and is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.Specialties:Company Building, Asset Allocation, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructurings, Private Equity, Merchant Banking, Venture Capital and Board membership, broadcasting, video, digital cinema, satellite, special situations, executive management.

Company Building, Asset Allocation, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructurings, Private Equity, Merchant Banking, Venture Capital and Board membership, broadcasting, video, digital cinema, satellite, special situations, executive management.