Opinion: Canadian tech IPOs—Public market recognition gives start-up companies accelerated growth options

Pender Ventures principal Kenndal McArdle believes Canadian investors finally recognize the opportunity to invest in what's perhaps the highest growth category—emerging technology.

Barely a day goes by without a report of yet another Canadian tech company filing papers for an initial public offering (IPO). The recent rush of tech IPOs has been so swift that its development has been variously referred to as a surge, a frenzy and frothy.

Public market interest in Canadian digital companies wasn’t always this strong. Which is exactly …