A Briefing thread on the Canadian tech ecosystem and funnel:
2/ I've done a write-up on most of the top Canadian names:
First was $DCBO Docebo in January. An enterprise learning company accelerating its growth rate, customer adoption and a leader in LMS systems. Stock has been crazy!
My piece is below. I own shares. However, this write-up is so old, their digital health practice has evolved and the thesis has grown so much bigger in other areas investianalystnewsletter.substack.com/p/well-health-…
5/ $DND.TO:
a leading provider of cloud-based software and
technology solutions designed to improve efficiency and increase productivity for legal and business professionals.
A cybersecurity and cloud investigative tech.
Some of my initial thesis are below, I will share more on this ongoing. I'm still doing DD, but won't be surprised if it entered my portfolio. More in the future:
9/ Under-the-radar Canadian Tech Leaders that don't get attention:
+ $ENGH (Software tech)
+ $CSU + $TOI.V (Tech aggregators)
+ $CTO.TO Converge Tech, Hybrid IT & Cloud Security services (I own shares in Portfolio 2)
+ $KXS (Supply-Chain Logistics)
+ $STC (Sangota in IT)
+ $EGLX
10/ Donville kent asset management has a good resource that goes into more details for those interested:
11/ Immediate IPO's in the funnel currently is Decision-analytics software maker Copperleaf Technologies which provides AI-powered optimization software to blue-chip companies in the energy, utilities and infrastructure giants. Copperleaf claimed they have never lost a customer.
12/ On the Private Markets, there are a young crop that are emerging:
+ Wealthsimple
+ Koho
+ Neo Financial
+ Ada
+ Bench
+ Few upcoming in Sask - @seantoconnor is brewing Coconut software, Vendasta, 7shift and upcoming in Ag-Tech. Watch out!
Invested: 87%
Cash: 13%
Criteria for this portfolio is primarily quants, profitability and high cash-flow companies.
3/ Actions:
+ New Buy: $CFLT in my core A/C
+ Increased allocation to $SE & $ZIM post earnings
+ Temporal Exits of $ETSY $SOFI $CARE.TO $LMND.
+ For $ETSY & $SOFI - Growth has significantly slowed down, there are a few metrics I'll track in Q4 for both to re-purchase.
Brief Thesis
- #1 leading open-source platform
- 80% market-share among F-500
- A centralized event-streaming for Data
- Top Founder-Led
- Going to be an important tool in the future of ML/AI!
This is my first new stock-buy in over 5-months!
Sold $LMND- Owned since IPO @ $54, so this was a good profit. I like LMND but $CFLT is more dominant
This is a tracker buy in my core Acct after DD. Valuation is high, but hoping to add more LT
I have more info about $CFLT, so I'll share a future thread!
1/ During the crisis of Covid most of the innovation that happened in the world was primarily within the Enterprise.
Consumers had to adjust to the new ways of working within the next Enterprise 2.0
The next wave of trends include: Cloud, PaaS, SaaS, Developer Tooling, Security
2/ I still generally prefer Enterprise B2B Models over > Consumer B2C Models. Why?
Some traits - These businesses are more: 1. Essential tools 2. Customer Stickiness 3. More Recurring revenue streams 4. Scalable with a few players 5. Easier to land & expand
"A.I Will Eat All Of Software"
- CEO/Founder of Databricks, Ali Ghodsi.
Databricks is a core data science/AI platform that I believe will be one of the biggest companies in the world by 2030.
This was a good interview. I can't wait for an IPO (1/3)
2/ Key Highlights:
+ They believe that more companies will go towards multi-clouds
+ CEO believes that platforms like $SNOW's data warehouse will envelop into Data Lakehouse (interesting)
+ Some Databricks Metrics:
- $600M+ ARR
- 75% YoY Growth Rate
- Growing slower than $SNOW
3/3: When I wrote about Snowflake last month. I wrote briefly about Databricks in that article.
If Databricks did an IPO or continue to make significant enhancements on their storage/compute capabilities, this could lead to multiple compression for $SNOW