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“Tech Themes for 2016: Mining for Small-Cap Tech Gems” is a recent report published by Sophic Capital. The report covers what company characteristics increase the chance of success in the tech space, what key tech sectors to keep an eye on and some of the best public Canadian companies in these growing sectors, all while keeping an focus on disruptive technologies.
“Tech Themes for 2016: Mining for Small-Cap Tech Gems” is a recent report published by Sophic Capital. The report covers what company characteristics increase the chance of success in the tech space, what key tech sectors to keep an eye on and some of the best public Canadian companies in these growing sectors, all while keeping an focus on disruptive technologies.
The report explains disruptive technologies as follows:
Truly disruptive technology is hard to find, but once adopted, it can lead to outsized returns (we will get to this part later). What is disruptive technology? It’s new technology that can create a new (or rattle an) existing industry. For example, the transistor revolutionized electronics, shrinking radios over time so that we could carry them in our pockets. Personal computers made typewriters obsolete. Adios letter writing – here comes email. More recently, the cloud allows access to information and services from any place that has Internet connectivity, saving enterprises money on in-house storage. These are the types of disruptive technologies that have transformed the way we live, usually for the better.