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June 3, 2010 - AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn names Charley Lax as one of the top 50 venture capitalists on the east coast
By Tony Perkins
The first annual AlwaysOn Venture Capital East 50 highlights the 50 individuals based in the eastern U.S. who have backed the most profitable winners during the last four years.

May 26, 2010 - GrandBanks Capital Press Release
CORADIANT TECHNOLOGY POWERS CITRIX CLOUD SOLUTION FOR COMPLIANCE



April 13, 2010 - The Wall Street Journal
You’ve Heard Of Foursquare. How About This Start-Up?
By Ty McMahan
In the shadow of Foursquare Inc., which is fast becoming a start-up darling, the marketing chief of a competing location-based service wondered how hype could help propel his company. Dan Gilmartin, vice president of marketing for Where Inc., was watching the frenzy building around Foursquare Chief Executive Dennis Crowley as he spoke at a recent tech conference called Where 2.0.



September 4, 2009 - Mass High Tech
Startups begin to woo new investors
By Galen Moore
New England startups have begun to successfully woo new investors to their board tables this quarter — after three quarters in which more than half of venture financings were limited to inside rounds. GrandBanks Capital's investment in SilverRail Technologies is featured in this article.

May 12, 2009 - GrandBanks Capital Press Release
GrandBanks Capital Launches New Fund with Investment in I Love Rewards;Leads $5.7 Million Financing in Toronto



August 17, 2008 - The Boston Globe
Out-of-state deals stymie chance to build N.E. pillars
By Scott Kirsner



May 2, 2008 - Boston Globe
Venture Capital Goes Global: Innovation Economy
By Scott Kirsner
Why are Massachusetts venture capital firms increasingly setting up outposts in places like India, China, and Israel? Vinit Nijhawan and Charley Lax explain what's going on. Nijhawan is an entrepreneur and former VC; Lax runs GrandBanks Capital.



March 5, 2008 - Barron's
Wall Street Redefined
By Bill Alpert



February 22, 2008 - Boston Business Journal
Soft investment climate to follow record fundraising
By Tommy Peterson



November 30, 2007 - The Boston Globe
R&D up there; HQ down here
By By Robert Weisman
After buying Canadian start-ups, venture firms run them locally

June 28, 2006 - alarm:clock euro
US VC Makes The Case For London And Toronto
In a guest column in PE Week Wire, Charley Lax, managing general partner of GrandBanks Capital, an early stage VC writes (with a bit of irony) that London's AIM and Toronto's TSE may be a way to get around the issues with Nasdaq and tech IPOs.