Archive for May, 2009

As the Canadian Venture capital industry matures, we will witness higher returns, recurring entrepreneurs and an increase in local success stories. More high growth companies will not be obliged to be acquired by a foreign entity in order to provide exit opportunities to its stakeholders and with the recognition that this class of investment (venture capital), although considered high Risk, will prove to generate High Rewards. That should be enough to attract more Canadian pension funds, banks, insurance companies and private institutions, with allocations of a fraction of their capital towards Canadian venture capital funds.