Oh Canada, why aren’t your venture capitalists throwing around the cash like VCs in the States? That’s the question marketing consultant Mark Evans, writing in the Toronto Globe and Mail, asks.
Earlier this month, we reported that Canada’s venture community was getting less money from investors, and therefore were sending less money out the door to entrepreneurs. A report by the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and Thomson Reuters showed C$328 million (or $334.7 million in U.S. dollars) invested from April to June 2011, down from C$335 million in the same period a year ago.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Canadian Venture Capitalists Need Bigger Risk Appetite - Loot - Portfolio.com
