Entrepreneurs and investors speak about the need and urgency to increase investment and Scale Up start-up communities in their countries. Yet when it’s time to invest capital, the culture of risk impedes the flow of money from the wallets of local investors into the pockets of entrepreneurs.
What are the fears which domestic capital has for technology up-starts and emerging growth companies—& what solutions exist to reverse such behaviors? It was these subjects which I spoke to at the global conference on Start-Ups, organized by APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) for its member countries and hosted by the Ministry of Production, the Government of Peru.
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To read the original article: Financing the Venture Capital Ecosystem—Day #1 in Lima, Peru | Scaling Up Innovation
