http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/08/19/q1-capital-canadas-tech-capital-sector-continues-to-languish/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=q1-capital-canadas-tech-capital-sector-continues-to-languish An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/08/19/q1-capital-canadas-tech-capital-sector-continues-to-languish/#comment-7031 Leo Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:11:07 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=4318#comment-7031 The numbers demonstrate beyond any doubt that the problem with the Canadian venture capital climate is the VCs themselves. They just don't have the guts to take the necessary risks, or even take a chance on a reasonable risk. Are the wounds still so tender from the tech bust? This is one industry in dire need of foreign takeovers. Get a few of our homegrown VC firms snapped up by U.S. concerns eager to expand their portfolios north of the border would make one hell of a difference. Of course, a U.S. VC would only make such a move if its Canadian counterpart had a promising portfolio of investee companies to be acquired. That would mean the Canadian VC would have to be so bold as to actually open the purse strings. What's it going to take? The numbers demonstrate beyond any doubt that the problem with the Canadian venture capital climate is the VCs themselves. They just don't have the guts to take the necessary risks, or even take a chance on a reasonable risk. Are the wounds still so tender from the tech bust? This is one industry in dire need of foreign takeovers. Get a few of our homegrown VC firms snapped up by U.S. concerns eager to expand their portfolios north of the border would make one hell of a difference. Of course, a U.S. VC would only make such a move if its Canadian counterpart had a promising portfolio of investee companies to be acquired. That would mean the Canadian VC would have to be so bold as to actually open the purse strings. What's it going to take?

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