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ability they will ultimately decide to invest. This empha- sizes the importance of providing investment readiness training for entrepreneurs prior to making their pitches.

preneurs is therefore to avoid being rejected at the pre- sentation stage: if investors see sufficient strengths in the initial presentation or pitch to warrant a detailed in- vestigation of the business, there is a much higher prob-

Presentation, Funding and Application Rates TABLE 6

2014 (n=21)

2015 (n=27)

2016 (n=30)

2017 (n=37)

2018 (n=19)

2019 (n=13)

2020 (n=24)

2021 (n=26)

2022 (n=26)

Presentation rate 1

24%

30%

30%

14%

17%

9%

40%

20%

20%

Funding rate 2

33%

21%

26%

41%

51%

26%

16%

27%

35%

Application success rate 3

8%

6%

8%

6%

9%

2%

5%

5%

7%

Notes: 1 The ratio of presentations to applications 2 The ratio of presentations that result in funding 3 The ratio of applications that attract funding

2023 ANNUAL REPORT ON ANGEL INVESTING IN CANADA

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