institutional investors that act mainly at Series A or B (and often have incentives to continue this focus).
Although Canada has used public money to invest in startups – notably through the Venture Capital Action Plan (VCAP) and the subsequent Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI) – Capital – with the great majority flowing to series A and later rounds. This study seeks to examine this, and to make suggestions as to how future funds may be deployed in order to benefit Canadian startups to the greatest extent.
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