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R elated Stories Venture sector set to bounce back Venture capital industry slides again Inventive returns: a special report on venture capital Venture Capital Reins In Expectations After Second Best Year On Record “We’re pretty bullish about the venture capital environment in Canada,” Louis adds. “It’s a great place to be investing at this particular […]

By Scot Blythe | September 14, 2004 | Last updated on September 14, 2004
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  • Venture sector set to bounce back
  • Venture capital industry slides again
  • Inventive returns: a special report on venture capital
  • Venture Capital Reins In Expectations After Second Best Year On Record

    “We’re pretty bullish about the venture capital environment in Canada,” Louis adds. “It’s a great place to be investing at this particular time. . .There’s lower costs here than in the United States, there’s good access to the U.S. market, so it’s a great place to form a company at a relatively low costs but still be focused on the U.S. market.”

    While there was too much money chasing technology investments in the late 1990s, the markets and entrepreneurs seem more disciplined now, with more reasonable prices for initial investments, he notes.

    Filed by Scot Blythe, Advisor.ca, scot.blythe@advisor.rogers.com.

    (09/14/04)

    Scot Blythe

    • R elated Stories
  • Venture sector set to bounce back
  • Venture capital industry slides again
  • Inventive returns: a special report on venture capital
  • Venture Capital Reins In Expectations After Second Best Year On Record

    • “We’re pretty bullish about the venture capital environment in Canada,” Louis adds. “It’s a great place to be investing at this particular time. . .There’s lower costs here than in the United States, there’s good access to the U.S. market, so it’s a great place to form a company at a relatively low costs but still be focused on the U.S. market.”

    While there was too much money chasing technology investments in the late 1990s, the markets and entrepreneurs seem more disciplined now, with more reasonable prices for initial investments, he notes.

    Filed by Scot Blythe, Advisor.ca, scot.blythe@advisor.rogers.com.

    (09/14/04)