Venture Funding Valley
In a recent press release the Canadian Venture Capital Association in what appears to be another volley of concern to the federal government has again chronicled the precipitous fall in investment levels in Canada in the second quarter.
CVCA
CVCA outlined the sad tale of the dwindling investments that companies are experiencing this year. We wish the news was better but it is not!
Street cred
Furthermore it is reflected in the discussion we’ve had with a number of small companies trying to get a foothold in a turbulent market. The CVCA had a number of good suggestions for both the Federal and Provincial Governments and hopefully someone there will actually be listening.
Required reading
For more detailed information there is an interesting document that was presented at the CVCA 2009-05-28 conference comparing venture funding worldwide, an interesting read.
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