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Back to Reality – Vancouver Enterprise Forum

index_r1_c3.jpgWhile the rest of us are sitting around moaning about the state of canadian venture capital, it appears that Vancouver is so over it, the Vancouver Enterprise Forum is at least.

This Tuesday, November 27th, they are hosting “Beyond B.C. VCs – tips for Sourcing Tech Funding from American Venture Capitalists”

In the November VEF event, we?ll hear from experienced American venture capitalists as they explain the fundamentals they look for when investing in B.C. and Canadian companies. How do you approach American VCs? What kind of information and potential do they want to see? What approach is best? These questions and more will be answered by Geoff Entress from Madrona of Seattle, which made an investment in Victoria based PixPo in 2006, and by Alex Gove of Walden Venture Capital of San Francisco.

This is not a small matter for Vancouver, which has seen its share of startups heading south for funding.

The catch? How long will startups stick around beautiful Vancouver, or anywhere in Canada, when their Venture Capitalist investors are beckoning them to come south. It starts with “let’s move the sales office”, and soon enough everyone but the developers are gone.

This is a subject that we will be diving in to more here. Would you rather take funding outside of Canada, or would you consider it a secondary option? Considering how tightly connected Canada and the US are, does it even matter? Do we need to be doing more to make it easier for american funds to invest here?

  1. Just to clarify, xkoto is not moving the whole “shop” to Boston. We’ve just leased some new, bigger facilities in Toronto.

  2. Just to clarify, xkoto is not moving the whole “shop” to Boston. We’ve just leased some new, bigger facilities in Toronto.

  3. Take it for what its worth, but the organizers of this VEF event are Vancouver/Canadian VCs. The US VCs are an important part of the venture ecosystem in Canada – 42% of the VC dollars invested in Canada so far this year. Some companies go directly to US money sources, but most take Canadian money first, then go to the US. Either way, its about understanding that different money is looking for different things.

  4. Take it for what its worth, but the organizers of this VEF event are Vancouver/Canadian VCs. The US VCs are an important part of the venture ecosystem in Canada – 42% of the VC dollars invested in Canada so far this year. Some companies go directly to US money sources, but most take Canadian money first, then go to the US. Either way, its about understanding that different money is looking for different things.

  5. Vancouver based, which promote and seek attention in Canada from this platform of Enterprise forum. Xchangetube and Imaker are same which promoted Globally. Their presentation of services are based on 3D Animation, which have long term impacts on clients to persuade.

  6. Vancouver based, which promote and seek attention in Canada from this platform of Enterprise forum. Xchangetube and Imaker are same which promoted Globally. Their presentation of services are based on 3D Animation, which have long term impacts on clients to persuade.

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