Comments on: Betting on the success of a start-up http://montrealstartup.com/blog/2008/03/20/betting-on-the-success-of-a-start-up/ We are a venture investor Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:27:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bryan Watson http://montrealstartup.com/blog/2008/03/20/betting-on-the-success-of-a-start-up/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Bryan Watson Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:28:42 +0000 http://montrealstartup.com/austin-hill/betting-on-the-success-of-a-start-up/#comment-371 I agree with everything said here with one caveat: Canadian Angels are beginning to fund companies to conclusion through co-investment. As Angels in Canada begin to coalesce together to form Angel groups to overcome such things as capital risk (leaving investments in the valley of death) or adverse selection, they are more often taking not only a long view but also working with other Angel groups to co-invest so that they are, together, able to fund many more companies to conclusion. I agree with everything said here with one caveat: Canadian Angels are beginning to fund companies to conclusion through co-investment.

As Angels in Canada begin to coalesce together to form Angel groups to overcome such things as capital risk (leaving investments in the valley of death) or adverse selection, they are more often taking not only a long view but also working with other Angel groups to co-invest so that they are, together, able to fund many more companies to conclusion.

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