Research Catalog

Title

Venture Capital Policies in Canada [electronic resource] / Günseli Baygan

Author

Baygan, Günseli.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2003.

Details

Description

19 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

Canada has one of the highest levels of venture capital investment as a share of GDP among OECD countries. Between 1995 and 2001, Canada realised phenomenal growth in venture capital supply and the creation of over 200 new venture capital funds. However, the largest share of Canadian venture capital goes to follow-on funding of smaller firms -- rather than to new deals involving start-ups -- and to traditional manufacturing sectors. In the late 1990s, the Canadian government began attempts to diversify the sources of venture funds through liberalising rules for institutional and foreign investors, modifying tax incentives and introducing government equity funds. Foreign investors, particularly from the United States, are now the major players and are targeting their funding to technology-based start-ups. This paper analyses trends in Canadian venture capital markets and makes policy recommendations which have been developed through an OECD peer review process ...

Series Statement

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, 1815-1965 ; no.2003/04

Uniform Title

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, no.2003/04.

Subject

• Science and Technology
• Canada

LCCN

10.1787/767750000035

OCLC

oecd-lib-002620

Author

Baygan, Günseli.

Title

Venture Capital Policies in Canada [electronic resource] / Günseli Baygan

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2003.

Series

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, 1815-1965 ; no.2003/04

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, 1815-1965 ; no.2003/04.

Connect to:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/767750000035

Indexed Term

Science and Technology

Canada

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/767750000035 doi