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Ep 06: Growing role of angel investors with Yuri Navarro of NACO

June 6, 2017 By Gary Will

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The Canadian federal government has released a discussion paper asking for feedback on parts of its in-development Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative, we take a look at what’s in the paper and also discuss a new academic paper from Stanford that claims that all U.S. unicorns are overvalued.

And we talk to Yuri Navarro, the CEO of the National Angel Capital Organization. They’ve just released their seventh annual report on angel investing activity in Canada, based on a survey of angel groups across the country. The report shows angels are doing more and bigger deals — often follow-on rounds and in syndication with other angel groups and other investors. We talk about the role of angel investors in startup ecosystems.

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Links:

  • 2016 Report on Angel Investing Activity in Canada [PDF]
  • National Angel Capital Organization
  • NACO on Twitter (@AngelCapCanada)
  • Yuri Navarro on Twitter (@YURI_NAV)
  • NACO Common Docs
  • 2015 Report on Early-Stage Support for Canadian Companies [PDF]
  • Designing the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative
  • Government of Canada holds consultations on venture capital policy
  • Squaring Venture Capital Valuations with Reality

Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: angel groups, angel investing, canada, venture capital

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