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From: acton@grads.cs.ubc.ca (Donald Acton)
Newsgroups: can.jobs
Subject: Re: Hi-TECH in BC
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Date: 8 Mar 88 06:10:22 GMT
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In article <567@myrias.UUCP> cmt@myrias.UUCP (Chris Thomson) writes:
}While there may not be many venture capital firms in BC, one of the best
}in Canada is headquartered in Vancouver: Ventures West.
}-- 

I think the point the article was trying to make was not that there weren't
venture capital firms but that compared to other countries and the US in 
particular we come up quite short. Again I quote from the article:

   "Information technology companies in the Silicon Valley can choose
    from 41 venture capital companies in Palo Alto, Calif., alone, all
    of which are equal to or larger in size than Vancouver's largest
    venture capital company."

If people are interested maybe this topic could be moved to can.politics to 
discuss what sort of policies governments should be taking with respect to 
high technology. 


Donald Acton