Early stage venture capital funding in Ontario declined dramatically from $1.5 billion in 2000 to $236 million in 2007, as fewer startups were able to get funded. The document suggests that problems in Canada's venture capital system include a lack of small funds, poor track records among investors, and disagreements between angels and VCs. It argues that startups need to be more aggressive in getting funding while VCs also need to improve.

1. how startups will
save venture capital in
canada

2. Step 1: Cool Idea
Step 2: Get VC
Step 3: ????
Step 4: PROFIT

3. Here is the problem
Step 2 doesn’t play fair

4. The funding ecosystem is busted

5. Early stage venture capital in Ontario
declined from $1.5 billion in 2000
to
$236 million in 2007.

6. The Downward Spiral
data (c) thomson reuters

7. The Early Stage is
crashing
data (c) thomson reuters

8. Less startups getting
funded
data (c) thomson reuters