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Financing gap for early-stage Canadian firms stunting growth and hurting economy

Mark Lowey
September 20, 2023

Canada needs to fix a financing gap for early-stage businesses that’s impeding their success and often leading to potential high-growth firms being sold to foreign corporations, says a new report.

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Organizations:	C. D. Howe Institute, European Corporate Governance Institute, Export Development Canada, Government of Canada, National Research Council, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Scotiabank, University of Ottawa, and uOttawa's Telfer School of Management
People:	Aurin Shaila Nusrat, Dr. Miwako Nitani, and Wendy Bradley
Topics:	angel and venture capital investing, Canada Small Business Financing Program, financing challenges faced by Canadian SMEs, financing gap for early-stage Canadian businesses, foreign VC investment in Canada, Industrial Research Assistance Program, institutional investors in early-stage companies, key drivers of job creation and economic welfare, loss of Canadian firms to foreign buyers, policies to fix financing gap for early-stage companies, scaling up Canadian SMEs, Scotiabank Women Initiative, Venture Capital Action Plan, and Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative

Financing gap for early-stage Canadian firms stunting growth and hurting economy

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