The City of Vancouver wants to inject itself into the venture capital market, using the power and connections of its economic commission to help raise funds for small and medium businesses.
Unhappy with what it says is the inability of local start-ups and medium-sized businesses to get financing for innovative projects, the city plans to create a Vancouver Entrepreneur Fund that would act as a matchmaker between those companies and local and foreign investors.
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