> If Canada wants to do something for startups, they should setup a sovereign wealth fund that does early stage investment in Canadian companies -- and then it

> If Canada wants to do something for startups, they should setup a sovereign wealth fund that does early stage investment in Canadian companies -- and then it should actively help make those companies successful. The Business Development Bank of Canada (a financial institution owned by the federal government) actually does this - it has a venture fund that's one of the largest in Canada. http://www.bdc.ca/EN/bdc-capital/venture-capital/strategic-approach/Pages/it-venture-fund.aspx http://www.bdc.ca/EN/bdc-capital/venture-capital/strategic-a...