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I'm raising in Canada. Can you share some of what you have seen? My info is in my bio. Thanks.

• redis_mlc 5y ago
  The US is special because it has active startup investors in both SV and Boston/NY, and angels with extreme risk tolerance (Conway, Woz.) Canada is no worse and no better than any non-US country - meaning terrible. (With the exception of the Skype/Estonia connection.) Some Western European countries have rigid pension contribution requirements that make non-family-staffed startups impossible. In many parts of the world, it's all about personal/school/family connections with inherited wealth (India, China, Korea, SE Asia, etc.) Here's some examples of what works in Canada: - ActiveState was funded by Microsoft to improve Open Source tools for Windows - Canada has an entire national ecosystem around aerospace that is govt. funded (Bristol, Bombardier, etc.) The govt. scientists partner/adjunct with local universities, so you can approach them on campus. - Ottawa once had a telco industry, now replaced with Shopify HQ execs. So reach out to them. - But it's friends and family/mortgage your house/credit cards for funding otherwise. Any Canadian banker will suggest a heloc, and won't loan money without equal collateral.