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That's changing, and fast. In Canada, pensions and retirement funds are getting involved in the startup funding game - and that's up north where funding is dry

That's changing, and fast. In Canada, pensions and retirement funds are getting involved in the startup funding game - and that's up north where funding is dry to begin with. I'm sure the same is happening here. Source: http://business.financialpost.com/2012/03/29/vancouvers-hootsuite-gets-20m-omers-ventures-push/ http://business.financialpost.com/2012/03/29/vancouvers-hoot... "OMERS Ventures, a $180-million fund established by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System last fall, said Thursday it has picked HootSuite Media Inc. as its first major funding recipient."

swalberg 15y ago
Many pension funds have had some sort of high risk component to their portfolio. http://www.cppib.ca/News_Room/News_Releases/nr_02031001.html http://www.cppib.ca/News_Room/News_Releases/nr_02031001.html talks about the CPP's, which has been going on since 2005. I'd suspect we're only starting to hear about it because it's getting into our space. Disclaimer - I work for one of OMERS other (earlier) investments. I guess we're just not "major" :P