Start Up Visa aims to attract entrepreneurial talent that otherwise might not come to Canada
$400 million to help increase private sector investments in early-stage risk capital
Fund plans to consolidate growth and financial services series shares into balanced series shares
Finance seeks input on ways to ensure high-potential firms have access to financing
Investments increasingly concentrated in later-stage deals
Budget will help grow tech sectors of the economy
Although venture- capital investments in Canada rose slightly in 2011, concerns exist that there remains a funding shortfall
Headwinds remain with weak fund-raising
Canada-China Natural Resource Fund to invest in public and private natural resource and energy projects in Canada
Innovation and productivity tax credit for Ontario