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Canadian Venture Capital Activity: An Analysis of Trends and Gaps (1996–2002)

Part I: Venture Capital in the Overall Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Financing Context

Explaining the structure of the risk capital market is a critical first step on the road to reviewing and analyzing the trends and gaps in the Canadian venture capital (VC) industry. To that end, this section discusses the following:

• the nature of VC and investment processes;
• the characteristics of firms that attract VC;
• the importance and role of VC within the spectrum of risk capital financing options available to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); and
• VC's impact on the Canadian economy, its significance to various industrial sectors and its limitations in financing SMEs.

Part I

• 1. What is Venture Capital? How Does it Work?
• 2. Characteristics of Businesses Financed by Venture Capital
• 3. The Financing Context for Venture Capital
• 4. The Impact of Venture Capital

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