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Re:Are Angels More Likely Than VCs to Drive Entrepreneurial ... by MattGaiser on Friday May 21, 2021 @03:18AM (#27231353)
That is blamed for some of the problems with tech in Canada and anecdotally, the government money drives a lot of strange behaviour.

https://alexdanco.com/2021/01/11/why-the-canadian-tech-scene...

Re:Are Angels More Likely Than VCs to Drive Entrepreneurial ... by dt5702 on Friday May 21, 2021 @03:49AM (#27231505)
Anecdata: I work at a uk startup and quite a lot of our product development has been funded by HMG. It’s worked really well for helping us work through technical challenges and has enabled us to reach product/market fit for our key products.