Canada's Start-up Visa

Re:Canada's Start-up Visa by mjn on Monday July 22, 2013 @11:43AM (#6084430)

My guess is that's part of the purpose, to use the visas as a carrot to improve deal flow to Canadian angels/VCs. Could also be that they think companies funded by Canadian investors will be less likely to jump ship to the U.S. later, versus if they were funded by a Valley-based firm.

(As for why the investors have to be from an approved list? Probably to avoid sham "angel investors" fake-funding their acquaintances, or outright selling visas.)

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Re:Canada's Start-up Visa by potatolicious on Monday July 22, 2013 @01:56PM (#6085319)

> "(As for why the investors have to be from an approved list? Probably to avoid sham "angel investors" fake-funding their acquaintances, or outright selling visas."

This is a valid concern, though I'm worried it will swing the pendulum in the other direction also - that it basically gives non-regulated, non-governmental, non-accountable entities the ability to wield immigration as a stick.

That or allow an existing cabal of VCs to lock out competing, upstart VCs.

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