what is venture capital?
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Venture Capital 101 – From a
Brantford Perspective
Scott Pelton, GrowthWorks Capital
November 2011
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Who is Scott Pelton?
• Old-school geek (1980’s)
• BCI (1990) and Mac Computer
Engineering/Management
graduate (1995)
• Computer Programmer and
Consultant (1990’s)
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Who is Scott?
Venture Capitalist since July 2000
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What does a VC do?
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What does a VC do?
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What does a VC do?
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What does a VC really do?
• Be a proud shareholder
• Best practices, new ideas, introductions,
strategy, …
• Invest $$$
• Grow the management team
“Rinse and Repeat”
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What does a VC look for?
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Great Team
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Great Idea
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Good Timing
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Risk
• VC’s know that there is no such thing as
a free lunch. We are in the business of
taking risks to earn
our high returns.
• 30%+ internal cost
of capital.
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Alignment / Fit
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gShift Labs
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VC Kryptonite
• No NDAs
• Full disclosure
• Have a business
plan ready
• Know your numbers
• Be ready to get
married and find a
partner.
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GrowthWorks Capital
• Early stage investors in life sciences and
information technology companies.
• 60+ years of experience on investment
team
• We’ve been at it since 1992
• Offices across Canada
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Getting in Touch
Twitter: @spelton Google Voice: 716-584-1485