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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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Innovation Factory – Helpful folks

tammy.hwang@innovationfactory.ca Tel: 905-667-2607

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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