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<li>x] # 5672 - <a href="/view/article?id=5672" target="_blank">SUMMARY-PODCAST-betakit-episode-060</a> -&nbsp;</li>
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<div>- ART betakit&nbsp;</div>
<div>- Making big bets on innovation, the budget called for a national AI and IP strategy, a plan to spend $1.4 billion on cleantech companies through funding initiatives, and a focus on improving the digital literacy of young students.</div>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<li>x] PODCAST ep:60 -&nbsp;<a href="http://betakit.com/cancon-podcast-ep-60-will-budget2017-help-canadian-startups/" target="_blank">http://betakit.com/cancon-podcast-ep-60-will-budget2017-help-canadian-startups/</a></li>
<li>] ART http://betakit.com/canadian-tech-community-reacts-to-budget2017/</li>
<li>] ART&nbsp;http://betakit.com/budget2017-calls-for-950-million-towards-superclusters-national-ai-strategy/</li>
<li>]&nbsp;http://www.startupcan.ca/ourwork/startupconnect/&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;http://www.startupconnect.ca/</li>
<li>]&nbsp;http://www.startupcan.ca/get-involved/start-a-community/&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;http://www.startupcommunities.net/</li>
<li>] .ca -&gt; bc -&gt; nanaimo -&gt; listnerd, inc - combination of travelocity + , now rank.ly</li>
<li>]&nbsp;g?='ken bergen'&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;http://www.cantechletter.com/2016/03/ben-bergen-appointed-executive-director-of-council-of-canadian-innovators/&nbsp;</li>
<li>] balsillie article -&nbsp;</li>
<li>] g?=' council of canadian innovators' r# 1.ad -&gt; https://innovation150.ca</li>
<li>]&nbsp;https://twitter.com/Richardjforbes</li>
<li>]&nbsp;https://twitter.com/mattroberts&nbsp;</li>
<li>] https://www.sbir.gov/ gov program to assist small business with selling products/services to gov, CC https://sbri.innovateuk.org/&nbsp;</li>
<li>] * award winning betakit 101 series</li>
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<li>x]&nbsp;https://www.cvca.ca&nbsp;</li>
<li>x] https://innovation150.ca</li>
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<div>PODCAST SUMMARY</div>
&nbsp;- rolled up spending total of $ a "trajillion" or 5 bitcoins
&nbsp;- talk&nbsp;bout the value of vcap to date -&nbsp;
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- stories of funds -&nbsp;
[40:00] VCAP ?=? VCCI - @
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- fee on fee structure, gov didnt like,&nbsp;
- power &amp; politics show, mar. 26th&nbsp;
- late stage investment,&nbsp;
- certain sectors didnt get any of vcap&nbsp;
- gov has other mandates in term of environment
[45:00] superclusters - @mikeserbinus
- 950M commitment to "supercluster" growth strategy
- what are they? are they needed? where?
- mike serbinus &nbsp;quote - says - betting on superclusters is a super strategy
- mike s is all about the winning and the steps needed to get there&nbsp;
[50:00] superclusters - @richard forbes
- ontario's quantum valley -&nbsp;mike lazaridis fund
- contributions of 'superclusters' = ...
- linked microsite -&nbsp;
- there is no part of canada that does not include&nbsp;
- perfect way to distribute money politically, not&nbsp;
- infrastructure mentioned in description, EX light rail in KW, BUT 950M goes down very quickly, with infrastructure spending, it not really a 'tech' venture
- not enough money to be an "infrastructure" program
- commited to 5 or 6, not 25 or 30 (where it gets spread too thin),&nbsp;
- regions need to come together,&nbsp;
- why not say - we have -&nbsp;
- each region has different needs
- setting up the parameters, for each region to define their needs, &nbsp;
- seen this story before, dalton mcguinty, ontarion PM, funding innovation, ended up with 17 regional centers
- DS - biggest PRB, is we have all these "innovation centers", none of them talk to each other, will be even worse if they are competing for funding/$
&nbsp;- TO, KW and Ottawa have popped, in the last "years",&nbsp;
- lots of VC capital in the 2000, 2016 was the first year we surpassed what was invested then
- there are superclusters for different industries,&nbsp;
[58:00] pan canadian AI strategy&nbsp;
- public knife fight for funding between universities (TO vs MTL vs KW)&nbsp;
- debates about which approach is better
- 300M cities challenge - &nbsp;
- #cancon,&nbsp;
- more news to come in the coming weeks ...
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<h1>TABLE - expeditures allocated</h1>
AMOUNT | initiative | timeframe |&nbsp;
7.8M - global talent strategy&nbsp;
50M - SBIR style gov procurement program
125M - Pan-canadian AI strategy
221M - coop spaces&nbsp;
400M - VCCI venture capital funding for&nbsp;
950M - supercluster growth strategy&nbsp;
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- 950M over 5 years, to help reach those goals, the gov placing a bet&nbsp;
- renewal of VCAP - for later stage growth company&nbsp;
- give them credit for proceeding vs waiting&nbsp;
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