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Depuis 30 ans maintenant, la société Novacap a procédé à une soixantaine d'investissements directs dans des entreprises québécoises et financé pas moins de 120 acquisitions qu'ont réalisées ces sociétés par la suite.

Comment stimuler l'innovation technologique dans le pays ? En améliorant les connexions entre fonds et startup, en popularisant le crowdfounding ou encore en créant un marché de pré-introduction en Bourse.

We have 3.1 million jobs available today and 24 million people unemployed or underemployed. In the absence of a massive government job-creation program, this disparity will require a wave of entrepreneurial activity to create jobs.

More than a million backers have given $274 million to more than 28,000 home-grown ideas through the New York-based website, which entreats visitors to "fund and follow creativity." Some donors are growing disillusioned as entrepreneurs miss deadlines or fail to produce. Among technology and design-related projects, 75 percent didn't finish on time, according to a study published last month by Ethan Mollick, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.