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What VCs Want (and why they call it ‘Vulture Capital’)
MaRS Centre 101 College Street Toronto
We know what you want: money.
Now, you probably think that a VC will give you money and leave you alone. Sorry, it’s not that simple. In this lecture at we look at:
- How VCs make money
- What they want in return for their money
- How they structure deals
- And why they call it “Vulture Capital”
Charles Plant is an entrepreneur who has been on all sides of the funding equation, from banker, to technology entrepreneur to angel, investment banker and now on the Investment Accelerator Fund Management Committee. He takes you through the steamy underside of VC deals, what some call “The Art of the Deal” — he’ll show you “The Art of the Steal.”
Part of the Entrepreneurship 101 Series
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Charles Plant is an unreformed entrepreneur, having acted as CEO or CFO of several successful software companies, including Synamics Inc, a telecommunications software firm that he co-founded. Synamics provided mass calling platforms to telcos such as Bell Canada, Rogers, Cingular, and Verizon, along with such partners as Nortel, Lucent, and Cable and Wireless. As a management consultant, investment banker, auditor and now at MaRS, Charles has worked closely with over 100 companies and brings a multi-disciplinary perspective to solving business and technology problems. Charles is also on the faculty of York University’s Schulich School of Business and is a Chartered Accountant with an MBA in marketing.
