The NACO Podcast by the National Angel Capital Organization leverages the collective wisdom of 4,000 angel investors that have invested $1.8 billion into 2,000 companies. Join us on a journey into the depths of the innovation economy and bring you the knowledge you need to build, grow and scale at the intersection of innovation, capital and entrepreneurship.
Learn more about the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) at www.nacocanada.com
Canada's Early-Stage Capital Architecture: Senate Banking Committee Testimony with Claudio Rojas, CEO of NACO
On April 30, 2026, Claudio Rojas, CEO of the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO), testified before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy as part of its study on access to credit and capital markets for small and medium-sized enterprises. In this episode, Claudio sets out a structural argument for why Canada's innovation outcomes are decided at the formation stage of company creation, and what that means for federal capital strategy. He addresses the compoun...
9 Apr 2026
Canada's $750M Early-Stage Envelope — What It Means and What Comes Next
This national roundtable presents the findings of Seeding Growth, NACO's landmark white paper on Canada's early-stage capital gaps and the federal government's $750 million early-stage envelope within the $1.75 billion Venture Capital Strategy announced in Budget 2025. The session follows a nine-month consultation with over 250 senior leaders across Canada's innovation economy, drawing on new research revealing the structural funding gaps pushing founders out of the country — with 68% of Cana...
20 Feb 2026
Reinforcing Canada’s Early-Stage Capital Infrastructure: A National Roundtable
Canada’s innovation economy is at an inflection point. In this National Roundtable hosted by Claudio Rojas, CEO of the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO), leaders from across the capital pipeline examine the structural gaps limiting Canada’s early-stage growth — and what it will take to close them. Following a nine-month consultation process with more than 250 ecosystem leaders — and in the context of the federal government’s $750 million commitment in Budget 2025 — this discussion ex...
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