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A suggestion for the ATI EB…..and a ‘to note’

A suggestion for the ATI EB…..and a ‘to note’

By Peter Kerr for sticK

(sticK - 23 August 2012 ) With the makeup and function of the Advanced Technology Institute Establishment Board recently made public; dispensing a suggestion is decidedly easy before they get a huge job underway.

So, on that front, assuming the ATI’s brief is relatively wide ranging, something that should be well worth following up.

The government’s startup business investor, NZ Venture Investment Fund, takes an equity stake in the investee company as part of its ownership proviso.

Israel on the other hand at a country level has tended to increasingly shy away from equity investment in companies.


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