New Ventures BC is pleased to announce that Goal Holdings is now a bronze sponsor of the 2010 Competition and will be providing in-kind prizes for top 3 winners this year.

Goal Holdings Group of Companies is a private investment company based in Vancouver. The group is operating its own subsidiaries as well as investing in and partnering with business ventures across various industries such as information and communications technology, digital media, telecommunications, business services, real estate, clean technology and health care.

The investments are either angel size investments with an average transaction size of $100,000 which is invested in earlier stage companies.  The group also makes venture capital size investments with a minimum transaction size of $500,000 in companies that are further along in their development.  Goal Holdings is known for using unique and non-standard investment and business development structures that further minimize investment risk and allow them to offer terms that are generally not offered in the marketplace – this generally results in their investee companies maintaining board control and selling a smaller piece of their company.

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