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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:42:00 +0200</pubDate>

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                <title><![CDATA[Constellation Software Inc. Announces Formation of a Venture Capital Fund and Management Changes]]></title>
                <link>https://vmsfund.com/constellation-software-inc-announces-formation-of-a-venture-capital-fund-and-management-changes</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Constellation Software Inc. (TSX:CSU) (“Constellation”) today announced the creation of a two hundred-million-dollar venture capital fund ("VMS Ventures“, or “the Fund”). The Fund will provide financing for start-up and rapidly growing vertical market software businesses, most of which will have been either incubated or identified by a sponsoring Constellation business unit.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 10:12:19 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Message to Potential CSI Entrepreneurs]]></title>
                <link>https://vmsfund.com/message-to-potential-csi-entrepreneurs</link>
                <description><![CDATA[One of the few benefits of my advancing age, is the sense that I am justified in providing unsolicited advice.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[ <contact@vmsfund.com>]]></author>
                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2023 11:43:44 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Case Study: A Portfolio Manager-VMS Fund Dialogue]]></title>
                <link>https://vmsfund.com/case-study-a-portfolio-manager-vms-fund-dialogue</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Download case study.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[ <contact@vmsfund.com>]]></author>
                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2022 10:47:18 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Building an Effective Pitch Deck]]></title>
                <link>https://vmsfund.com/building-an-effective-pitch-deck</link>
                <description><![CDATA[One of the more common questions we get asked at the VMS fund is “What’s the process for getting funding?”. Potential ideas are always welcome]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[ <contact@vmsfund.com>]]></author>
                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 09:55:43 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Seven lessons from a late-starting entrepreneur]]></title>
                <link>https://vmsfund.com/seven-lessons-from-a-late-starting-entrepreneur</link>
                <description><![CDATA[There was an inspiring article in this Saturday's Financial Times, "Seven lessons from a late-starting entrepreneur".]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[ <contact@vmsfund.com>]]></author>
                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 12:49:35 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Case Study: on why VMSV uses preferred instruments when it invests]]></title>
                <link>https://vmsfund.com/case-study-on-why-vmsv-uses-preferred-instruments-when-it-invests</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Case Study: on why VMSV uses preferred instruments when it invests.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[ <contact@vmsfund.com>]]></author>
                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2022 10:47:07 +0200</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[The Role of the Sponsor in VMS Ventures]]></title>
                <link>https://vmsfund.com/the-role-of-the-sponsor-in-vms-ventures</link>
                <description><![CDATA[One of the unique requirements of the VMS fund (“VMSF”) is that every investment requires at least one sponsor. A sponsor is a senior level manager from within Constellation who is willing to endorse the investment.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[ <contact@vmsfund.com>]]></author>
                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:40:59 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[“Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship”]]></title>
                <link>https://vmsfund.com/age-and-high-growth-entrepreneurship</link>
                <description><![CDATA[This weekend I read "Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship" by Azoulay, Kim, Jones and Miranda.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[ <contact@vmsfund.com>]]></author>
                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:33:17 +0100</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Penetration Pricing and SaaS Start-ups]]></title>
                <link>https://vmsfund.com/penetration-pricing-and-saas-start-ups</link>
                <description><![CDATA[SaaS has been a huge area of investment for VC's over the last decade. Over $48 billion was invested in 2,600+ companies in 2020. There was a huge increase again in 2021, with $94 billion invested in 4,400+ companies.]]></description>
                <author><![CDATA[ <contact@vmsfund.com>]]></author>
                <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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