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Michael Bennet: “A number of years ago, the Colorado bioscience community came to me and said, 'We can't raise venture capital anymore in…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2015
A number of years ago, the Colorado bioscience community came to me and said, 'We can't raise venture capital anymore in the United States. It's all going to Europe. It's all going to Asia.'
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet highlights concerns about venture capital moving overseas due to regulatory uncertainty.

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