Hundreds of investors descend on Vancouver this week for the annual Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) conference, where they will discuss strategies to attract more capital to a technology industry that gave birth to such success stories as the BlackBerry smartphone. Following are some key facts about the country's venture capital industry: * In the first quarter venture capital activity held on to moderate gains made in 2010, with total dollars invested up slightly to C$315 million ($321 million) from C$311 million in the year-before quarter. * Foreign activity accounted for close to a third of all venture-capital investment in Canada in the first quarter, with U.S. VC funds accounting for C$100 million. * Canadian venture capital funds deployed C$214 million between January and March, slightly more than in the same quarter a year earlier.
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