Establishing an Effective Investment Ecosystem in Vancouver’s Cleantech Cluster

Vancouver lacks a successful investment ecosystem to attract more funding to hydrogen fuel cell startups. Considering Vancouver has a notable number of hydrogen fuel cell companies, large cleantech ventures and innovation hubs, the region has the objective to establish a more successful investment ecosystem in the current cleantech cluster. The provincial government, however, noted that hydrogen fuel cell startups encounter difficulties in obtaining financial support from angel investors and private venture capital firms to form an investment ecosystem (Government of Canada, 2019). Based on this concern, I pose the research question: How can Vancouver establish a successful investment ecosystem for hydrogen fuel cell startups?