How do co-ops raise enough money that enables them to compete with VC?
Up and Go - initial funding came from philathropic sources, moving to a percentage of fee based model.
resonate.is - funding via RChain.coopas
CoopCycle - still at volunteer stage
RChain has VC arm - https://medium.com/rchain-cooperative/rchain-ecosystem-update-2018-6ae475bcb7b8
Use lots of examples and stories
Many co-ops have a complex relationship with capital. The the stereotypical co-op if a left leaning organisation of individuals and those on the left can have a difficult relation with money.
One of the problems co-ops often hit is that