ATLANTA – Georgia lawmakers are taking a fresh look at a state-run venture capital fund that was created a dozen years ago.

The General Assembly intended to jumpstart Invest Georgia in 2013 with an infusion of $100 million, Charlie Thompson, the fund’s board chairman, told members of a state House study committee Tuesday. But so far, only about $50 million has been forthcoming from the state, said Thompson, founding principal of the investment firm Eco-Capital Advisors.

“Georgia has done a phenomenal job creating an ecosystem of startups,” he said. “But for these businesses to scale, they need investment capital. Companies starting here are not staying here.”

“One of the reasons Invest Georgia was put together was not just to start them, but to gestate them, grow them, and mature them,”

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