That (access to capital) is the big issue for coops. I used to be a member of a UK coop in the technical space (poptel) and we did do some work with VC funding.<p>As long as the coop members have 50% +1 that ok but it can go wrong (thank you very much ICANN) as we found at poptel.<p>The other problem is the coop movement in general is very old fashioned and isn&#x27;t really embracing technical changes. Which is a pity as if poptel had been brought out by the main uk coop we woudl have all had a very nice 6 figure payday.