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Funding was flat in Europe in Q1 if you exclude Spotify. http://tech.eu/features/9202/european-tech-funding-q1-2016/ http://tech.eu/features/9202/european-tech
by s_dev 11y ago
Funding was flat in Europe in Q1 if you exclude Spotify.
http://tech.eu/features/9202/european-tech-funding-q1-2016/ http://tech.eu/features/9202/european-tech-funding-q1-2016/
- karangoeluw 11y agoWhy would you exclude Spotify?
- grotsnot 11y agoIt's just an outlier to the trend. So "exclude" in this case is just a qualifier to the statement and doesn't reflect an actual desire to treat the company differently.
- SilasX 11y agoOkay, but the fundamental thing that differentiates startups is that outliers dominate the results and change their aggregate properties. You might as well say that Scuzzball Fire Insurance honored all of its obligations, except the few houses that burned down.
- darkclarity 11y agoSpotify's an integral part of the entertainment industry, there's little point treating it as anything other than an oddity.
- s_dev 11y agoExactly - this was the additional comment I was about to provide. It's to emphasise Spotify was the funding for Q1 in Europe.