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I suspect what makes a 'tech capital' is the presence of VC money. For better or worse, SF absolutely dominates here, and till we have comparable amounts of mon
by plinkplonk 10y ago
I suspect what makes a 'tech capital' is the presence of VC money. For better or worse, SF absolutely dominates here, and till we have comparable amounts of money in another location, there won't be comparable 'tech capitals'. I doubt low rent is a marker of a tech capital anywhere. (I could be wrong).
It might make sense to register a company in the USA, raise money from US VC then work from wherever you have access to your customers and you like living. India has a few companies that do exactly this. US registered companies, a global clientele, tech work happens in India, mostly in Bangalore.
E.g: Helpshift.
- k__ 10y agoSure thing. But I think SF is more of a US thing. I have the feeling that Europe is searching for its own tech captial right now. London was the best candidate, but (probably) got nuked by the Brexit. I'd think it could be Berlin, it is rather cheap and still got much creative people. Don't know if they will gentrify it away the next years.
- user5994461 10y agoBrexit doesn't matter. The brains are already here. The companies are already here. The language is English. There is no other place in Europe who can compete with that.
- piva00 10y agoLondon is far from being THE tech capital of Europe. Nowhere here has consolidated itself as a huge tech hub yet, London is good, just as Berlin is pretty good for tech jobs right now. I'm currently living and working in Stockholm and I can say that the culture around tech here is pretty damn good, although smaller than Berlin or London we get some very good people around here, paired with Swedish efficiency. Hell, even Amsterdam has a good tech scene. I hope that London doesn't suffer a huge backlash from Brexit but... It's not a consolidated tech hub and I really don't know about startup culture around there.