I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment of this article, as someone who runs an up-and-coming software/game development company in Adelaide. However, how can

I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment of this article, as someone who runs an up-and-coming software/game development company in Adelaide. However, how can they reasonably ask why Atlassian sought outside investment from a US VC firm? Over the past five years, I've encountered a small number of VC firms and partners in my area, and to be honest, I'm not impressed. You can wear a suit, you can talk big, but if I'm smart enough to call bullshit on you whatever you know, do you really think I want you to invest in my company? Australian VC firms are full of shit. The only way we're ever going to support a proper angel investment culture is to grow companies ourselves, and reinvest our experience back into the community. It's a decade long project, but someone's going to do it.