I'm not sure the data supports this conclusion that "America is losing its edge." VC funding continues to rise as a whole, and the declining share of US VC inv

I'm not sure the data supports this conclusion that "America is losing its edge." VC funding continues to rise as a whole, and the declining share of US VC invested vs. rest of the world is just a trend of a broader portfolio growth from international startups. That would be just lazy statistics - e.g. if I go from 1 US city to 3 US cities + 3 UK cities, I have growth in VC funding as a whole, as well in the US, but the US goes from 100% to 50%. VC funding is growing faster in other parts of the world? Well when you're denominator is 0, or really low, of course growth "rate" is going to be high by definition. It's not really apples-to-apples. Further, I don't see whether or not the US has hit diminishing returns, yet, from this article, or if US growth is still healthy. The data on China, though, is intriguing - maybe someone else here more informed than I am could speak to that.