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>The study about VC having dropped by 50% in the EU because of the GDPR sounds pretty weird to me. Unless of course there’s selection bias and we’re talking AdT
by friedman23 7y ago
>The study about VC having dropped by 50% in the EU because of the GDPR sounds pretty weird to me. Unless of course there’s selection bias and we’re talking AdTech companies mostly.
It's really that surprising to you that when the EU effectively bans one of the most profitable models of business that venture capital investment will drop by 50% in the EU?
To be fair, it's probably just not GDPR but all of these regulations combined. Venture capital can move across borders, why would you invest in a startup in the EU when you could just do it in the US?