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My 1st thought as an European, "YAY! EU startup to the moon". My 2nd thought was "n'aww, American VC". I guess that's the best we can do around here.
by ThalesX 3y ago
My 1st thought as an European, "YAY! EU startup to the moon". My 2nd thought was "n'aww, American VC". I guess that's the best we can do around here.
- paulddraper 3y agoIt may feel that there are few EU startups and that's true. But there are even fewer EU VCs.
- ThalesX 3y agoWas CTO for some European startups. I'll always remember one when by the time the EU VC was mid-way through its due dilligence for 500k seed, we already had some millions lined up from some US VCs no questions asked.
- jamesblonde 3y agoThe problem is that no European VC has that amount of capital. European VCs typically have a couple of hundred million under mgmt. SV VCs have a few billion under mgmt.
- jchonphoenix 3y agoIndex Ventures has the money. But the truth of the matter is that even most US VCs aren't willing to shell out 2B valuations for a company with no revenue.
- bsaul 3y agoThere were european VCs investing in the very first round, french one in particular. Founders are french. This qualifies as european in my book (let’s not get too demanding)