There are startups everywhere. As an European, I think it's a sad, but the truth that there isn't a single "leading tech company" in Europe, where just in as i

There are startups everywhere. As an European, I think it's a sad, but the truth that there isn't a single "leading tech company" in Europe, where just in as in SV area there are several. It's very different than having few startups working on their websites in a startup cafe. Soundcloud is cool but not exactly a technology platform. Successful in in it's own niche, but a dwarfs beside Youtube or iTunes volume. I don't think there isn't any reason why there can't be (like Nokia was at some point), but just now there isn't any left. (I said "leading" in quotes, because someone might comment that there are Siemens, SAP and whatever, but I really can't think of that many hardware/digital/services products that I would regularly use or to build on for work or for other purposes.)