I do not consider it strange, like the 2013 Economist article does, that "too many successful start-ups choose to sell themselves to foreign markets/multination

I do not consider it strange, like the 2013 Economist article does, that "too many successful start-ups choose to sell themselves to foreign markets/multinationals instead of being local champions" - considering how small the Swedish and Finnish markets are. I don't find it strange that they take capital from foreign investors either - since I assume it's harder to get investment locally. According to the 2014 estimate, Finland has a population of 5,457,429 and Sweden has a population of 9,658,301 according to the 2013 census. If we add them up, that's a total of 15,115,730 (15.1M).