Doesn't work. As soon as something great appears, US VCs immediately buy it and move it to the bay area. A fair few of the products you think are US grown probably aren't. If not, a competitor appears that is less constrained by regulations and can move faster, taking over most of the market instead.

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wbl 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

US companies obey EU law when working in the EU. And there is a reason VC does not exist in Europe namely capital markets being divided.

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vidarh 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Having spent years working for a VC and having raised rounds from VC's in Europe multiple times over the last 26 years, that it doesn't exist is news to me.

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vovavili an hour ago | parent [-]

I am not aware of anything on the level of YCombinator or Sequoia Capital over here in Europe.

	▲	vidarh an hour ago \| parent [-]
		That's a very different thing from VC not existing.

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carlosjobim an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You're not forced to sell, nobody is.

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wilg 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They don't have to sell?