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When Bad News Is Actually Good News

Babbling VC

For those of you not in the know, they are one of the largest limited partners ( LP's : investors in venture capital funds) in Europe and are basically in almost all the funds throughout the market. Hence anything from them is going to be based on information that truly represents the situation in Europe. .

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Chronic Under-financing of EU Start-ups Driven by Mindset

Babbling VC

I decided to make a blog post out of this since my answer over on Quora to a similar question seems to have quite a bit of resonance: "Differences in Entrepreneurial Mindset between the US and Europe". At the same time, businesses in Europe have always been forced to make do with less. We all know what's holding Europe back.

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The Future of Israeli unicorns in 2024

VC Cafe

The Unicorn’s struggle is a global phenomenon There are a total of 1,224 unicorns globally, with a combined valuation of $3.7 Spotlight on Israeli unicorns in 2024 Israel is home to 131 unicorns, over 10% of the global total. trillion, according to CB Insights.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.