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

Babbling VC

I've read and written about it many times but I think there is one thing which is never loudly spoken about when comparing the EU to Silicon Valley (or the US in general). I personally believe that one of the major drawbacks to venture capital in Europe is chronic under-financing and people skirt around this issue.

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ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. The latest statistics from VentureSource show 554 financings in Q4, down from 620 in Q3 and 718 in Q4 2007. Some were also dealing with issues of limited partners struggles with capital calls and asset allocations. ProfessorVC.