InfoShare 2011David Bizer@hackfwdtalent

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⇒ State of venture capital in Europe

⇒ Incubators, Accelerators and Seed Funds

⇒ European Presence in Silicon Valley

⇒ Specific Examples, Best Practices

/European Venture Capital/

⇒ Like to finance copycats or proven business models

⇒ Risk averse, venture capital performance lagging

⇒ Bigger funds focus on late stage investment, not seed

⇒ Funding gap in Europe

⇒ Industry only 10-15 years old, not 50-60 like the US

/differences/⇒ Educational approaches

⇒ Desired jobs

⇒ Challenge vs. Security

⇒ Global vs. Domestic

⇒ Risk 2:1

⇒ Business vs technology

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