[HN Gopher] The Globalization of Venture Capital Investing
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The Globalization of Venture Capital Investing
Author : cwan
Score : 9 points
Date : 2021-06-06 22:13 UTC (46 minutes ago)
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| pedalpete wrote:
| Zoom and the pandemic have had an effect here, but so has the
| success of companies not based in the US. Atlassian, Canva,
| SafetyCulture (to name a few) in Australia has not only helped
| grow the local VC ecosystem, but also made US VCs recognize that
| Australia punches above it's weight.
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| VCs new they had to make investments in Asia and South America as
| they saw more successes come out of those regions.
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| Technology is global, so VCs can't afford not to be.
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| However, I believe most of these VCs still expect companies to be
| set-up as Delaware Corps. Anybody have any insight on that?
| 1cvmask wrote:
| Seems that zoom has really changed the geographic reach of VC
| investing.
| brudgers wrote:
| It doesn't seem to have changed where the investors are
| located. Which means there is still probably an advantage from
| locating a startup at a investment hub simply because there is
| more chance of meeting someone who knows someone.
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