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01
The State of European Tech 2018
2 articles
01.1
Welcome to the State of European Tech 2018
01.2
Executive Summary
02
Tech & the European Economy
5 articles
02.1
Powering Workforce Growth
02.2
Tech: The Motor for GDP Growth
02.3
Heritage as Opportunity
02.4
Smiles (Almost) All Around in European Tech
02.5
Tech for Good: A European Opportunity?
03
Diversity & Inclusion
3 articles
03.1
We've Got a Problem
03.2
We're All Part of the Problem
03.3
Accelerating Change
04
Europe's Got Talent
5 articles
04.1
People Power
04.2
People Flows
04.3
An Ecosystem Powered by Migratory Talent
04.4
Competing For & Compensating Talent
04.5
The Next Generation
05
Tech Hubs
5 articles
05.1
Growing Communities
05.2
Every City Is a Tech City
05.3
Density, Through Interconnected Tech Hubs
05.4
Building and Internationalising Away From Home
05.5
New Hubs - Where Next?
06
Research & Development
2 articles
06.1
Mobilising Europe’s R&D Talent Pool
06.2
Deepening Europe’s Frontier Tech Credentials
07
Regulation
3 articles
07.1
Embracing Regulation
07.2
Evolving Tech Policy in Europe
07.3
What Founders Want
08
Investors & Investment
5 articles
08.1
European Capital Flows
08.2
Capital Flows by Geography and Industry
08.3
Expanding European Investor Base
08.4
Bridging the Funding Gap
08.5
Diversifying the Institutional Investor Base
09
Great European Companies
4 articles
09.1
Billion-Dollar Companies
09.2
Blockbuster European Tech IPOs
09.3
Spotify: Celebrating a European Milestone
09.4
The European Exit Environment
10
Challenges
1 article
10.1
There’s Lots to Overcome
11
Mythbusting
5 articles
11.1
Myths Aplenty Around European Tech
11.2
Myth #1: Europe is irrelevant as its share of public tech market cap versus the US and China is small
11.3
Myth #2: All the best European founders want to move to Silicon Valley
11.4
Myth #3: European tech founders don't understand how to use stock options
11.5
Myth #4: GDPR has been a disaster for all concerned
12
Predictions
5 articles
12.1
What We Got Right and Wrong Last Year
12.2
Predictions for 2019 #1: Investing in Underrepresented Founders
12.3
Predictions for 2019 #2: Build From Home
12.4
Predictions for 2019 #3: Semicorns?
12.5
Predictions for 2019 #4: EuroSaaS
13
About
8 articles
13.1
Our Data Partners
13.2
Our Contributors
13.3
Methodology - Data Partners
13.4
Acknowledgements
13.5
About Atomico
13.6
About Slush
13.7
About Orrick
13.8
About Studio Lovelock
14
Appendix
2 articles
14.1
Survey Respondents
14.2
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Myth #2: All the best European founders want to move to Silicon Valley
The overwhelming majority of European founders do not feel the allure of moving to Silicon Valley.
If you were to start over, where would you choose to found and build your company?
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Myth #3: European tech founders don't understand how to use stock options