Europe is facing a troubling trend: promising pre-seed deeptech entrepreneurs are contemplating relocation to the US and Asia. This exodus, driven by regulatory challenges and risk-averse VC firms, threatens to deprive Europe of its brightest minds and most transformative technologies.
Opinion
April 20, 2023
Meet the new breeds of VC closing Europe's deeptech funding gap
Europe's deeptech startups don't always feel the VC love — but investors should and could be paying more attention
Cihat Cengiz and Sven Jungmann
4 min read
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