Opinion

August 12, 2019

Why this US investor is on the hunt for European founders

A US investor's love letter to European startups.


Ryan Floyd

4 min read

You might think that as an American investor in the heart of the tech startup universe — Silicon Valley —  I’d want to stay local in my search for new entrepreneurs to work with. Why would I cast my net into a different time zone and risk cultural differences when there are plenty of up-and-coming SaaS startups here?

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