Berlin is now in a position to usurp London as the startup capital of Europe
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Re: Berlin is now in a position to usurp London as the startup capital of Europe
#2Was London at any point the startup capital of Europe?
Maybe it was the banking capital of Europe, but that time is over now.
Re: Berlin is now in a position to usurp London as the startup capital of Europe
#3Was London at any point the startup capital of Europe? Maybe it was the banking capital of Europe, but that time is over now.
In terms of funding, yes. It's also the fintech capital of the world.
Regarding being the banking capital: it's been two business days. You might be jumping the gun just a little. ;-)
Re: Berlin is now in a position to usurp London as the startup capital of Europe
#4Was London at any point the startup capital of Europe? Maybe it was the banking capital of Europe, but that time is over now.
>> Was London at any point the startup capital of Europe?
Yes. On paper, London was home to countless new companies funded by billions of dollars. The fact that those companies were asset tools, ghosts incapable of producing anything beyond tax advantages, doesn't take away from their definition as "startups".
Re: Berlin is now in a position to usurp London as the startup capital of Europe
#5Was London at any point the startup capital of Europe? Maybe it was the banking capital of Europe, but that time is over now.
In terms of funding, yes. It's also the fintech capital of the world. Regarding being the banking capital: it's been two business days. You might be jumping the gun just a little. ;-)
I am indeed jumping the gun, but the banking industry has been known to move geographically for far fewer reasons.
A striking example would be the move of the entire banking industry from Montreal to Toronto, due to the growing separatism in and around Montreal.
Re: Berlin is now in a position to usurp London as the startup capital of Europe
#6I think this article is completely wrong.
The things that make London attractive to startups will stay the same. Not being in the EU won't change that.
Additionally, it talks about UK attitudes to immigration, but London is completely separate from the rest of the UK in terms of these sort of things.
Expect a lot of very silly things to be written about UK/EU over the coming months.
Re: Berlin is now in a position to usurp London as the startup capital of Europe
#7Was London at any point the startup capital of Europe? Maybe it was the banking capital of Europe, but that time is over now.
> Was London at any point the startup capital of Europe?
Yes, very much so. I am an experienced Data scientists, and I looked around Europe for the last four years, needing a new job every three to six months, and London consistently had the top 5 best offers, be it in quality of the project, money raised, size of the db, etc. The conferences have been consistently larger, better and more relevant here than in Paris, Stockholm, Helsinki. The Meet-ups everywhere were good, but you have usually 5 people who are familiar with your specific implementation at most, 10 more considering it; in London, you have three to ten times that many people.
I have not tried working in Berlin yet, but all signs seem positive, and life is much cheaper there.
Re: Berlin is now in a position to usurp London as the startup capital of Europe
#8Was London at any point the startup capital of Europe? Maybe it was the banking capital of Europe, but that time is over now.
Is there a European startup capital at all?
As for London's time as banking capital of Europe being over - at this stage all anyone knows for sure is that a "small" majority of the UK voting public voted indidacated they would like the UK to leave the current EU - that's it.
And at this early stage absolutely none of the UK or EU governing bodies or institutions currently know how this leaving process is going to be implemented or end - if it even starts.
Re: Berlin is now in a position to usurp London as the startup capital of Europe
#9I think this article is completely wrong. The things that make London attractive to startups will stay the same. Not being in the EU won't change that. Additionally, it talks about UK attitudes to immigration, but London is completely separate from the rest of the UK in terms of these sort of things. Expect a lot of very silly things to be written about UK/EU over the coming months.
The attitude may be different in London, but the immigration system is not, as you say, "completely separate".
Re: Berlin is now in a position to usurp London as the startup capital of Europe
#10I think this article is completely wrong. The things that make London attractive to startups will stay the same. Not being in the EU won't change that. Additionally, it talks about UK attitudes to immigration, but London is completely separate from the rest of the UK in terms of these sort of things. Expect a lot of very silly things to be written about UK/EU over the coming months.
The point the article is trying to make wrt immigration is that when the UK leaves the EU, it will also leave the free movement of workers zone, making it harder to attract immigrants, regardless of how London feels about them.