VC per capita, Europe: $7, U.S.: $72, Israel: $144.
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VC per capita, Europe: $7, U.S.: $72, Israel: $144.
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Re: VC per capita, Europe: $7, U.S.: $72, Israel: $144.
#2I want to see this number for just Silicon Valley.
Re: VC per capita, Europe: $7, U.S.: $72, Israel: $144.
#3I wonder how much of Israel's VC money is domestic and how much pours in from the US.
Re: VC per capita, Europe: $7, U.S.: $72, Israel: $144.
#4Annual US Aid to Israel is $382.97 per Israeli and going up.
Re: VC per capita, Europe: $7, U.S.: $72, Israel: $144.
#5I want to see this number for just Silicon Valley.
Well, the SF bay area 2.5% of the country's population (7.5M/300M) and ~50% of the VC, so 25x$72 ~= $1800/person.
Re: VC per capita, Europe: $7, U.S.: $72, Israel: $144.
#6I wonder how much of Israel's VC money is domestic and how much pours in from the US.
There's some info here but the relevant part seems garbled.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital_in_Israel#Chara...
Israel’s venture capital industry has about 70 active venture capital funds, of which 14 international VCs with Israeli offices. Additionally, there are some 220 international funds, including Polaris Venture Partners, Accel Partners and Greylock Partners, that do not have branches in Israel, but actively invest in Israel through an in-house specialist.
In 2009, the Life Sciences Sector led the market with $272 million or 24% of total capital raised, followed by the Software Sector with $258 million or 23%, the Communications sector with $219 million or 20%, and the Internet sector with 13% of capital raised in 2009. [6]
roughly 78%-88% of investments that reached Israeli high-tech companies in 2001-2008 were done either by Israeli VC firms (the 38%-49% above) or by foreign or other entities in syndication with Israeli VC firms: 37%-50%.
Re: VC per capita, Europe: $7, U.S.: $72, Israel: $144.
#7I have no doubt that VC money is the lowest in Europe of those three. I wonder though how significant this metric really is, especially if the large developping countries of eastern Europe are included. Wouldn't a VC money per startup/founder be more interesting?
Re: VC per capita, Europe: $7, U.S.: $72, Israel: $144.
#8What the article misses is that London with roughly 1% of Europe's population get's 30-40% of the VC financing in Europe.
So based on those figures London's VC per capita is in the region of $200-$300 (London has a similar population size to Israel).
Re: VC per capita, Europe: $7, U.S.: $72, Israel: $144.
#9I have no doubt that VC money is the lowest in Europe of those three. I wonder though how significant this metric really is, especially if the large developping countries of eastern Europe are included. Wouldn't a VC money per startup/founder be more interesting?
Depending on definition Europe can have more than 700 million people and it often includes Turkey and Russia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Europe
But I would think that they are referring to European Union nations???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe,_EU,_candidates,.pn...
Also does the VC numbers for Israel include the population of the Israeli occupied territories or just those who have full Israeli citizenship?
Re: VC per capita, Europe: $7, U.S.: $72, Israel: $144.
#10Is MS's European chairman genuinely concerned about the European economy and education system? In that case, he might have more success at these goals, by becoming a politician instead.
Or... are these economic observations somehow self serving? Perhaps the lower levels of VC investment in Europe (per capita) are inconvenient for him: Implying European investors should greatly increase their investment levels. Would he be happy if VC levels did increase 10x to US levels... But funds were largely directed at companies that MS did not have involvement with?