How London became the rest of the world’s startup capital
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Re: How London became the rest of the world’s startup capital
#2Smells like marketing stuff.. there are plenty of other places that i think are better.
Re: How London became the rest of the world’s startup capital
#3Smells like marketing stuff.. there are plenty of other places that i think are better.
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Re: How London became the rest of the world’s startup capital
#4Smells like marketing stuff.. there are plenty of other places that i think are better.
It's not based on marketing, it appears to be based on metrics like amount of venture capital raised.
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#5Bruder, komm nach Berlin or frère, allez à Paris
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#6A different perspective: https://x.com/aakashgupta/status/2016375397131420005
TL;DR: What London actually built is Europe’s most efficient farm system for US acquirers. The city does the expensive, risky work of finding founders, funding early rounds, and proving product-market fit. American companies wait until the risk is de-risked, then buy the winners at discounts enabled by London’s shrinking public markets.
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#7This checks out. I live in Silicon Valley but now work for a startup in London. Same vibe, less attitude.
They are not the same. The energy/resources in SF/SV are 5x at a minimum - but London has it going on.
Re: How London became the rest of the world’s startup capital
#8Smells like marketing stuff.. there are plenty of other places that i think are better.
For you specifically that may be true, but the numbers say London dominates by far.
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#9Yup, London has consistently showing up in geographic hotspots in my job postings data. I think it could be also be due to success of companies like DeepMind.
https://jobswithgpt.com/blog/global_software-engineering_job...
Re: How London became the rest of the world’s startup capital
#10A different perspective: https://x.com/aakashgupta/status/2016375397131420005 TL;DR: What London actually built is Europe’s most efficient farm system for US acquirers. The city does the expensive, risky work of finding founders, funding early rounds, and proving product-market fit. American companies wait until the risk is de-risked, then buy the winners at discounts enabled by London’s shrinking public markets.
There's an argument that some of these takeovers should have been blocked.