European venture lacks urgency and conviction at early stage.
More conservative overall, delivering acceptable, but not outstanding, returns. To generate outsized returns, you need to move quickly.
European companies also can be global from day one
European venture capital is too slow.
In the last week; two founders I work with closed rounds in SF & LA within 72 hours from first meeting.
In the same time European VCs were organising which partner would take the call…
Time to up the ante Euro VC.