Part 1: The Network Effect – Why the Bay Area Still Wins
Through the excellent organization of @DutchTechX, we were able to sit down with several Silicon Valley venture capitalists – from boutique firms like 10VC to multi-stage funds like Alumni Ventures, Acrew Capital, Canaan and Greatpoint Ventures. Through these conversations, we, a common theme emerged: the San Francisco Bay Area’s startup ecosystem remains unparalleled. Despite talk of remote work and rising global hubs, the Bay Area still offers a density of talent, capital, and network effects that is hard to replicate elsewhere. This first installment of our four-part series examines what makes the Bay Area’s network so powerful. We look at it through a lens of European founders and try to figure out what makes it different from the more fragmented European startup scene.
