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Re:Ask HN: Why does Europe not have any big tech companies? by rini17 on Sunday December 15, 2019 @06:28AM (#21795708)
I guess there isn't such excess of easy money, VC nor govt spending?

ECB recently joined quantitative easing however (printing money), it is buying corporate bonds en masse, so unicorn-scale VC may happen too.

Re:Ask HN: Why does Europe not have any big tech companies? by zoobab on Sunday December 15, 2019 @10:50AM (#21796783)
and ECB just started NIRP (Negative Interest Rates Policy) in order to tax our savings accounts.

Or let's move your savings to your current account.