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Re:Europe's Software Problem by throwaway210222 on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:37AM (#27515317)
> I take offence at such massive overgeneralizations as "Europe lacks imagination."

Why then did Airbus put their VC arm [1] right slap-bang in the middle of Silicon Valley?

Note. In this case, its Europe bringing/managing the capital - they are choosing - all by themselves - where to find the talent.

[1] https://airbusventures.vc/

Re:Europe's Software Problem by pjc50 on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @10:09AM (#27515758)
.. and if you look at the list of companies, it looks fairly global. Some, but far from all of them, are in SV.

You'd have to ask them, but I'd posit that it's simply because SV is where all the meetings are.