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Re:468 Capital raises $400M to back European startups by b3orn on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @06:35AM (#30161229)
There have been quite a few social networks in Europe, some of which were more or less direct copies of Facebook at the time. Their decline started around the time Facebook became popular in there. There have been european streaming services years before Netflix was available there and there still are some, mostly owned by TV corporations. I think a lot of european startups focused to much on their starting country, probably lacking the funding to expand beyond their starting country. Their decline then is usually linked to an american competitor entering the european market, having outgrown their local market and having better funding they tend to provide a more rounded service. The only counterexample I can think of is Spotify as they seem to have never really focused on just one country.
Re:468 Capital raises $400M to back European startups by capableweb on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @09:15AM (#30162646)
> The only counterexample I can think of is Spotify as they seem to have never really focused on just one country.

Spotify was only available in Sweden for the initial 3 years, and after that they launched in the UK as well. 5 years after the local launch, they expanded into the US.

Re:468 Capital raises $400M to back European startups by doener on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @10:35AM (#30163878)
Berlin’s Zalando is another counter example being now bigger than the US original Zappos.
Re:468 Capital raises $400M to back European startups by gutitout on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @02:02PM (#30167423)
That was also bought and I’d argue Amazon is the winner and that includes Zappos.