Can confirm that these are real problems (Belfast here).<p>I&#x27;d disagree that there&#x27;s any kind of local bump among Europeans from being in Europe.  More often than not, I&#x27;ve found that being based in Europe only serves to put people off, even at home.<p>I must admit that in the past I&#x27;ve outright skipped over new shiny apps and websites based in Europe (even if I believe in the idea) under the assumption that they&#x27;ll just get crushed later by a US-based rival anyway, although I try to really give them a fair shake these days and not be an ass about it.<p>The funding picture here is fairly anemic too, and relies quite heavily on government support.  Most European governments have some public funding allocated to building their &quot;own Silicon Valley&quot;, but their results from allocating funding is about what you would expect from people not well versed in the industry.<p>I wrote about this recently as relates to losing Web Summit for silly reasons on Medium (same username). Don&#x27;t want to direct link as I&#x27;m not trying to hijack the thread, people can check it out if they&#x27;re interested.<p>Thanks for writing this.