Europe Has the Money. So Why Are We Financing America?

Europe funds the science. It backs the technology. It helps build the companies. Then those companies succeed, and suddenly need €50M, €100M or €200M to scale forward.

That’s where the story gets interesting.

Europe generates around €1.2 trillion in savings every year. Yet much of that capital flows elsewhere, while European scale-ups look across the Atlantic for growth funding. So maybe Europe’s problem isn’t a lack of money.

Maybe it’s where the money goes, and who captures the value when European innovation succeeds.

In her latest article, Sofia Fernandes, Head of Business Development – Funding at Evolution Europe, follows that question to its uncomfortable conclusion.

Read Sofia’s full article on LinkedIn