> Because investors in Europe are a bunch of pathetic spineless banker types.
Or investors in Europe have enough opportunities to generate more than the typical return on investment of VC? The average VC ROI is really low, it gets outperformed even by passive index funds IIRC.
Edit: Found the source.
"Yet 2013 annual industry performance data from Cambridge Associates shows that venture capital continues to underperform the S&P 500, NASDAQ and Russell 2000."
https://hbr.org/2014/08/venture-capitalists-get-paid-well-to...