I moved more than 8000km to be in silicon valley. nothing happened. I spent time in coupa cafe. nothing happened. we had a profitable startup and we didn't raise money. looking back we should have put the money into the company instead of moving thinking we can raise money by being "local". but that is what literally everyone sold to us. IMHO silicon valley invests in an extremely specific type of company and 99% of investors simply don't understand anything about all the different industries out there and how they make money. sorry to give it to you straight up but that's the truth. there are crazy talented people anywhere else in the world, it's just that silicon valley is extremely good at marketing itself.