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Conventional wisdom is that venture capital in Europe is about as healthy as the economy of Greece, but that thinking is wrong, according to a German venture capital firm.

Associated Press In a slideshow that it placed online, Earlybird Venture Capital, an early-stage firm based in Hamburg, contends that VC in Europe is outperforming the U.S.

Cynics might say that isn’t difficult: the latest Cambridge Associates data released by the National Venture Capital Association peg the annual return for all U.S. venture capital funds over the last decade at minus 0.1% as of March. The S&P 500 returned 3.3% during the same period.

 

To read the full, original article click on this link: Earlybird Says Venture-Capital Worm Fatter In Europe - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ

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