Unlocking Europe’s Global Growth Potential
The core message of this panel was that Europe’s global growth potential depends less on the “passport” of capital and more on whether founders can access value-added investors, long-duration funding, local commercial networks, and an ecosystem capable of supporting global ambition. After introducing Ritika from ICONIQ Growth, Ara from Teacher Ventures Growth, and Dominik Stein from EQT Growth and the Scaleup Europe Fund, the discussion opened with whether it matters if a European company raises a growth round from New York rather than Europe. Ritika argued that geography matters less than the resources, philosophy, and platform that come with the money, citing support such as commercial introductions, hiring, analytics, advisory boards, and global pattern recognition.
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