Following up on the European second quarter tech funding data we reported earlier in the week, we have had a look at the comparable data for the U.S. and some interesting, and stark, comparisons emerge.

While inevitably Europe does not compare favorably with the U.S. in a like-for-like comparison, there are signs that things are getting better in Europe, as we reported. Unfortunately, as the data show, while Europe is improving, the gap between Europe and the U.S. is widening.

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