[jMyles]

I presume you're being downvoted because other believe you are incorrect, but I don't know enough about the subject matter to understand why or how.

Perhaps someone will respond and explain how this view is faulty?

[notfromhere]

It's true. Good luck getting investment if you're not in a Tier 1 city. There are plenty of companies that start in smaller cities/towns that end up moving to NYC/Chicago/LA/SF,etc because investors don't bother considering them if they're not from a big city

[wslh]

You can quickly check Tencent investments reach: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/tencent/investments/...