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Presumably, there's whatever opportunity they make for themselves.

I'm an Australian. There's bugger all opportunities here, because there's no VC. There's no VC, because the domestic market is too small, and the nearest international trade partner worth speaking of is on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. Oh wait, there's also Japan, and now China and India, but they are kind of emerging, and there's cultural differences. (Note the sarcasm).

VC won't come to smaller markets until startups start proving that they can operate in a globalized environment, and they won't do that by sulking, hoping the government will give them all cushy subsidized finance jobs.