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by stock_toaster 4377 days ago 

  > Are the consumer markets so much better in America that
  > it's worth paying 4x valuation and competing with lots of
  > other VCs for deals? The answer may be "yes", but it 
  > doesn't seem obvious to me
Don't forget that there are known quantities of legal/tax vehicles for VC investment in certain countries. If those things are not present, I imagine it would increase the risk for the VC, and impact valuation and capital availability.
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barry-cotter 4376 days ago
Don't forget political risk. Rundown of Asian countries with political risk comparable to the US; Japan, Lorraine, Taiwan, Singapore. Countries with more political risk but not much; India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand. The second group have much worse legal/regulatory systems for doing business. I wouldn't plan on getting incredibly rich in any other Asian country unless I had a friend/patron to protect me from expropriation/gangsters. And you better be able to provide your friend with some quid quo pro orbe related tl them either by blood or by kid.

I may be overly cynical here but that's the perspective from China.

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