Signals I’m Watching · Selected Sep 24, 2026 · A post of mine
A post by Dror Poleg
Dror Poleg@drorpoleg · Sep 22, 2026
Europeans saved as much $$$ as Americans, invested 70% less in VC, and generated 10X less in enterprise value.
Yoram Wijngaarde@yoramdw
1/ Europe’s households save around $2T a year. Yet European venture funds raise around $30B annually, versus $100B in the US. Tomorrow we’re discussing pension capital and the scaleup gap. More than 400 people have registered. A few charts ahead of it:
Selected Sep 24, 2026
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Cite: Poleg, Dror. “Europeans saved as much $$$ as Americans, invested 70% less in VC, and generated 10X less in enterprise value.” Signals I’m Watching, Sep 24, 2026. https://www.drorpoleg.com/signals/europeans-saved-as-much-as-americans-invested-70-less-in-vc-and/