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Project Europe, a new early-stage fund, will back people under 25 to build the next tech titan

A recurring theme in Europe's tech world is that the region needs its own Google or Microsoft, and that in this day and age, to be more resilient and

A recurring theme in Europe’s tech world is that the region needs its own Google or Microsoft, and that in this day and age, to be more resilient and independent, it should, could and must build it. One of the investors in the round explained the age-specific requirement as a way of “supporting the next generation of founders.” This focus on young founders is reminiscent of the Thiel Fellowship, which hands out $100,000 to college dropouts in the U.S. There has been extensive discussion about how Europe has failed to seize the opportunity to build a mega tech business comparable to Meta, Apple, or Google over the past few decades.

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