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Where’s Europe’s Delaware?

Where’s Europe’s Delaware?

Today: The state of Delaware performs a very important role for US tech companies. Europe lacks an equivalent.

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Nicolas Colin
Mar 30, 2021
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The Agenda 👇

  • (Almost) all US tech companies are incorporated in Delaware

  • But why exactly? What makes Delaware so special?

  • Important issues: issuing employee equity, maintaining founder control

  • Europe lacks its own Delaware, and it’s a problem

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