Bending Spoons 联合创始人兼首席执行官 Luca Ferrari 表示，获取资本已不再是欧洲创业者面临的主要障碍。他在周三表示，如今实力雄厚的公司已经可以在欧洲大规模融资。他在都灵举办的 Wave by Vento 活动的一个小组讨论中发表了上述言论。
Bending Spoons co-founder and chief executive Luca Ferrari says access to capital is no longer the main obstacle for European founders. Strong companies can now raise at scale in Europe, he said on Wednesday. He was speaking on a panel at Wave by Vento in Turin.
Ferrari 说：“我认为，如果你有一个出色的项目，并且具备可信度和毅力，那么在这里获得的资金几乎可以与其他任何地方一样多。”
“I think if you have a great project and you’re credible and persistent, you can get as much money here as almost anywhere,” Ferrari said.
他补充说，如果一位创业者将问题归咎于资金不足，那么他可能忽视了项目创意、可信度或执行方面存在的问题，或者他可能不够坚持。“抱怨并不是解决方案的一部分，”他说。
A founder who blames a lack of funding may be missing problems in the idea, credibility or execution, he added. Or that founder may not be persistent enough. “Complaining is not part of the solution,” he said.
该小组讨论的主题是“来自其他地方的证明”。参与讨论的三位创业者最初都被建议搬到硅谷，但他们都选择留在欧洲。Endeavor 联合创始人兼首席执行官 Linda Rottenberg 主持了这次讨论。Ferrari 与芬兰卫星制造商 ICEYE 的联合创始人兼首席执行官 Rafal Modrzewski 一同就座。第三位参与者是乌克兰安全公司 Ajax Systems 的创始人兼监事会主席 Aleksandr Konotopskyi。
The panel was called Proof from Elsewhere. All three founders on it were told to move to Silicon Valley, and all three stayed in Europe. Linda Rottenberg, co-founder and chief executive of Endeavor, led it. Ferrari sat with Rafal Modrzewski, co-founder and chief executive of ICEYE, the Finnish satellite maker. The third was Aleksandr Konotopskyi, founder of Ajax Systems, the Ukrainian security company, and chairman of its supervisory board.
关于他们为何选择留下，Ferrari 表示，Bending Spoons 在综合考虑多个城市后，最终选择了米兰。原因包括这里拥有优秀的人才，且招聘竞争相对较小。此后，该公司还开设了华沙办事处。他说，如果不在欧洲，他们中的有些人可能不得不为了寻找一份有吸引力的工作而移居国外，但他们更愿意留在原地。
Why they stayed Ferrari said Bending Spoons chose Milan after a location study that considered many cities. The reasons were great talent and less competition to hire it. The company has since opened a Warsaw office too. Some of them would otherwise have had to emigrate for an interesting job, he said, but would rather stay.
Bending Spoons 于 7 月在纳斯达克上市。Ferrari 表示，作为上市公司首席执行官的生活到目前为止“几乎没什么不同”。不过，市场对公司的兴趣始终不减，而他则努力将注意力集中在工作上。
Bending Spoons listed on the Nasdaq in July. Ferrari said life as a public company chief executive had been “almost the same” so far. The interest in the company, however, is constant, and he tries to keep the focus on the work.
Modrzewski 表示，ICEYE 在工程师招聘方面所面临的竞争远小于在湾区时。他说，现在甚至有人从西雅图和加州打电话来，希望回到欧洲工作。
Modrzewski said ICEYE faces far less competition for engineers than it would in the Bay Area. He said people now call from Seattle and California asking to move home to Europe.
科诺托普斯基表示，Ajax 在其他国家组建团队时完全以效率为导向。其工程团队在整个全面战争期间都留在了乌克兰，并且客户遍布 130 个国家。关于欧盟为何在科技领域输给美国和中国，他指出原因出在监管和税收上。他还表示，各国政府应该对企业家持更积极的态度。
Konotopskyi said Ajax builds teams in other countries purely on efficiency. Its engineering stayed in Ukraine through the full-scale war, and it has customers in 130 countries. On why the EU is losing to the US and China in technology, he pointed to regulation and taxes. He also said governments should be more positive towards entrepreneurs.
资本与重点方面，罗滕伯格表示，Endeavor 于 1997 年创立时，美国以外的风险资本几乎为零。如今，该网络已在 50 个国家开展业务。她称，Endeavor 已选中了超过 3100 名企业家，他们创办的公司营收总额超过 1000 亿美元。其风险投资部门于周三完成了一只 3.2 亿美元基金的设立。
Capital and focus Rottenberg said there was almost no venture capital outside the US when Endeavor started in 1997. The network now works in 50 countries. It has selected more than 3,100 entrepreneurs whose companies generate over $100bn in revenue, she said. Its venture arm closed a $320M fund on Wednesday.
莫尔泽夫斯基表示，如今欧洲的资本确实更多了。但竞争也变得更加激烈，因此创始人也需要筹集更多资金。他说，一家快速成长的公司需要充足的现金储备来承受失误带来的影响。
Modrzewski said there is more capital in Europe now. But the game has become more competitive, so founders also need to raise more. A fast-growing company needs money in the bank to absorb mistakes, he said.
“你需要银行账户里有大量资金，这样你才知道自己可以犯错，”他说。
“You need a lot of money sitting on your bank account so that you know that you can make mistakes,” he said.
科诺托普斯基告诉创始人，不必过度执着于融资。他表示，真正重要的是产品是否出色，以及人们是否愿意为此付费。如果答案是肯定的，那么创始人总能找到融资渠道。
Konotopskyi told founders not to obsess over fundraising. What matters, he said, is whether the product is great and whether people want to pay for it. If they do, he said, founders can find the funding.
法拉利表示，创始人回馈社会最好的方式，就是尽可能做好自己的工作。他将这一理念与斯蒂芬·库里相提并论，称库里比任何周末指导儿童训练的教练都更能激励人们。
Ferrari said the best way for founders to give back is to do their own job as well as possible. He compared it to Steph Curry, who he said has inspired more people than anyone coaching children at weekends.