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The rest of the world

Beyond Silicon Valley

Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific covered by people who live there — because the American shows will not tell you how any of it works.

Most angel investing content is made in the United States and quietly assumes American conditions: American instruments, American valuations, an American acquisition market, and a regulatory environment that does not travel. An angel investing anywhere else who listens only to American shows is being systematically miscalibrated.

These shows fix that, and they also cover the structural questions that decide whether an investment outside the US is even possible — where the company should incorporate, whether a local investor base exists, and what the realistic exit universe looks like.

Coverage is genuinely uneven by region, and we have not padded the list to disguise it. Latin America in particular is served by fewer credible English-language shows than the size of its ecosystem warrants.

  1. 01
    Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast

    News · John Thornhill & Freya Pratty

    European ecosystems treated as separate places rather than as a single market with London at the centre.

  2. 02
    Crossing Borders

    Interview · Nathan Lustig

    The structural questions about Latin America — the Delaware parent, dollar capital against local revenue, and which markets have a real local investor base.

  3. 03
    BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech

    Interview · Jeremy Au

    Southeast Asia as six distinct markets, including the Singapore holding structure that governs how most of the region is actually invested in.

  4. 04
    The Neon Show

    Interview · Siddhartha Ahluwalia

    India, where the unit economics and the regulatory constraints have no real equivalent anywhere else.

  5. 05
    Riding Unicorns

    Interview · James Pringle & Hector Mason

    The UK specifically, and the calibration that comes from hearing what a good year looks like in a smaller market.

Beyond Silicon Valley: common questions

Why does listening only to American shows miscalibrate me?
Because they quietly assume American instruments, valuations, acquisition markets and regulation. An angel investing elsewhere who only listens to them will consistently expect the wrong round sizes, growth rates and exit outcomes.
Why are some regions covered by only two shows here?
Because that is how many we could stand behind. Latin America in particular is served by fewer credible English-language shows than the size of its ecosystem warrants, and listing dormant ones to look balanced would not help anyone.