Victor Basta

Victor Basta is the founder of the boutique investment firm Magister Advisors.

Victor Basta

It costs a staggering 50-100 percent more in the U.S. to create a company valued at $1 billion than in Europe.

Unicorns: A tale of two continents

Amid record amounts of capital raised by VCs worldwide, and a sharp rise in the number of private “unicorns,” there has been a quiet, barely noticed implosion in early-stage VC…

There’s an implosion of early-stage VC funding, and no one’s talking about it

While venture investing outside the U.S. has come a long way in recent years, our analysis shows it remains an entirely different industry than U.S. venture capital. And when we…

Venture investing in the US and Europe are totally different industries