
PRINT THIS PAGE International venture capital: The role of start-up financing in the United States, Europe and Asia09/07/2002. Source: Jeffrey Nuechterlein. 
Governments are increasingly aware that venture capital is an important source of economic growth and a means of developing targeted sectors of their economies. Jeffrey Nuechterlein at the National Gypsum Company looks at the markets in the United States, Europe and Asia. The United States continues to set the standard for venture business as US start-ups enjoy ready access to institutional financing, flexible labour markets, large amounts of intellectual capital and favourable regulation. European and Asian governments must remove any regulatory impediments to entrepreneurs if venture capital activity is to be fostered on a par with the United States.
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Jeffrey D. Nuechterlein is managing director at National Gypsum Company, where he manages public and private equity investments. He is an active venture capital investor in early-stage internet companies. Dr. Nuechterlein received his MA and D Phil from Oxford University and his BA and JD from the University of Virginia. Before joining NGC investments, Dr. Nuechterlein was outside legal counsel to several US semiconductor companies, Counsel to the US Senate's Technology & Law Subcommittee, and Senior Counsel to the US Trade Representative. He lectures frequently at Oxford and at US business schools on venture capital investing. Contact information: jdn@national-gypsum.com.
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