I spoke with an entrepreneur in Europe this week. She’s solving an interesting problem that her background makes her highly qualified to tackle. We talked about her journey to date, including her previous fundraising. Her experience was similar to that of other founders: raising capital from investors in Europe took a lot of time and energy, which slowed progress on her product. Toward the end of our chat, she expressed interest in learning more about US venture capital funds.

The pandemic has forced investors to ditch the face-to-face meeting requirement. It’s pretty much all video calls these days. I’ve seen how this is allowing founders to easily connect with investors in other states. Investors are now interested in writing checks into states and regions they used to ignore because of geographic distance. Boundaries have fallen and more investors are looking to invest nationwide.

My chat with this founder got me thinking. Will we see a surge in international investing as well? What does that mean for founders and investors? Making international investments is more complex (or so I assume). I’m not sure what direction this will go, but I’m excited by the potential and plan to pay more attention to this.