Why so few ICOs from Silicon Valley?

[iluvbtc]

VC's also want a good chunk of your business for some upfront cash. An ICO gives you much more control and you get to keep your percentage in it.

You are not investors.
You are purchasing a currency.
You are not "investing" in "startups".
Nor should you be.. the point of this is to avoid the corporations.
Not buy a coin from them  

Morphing Bitcointalk/Crypto into a Bitcoin Rip-Off / Kickstarter scam site for centralized exchange profits is utterly retarded.. and scammy as hell.

You have no right calling yourselves investors or even talking on this matter.
Unless you want to bring up the fact that an IPO is regulated and this scammy shit is not.
Martha Stewart went to fucking jail for insider trading for fuck sakes idiots.
Penny stocks my god damn ass.
You are deliberately pursuing a new scam technique.
Instead of Water Filter scams from the 80's it's crypto coins now.

All crypto is..
Is a new age version of old scams.. crypto-ponzi / pyramid scheme "tokens"

You call yourselves investors yet write endless blank checks with no assurance you will get anything back from "the startup" ?
Do you ask for accountability ? DO you check up on them and hold their feet to the fire when you hand them millions ?
Fuck no.. you buy your "tokens" then dump them on an exchange then forget about it.
Where is the board of investors asking questions ?
Oh Spoetnik means FUD ? Yeah that is bad in crypto isn't it ?

You are scammy broken English noob brats pushing illegal scammy bullshit.
I don't like you and hope you all get ripped off.
Thanks for taking over and fucking up crypto forever.
And that goes for all the Legendary accounts who are STILL Here joining in with the scammy parade for BITCOIN PROFITS.
I know you fuckheads are here watching me..
Your type is even worse.. you know better. (unlike the noobs)

Let me guess, you are a virgin?.....AHHAHAHAHAA

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You are scammy broken English noob brats pushing illegal scammy bullshit.
I don't like you and hope you all get ripped off.
Thanks for taking over and fucking up crypto forever.
And that goes for all the Legendary accounts who are STILL Here joining in with the scammy parade for BITCOIN PROFITS.
I know you fuckheads are here watching me..
Your type is even worse.. you know better. (unlike the noobs)

Let me guess, you are a virgin?.....AHHAHAHAHAA

He probably is.  But let's not encourage the troll...

[nicosey]

I guess regulation.  Check out CommerceBlock though.  First ICO to have a BIP associated with it.  BIP175

[ammosov]

US/Silicon Valley ICOs are few by number of them but they are the largest in size. Most of the amount they raise comes from VCs that own huge amount of BTC purchased dirt cheap from US Marshals (Silk Road confiscation).

[glerant]

Why do you think so few ICOs are out of Silicon Valley??

Silicon Valley is all about monopolization, centralized control and rent seeking.

I guess they see the distributed model of blockchain technology as irrelevant to their activities. If they use it - it will be closed and controlled.

[Crumple Cat]

ICO 2017 class is full of junk. But they will evolve and ICOs 2020 and later will liberate fundraising from Wall Street and Silicon Valley.

by Naval Ravikant (founder at Angel List)

[pure_happiness_inside]

Filecoin is based in Silicon Valley, and that's the largest ICO to date. Y Combinator is also building something to allow people to invest in its startups through the blockchain. That's some pretty big projects coming out of SV.

Smaller projects may also be able to raise money through accredited investors rather than from the public, so we may not hear of them. Additionally, legislation is a limiting factor, especially for any existing companies that may otherwise consider a token sale, but would rather not risk being on the wrong side of the law.