Ten of those 43 seedlings have been validated by outside venture capital support.

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"These states are lower cost areas, but their labor forces are not competitive and therefore are not going to attract venture capital money or big outside investments, " says Mark Zandi, chief economist at Economy.com.

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What London does have is easier access to the venture capital firms which seem so reluctant to travel outside the capital.

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