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Nice to see it's going well. One thing that interests me as an NL-based entrepreneur (well, technically a freelancer for now): are you guys still based in Utrecht or did you have to move to the Valley in order to profit from the investment scene?

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GitLab is a remote-only company, so really, we're EVERYWHERE! There's still a NL entity, but now there's a US entity, and maybe more countries coming.

I can't comment whether Sid had to move to the Valley to reach investors, but it probably didn't hurt. That and YC.

During raising the A round I promised I would be in San Francisco the majority of my time to spend time with customers, investors, partners, and press. Being remote only allows me to travel back to the Netherlands 3 times a year for 3 weeks each apart from my vacation time.

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