The New Europeans

Europe is running out of workers, growth, and time—but the people it too often treats as a problem may be its greatest competitive advantage. In The New Europeans, investor and entrepreneur Yaron Valler examines immigration through the lens of economic renewal, entrepreneurship, and integration. Drawing on decades spent backing founders across Europe, he explores why immigrants so often develop an unusual tolerance for risk, adaptability, resilience, and the ability to see opportunities that insiders overlook. Through the stories of entrepreneurs and innovators including Sir Ronald Cohen, Özlem Türeci, Ali Parsa, Mursal Hedayat, Taavet Hinrikus, and others, Valler shows how displacement can become a catalyst for reinvention—and how immigrant founders have helped reshape industries from biotechnology and fintech to venture capital and artificial intelligence. But this is not an argument for immigration without limits. Valler confronts failed integration, parallel societies, bureaucracy, and the political backlash that follows when governments ignore legitimate pressures on communities. The New Europeans asks a defining question for the continent’s future: can Europe learn to turn migration into renewal before demographic decline turns opportunity into crisis?