Comment by freefaler

You can definitely invest trough a holding company set up in Ireland or in other lower tax jurisdiction and pay less tax that way. Even if you invest in a Croatian startup you can wrap in a UK structure to have the British courts available. Or you can structure the deal to include the British court as a venue for conflict mitigation. Also Irish courts are comparable and since 2020 have remote hearings (thank COVID). Either way, your main risk is not the law, but startup market risk.