On: The European Startup Ecosystem is Entering Puberty

sounds spot on to me :)

so, next question.. almost warrants another thread, but i'll ask you it here for now: who are the best product guys in the UK/Europe? are they on the list of official "product expert" mentors? http://seedcamp.com/pages/mentors

I'd guess that they probably are on that page somewhere, not necessarily in the "product expert" list.

They just need to get themselves into an environment in which they can most effectively do their thing. I'm sure they were in it or close to it when they started their own startups. :)