Rhys Maddocks: UK investors fail Britain’s tech firms

Rhys Maddocks 14 August 2018
Rhys Maddocks

What's gone wrong with investment for start-ups in the UK?

Recently, Matt Hancock, the government minister responsible for digital, proudly proclaimed the UK as the number one venture capital (VC) investment country in Europe, and London the Silicon Valley of Europe. Apparently it is easy to grow big technology businesses in the UK. Really?

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