Brexit Uncertainty Sees UK FinTech Funding Fall by 33%
A new report by Innovate Finance and Pitchbook has found that investment in FinTech in the U.K. fell in 2016 to 33.7 percent while China and the U.S. dominated the sector. According to the report, The 2016 VC FinTech Investment Landscape [PDF], which was published this month, the U.K. received VC funding amounting to $783 million in 2016 compared to the $1.2 billion in 2015. This was largely attributed to the uncertainty circulating Brexit as well as geo political and macro-economic factors. While total deals post-Brexit amounted to $368 million in 2016, year on year investment decreased....
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