2023年7月11日

科技國家的好奇死在一段時間的投資不確定性什麼neobanks Monzo, Revolut OakNorth,財務管理應用Wealthsimple,交易平台eToro,信貸和欺詐分析師貿易分類帳和insurtechs棉花糖,ManyPets Zego,有何共同之處?所以他們都出現在這些頁麵,發現,忠實的讀者。大多數都是獨角獸,你是對的。是的,他們都開始在英國。但除此之外呢?如果你是一個國家科技校友或許多有才華和個人幫助非盈利生長加速器郵票超過4000創業成功和按比例增長在一段八年,你就會知道答案。科技的國家概念是作為首相戴維•卡梅倫(David Cameron)領導的想法。這是聲明英國雄心的重新定位為一個新的技術主導的經濟和交互式數據項目追蹤數字業務的增長和集群的出現。當科技國家物質形態的結果合並英國科技城位於倫敦北部和技術,選擇曼徹斯特作為其基礎——一個信號,表明這是一個每個人都能駕馭的economy-driver,不僅僅從首都。根據2023年的一份報告,編製FinTech北部,白帽隊隊員谘詢和其他大曼徹斯特FinTech部門現在最大的行業生態係統以外的倫敦。 It’s home to around 150 fintech firms, the vast majority of them startups and scaleups, whose number has trebled over the last three years. Starling Bank moved into the city this year , joining BankiFi, Adyen, Worldpay, Ebury and Xero, among others. Manchester Met University is the first provider of a fintech masters course in England. While it contributed hugely to propelling the UK into the top three global destinations for tech investment, Tech Nation embedded itself in the regional economy and created a halo effect that helped to convince founders they didn’t need to be in London. The proven benefits of having a more geographically diverse tech sector have been demonstrated. In 2014 there were just four places in the UK where you could spot a tech unicorn grazing; now there are populations of them in 20 or more locations. More than a third of those stellar-growth companies graduated from a Tech Nation programme; collectively they raised more than £28.1billon in venture capital and on capital markets. While 80 per cent of startups fail within two to five years, more than 95 per cent of those that went through Tech Nation programmes successfully scaled – that is an outstanding statistic. Bang for bucks, the organisation delivered. But Tech Nation was the victim of a curious funding decision last year. During Liz Truss’ short and economically disastrous term as PM, the government decided to give an annual £12million that Tech Nation relied on to Barclays Bank to work with startups and scaleups through its Eagle Labs . The decision was widely condemned by founders and VCs – comments ranged from ‘baffling’ to ‘anti-competitive’. The sense of bewilderment (and genuine sadness) was still evident six months later at Tech Nation’s valedictory event in March to present the last of its annual reports. This one was a bit different: it was leaving behind a roadmap for how the country could sustain conditions for growth now Tech Nation was exiting. The current economic climate does not work in founders’ favour, and the UK tech ecosystem was at an inflection point – ‘either the bubble risks being burst, or future growth can be promoted, and augmented’, it said. If anything, now was the time to double down on mentoring startups and scaleups to make them investment ready and facilitate those introductions. But, as one VC commented, with the decision to effectively pull the plug on Tech Nation, ‘the idea of government as a provider of startup advice to founders backed by Tier 1 VCs is finished’.It’s now emerged that global entrepreneur network, VC-backed Founders Forum Group has acquired Tech Nation. But there’s still no explanation for the decision to leave the organisation stranded. And what does it say about government’s commitment to building a true tech nation? News News Insurtech Funding News