Huge deals from the likes of Amazon help UK tech start-ups score record foreign investment

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U.S. and Asian investors poured $3.7 billion into U.K. tech start-ups in the first seven months of 2019, research shows.

Britain pulled in the largest amount of foreign funding for tech firms versus other European countries.Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images

British technology start-ups have attracted more foreign investment since the start of the year than they did throughout all of 2018, according to fresh figures published Wednesday. U.S. and Asian venture capital investors poured $3.7 billion into U.K. tech companies in the first seven months of 2019, research from industry group Tech Nation and data firm Dealroom showed. Last year, U.K. start-ups raised $2.9 billion from American and Asian investors.

 

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