Georgia Hanias, a fintech specialist in the UK tech space, speaks to some of the UK’s leading female investors to discuss the issue.
Despite the pandemic and fears over Brexit, the UK’s technology sector attracted record levels of investment in 2020. According to Tech Nation’s recent report, tech startups and scaleups in the UK more than doubled their collective value over the past four years. The total industry is now valued at over £400 billion, which is more than any other nation on the continent, and double the next most valuable European scaleup ecosystem, Germany.
One of the most robust tech sectors is fintech, where the UK remains a global leader. According to trade body Innovate Finance, investment into UK fintech stood at nearly £3 billion in 2020 – more than the next four European countries combined....