According to the Dealroom data cited by the Financial TimesLast 12 months, British start-ups collected only 16.2 billion kilos, much lower than over 65 billion kilos collected by their counterparts in the Silicon Valley in the same period. In fact, the USA seems to proceed every 12 months. In 2024, 57% of global financing of Venture Capital went to startups in the USA – for the first time this share exceeded 50% in over a decade, to the transaction.
This expanding gap is part of a long -term trend, about which the founders of Great Britain noted, FT reports, and encourages many to consider moving abroad.
“Recognizing that most of the financing of the project comes from the USA, we established as Delaware Corporation, the preferred and known structure for American investors,” said Mati Staniszewski, co-founder of the London company AI Elevenlabs, in an interview with FT.
Barney Hussey-Weeo, founder and general director of the AI Cleo start-up, ft said that he spends 4 months a 12 months in San Francisco and seriously considers everlasting movement. “You get to a certain size in which there is no capital in Great Britain and the problem gets worse,” he said. “To be honest, Great Britain is a bit fucking if not concerned [the problem]. “