Tech companies face fight for financing
The uncertain economic outlook is fuelling venture capitalists’ nerves and unwillingness to provide growth capital for mid-level technology groups
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With few remaining large independent tech companies in the UK after the sale last year of Autonomy to HP, the FT investigates whether we have the ideas, management skills and financing structures to create another such global leader
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