2025-01-28 19:02:22

Documents show UK wooed a16z for five years

UK documents show that the UK’s Department of Business and Trade spent five years convincing Andreessen Horowitz to create a presence in London, only for the US firm to leave 18 after launching an office, according to government documents obtained by Sifted. In 2023, a16z launched a crypto office in London, deeming the crypto environment […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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