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Evening Standard
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Jonathan Prynn

Tech Nation to fold at end of March after Government grant withdrawn

Silicon Roundabout in Shoreditch, home of many of the start-ups helped by Tech Nation

Tech Nation, the Government backed body that has helped hundreds of start ups, including about a third of all Britain’s unicorns, get off the ground, is to close at the end of March.

The Silicon Roundabout based organisation set up by David Cameron in 2011 said it was no longer viable after DCMS transferred its £12 million funding to Barclays Bank.

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