How Brexit killed an entrepreneur's vision to invest in British tech talent

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• It's become harder for tech startup investors to raise money for their funds in the wake of Brexit.
• That's partly because of the two years of economic uncertainty that followed the vote.
• Two British startup investors, Ali Mitchell and Ben Tompkins, told Business Insider how Brexit stymied their plans to launch a European fund.
• They say the UK's burgeoning tech industry will adapt, but will be poorer for the uncertainty and dropoff in international talent.

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It's been more than two years since the UK voted to leave the European Union in June 2016.

The outcome horrified a large proportion of the UK's community of entrepreneurs, investors, and executives, many of whom have thrived thanks to strong links with Europe.

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