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January 28, 2025

Internal documents reveal how the UK spent years luring Andreessen Horowitz to London: 'Most crypto firms have left'

How the UK spent years luring Andreessen Horowitz to London before the VC giant ditched the city for Trump

Tom Matsuda

3 min read

The UK government spent five years lobbying Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), one of the world’s biggest VC firms, to choose London as its first overseas base — only for the firm to close its office within 18 months of its announcement. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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