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A SoftBank mobile shop in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/ AFP via Getty Asian and Middle Eastern venture capital investment in UK tech startups accelerating in 2020, with Japan's SoftBank ( SFTBY ) leading the way. Tech startups received nearly twice the amount of Asian capital in the first six months of 2021 as they did during 2020, with Asian investment in the UK exceeding £1.7bn ($2.4bn) in 2021, compared with £1bn last year. This equates to 13.2% of total investments made in the the UK. This year is on track to be an even...
