My experience in the UK is that despite these "tailwinds", interest in supporting new technology is quite weak. My own experience is that this is primarily due

My experience in the UK is that despite these "tailwinds", interest in supporting new technology is quite weak. My own experience is that this is primarily due to a lack of technological education in the upper echelons of VC, who mostly appear to come from a finance or City background. Attempting to persuade City types of the technical advantages of an innovation inevitably leads to a simplification of the issue and a lower level of insight and willingness to invest.