London tech start-ups raised $2.3 billion from investors in 2015

London’s technology start-ups raked in $2.3 billion of investment in 2015, two-thirds more than the year before, new figures have shown.

The capital attracted 62% of the money invested in UK tech companies by venture capital firms, underlining its dominance of the fast-growing sector, according to a study by London & Partners, Mayor Boris Johnson’s promotional body.

The budding financial technology or “fintech” scene was a big winner, accounting for close to a quarter of the total raised.

San Francisco-based Index Ventures was the most active investor in London tech, ploughing $345.6 million into 12 companies in 2015 including restaurant delivery service Deliveroo, peer-to-peer money transfer firm Transferwise and luxury getaway deals site Secret Escapes.