As the dust begins to settle following the chaos after the referendum results, spinouts, startups and government-backed businesses are facing an uncertain future.

Some experts have argued that we should have seen it coming: the signs of the British public leaning towards exiting the European Union were there, fuelled by anger and disillusionment, and yet a sense of cautious, naïve optimism prevailed.

When Boris Johnson, the former mayor of pro-remain London and prime minister hopeful, argued in the Daily Telegraph yesterday that “the pound remains higher than it was in 2013 and 2014” just hours before the currency collapsed to a 31-year…