Cambridge Innovation Capital
Ian is a Board observer for CIC’s investments in a number of their portfolio companies.
Ian is a technology and life sciences, investor and entrepreneur. He shares his time between managing his private investment portfolio and assisting CIC companies through critical growth stages.
Following university, Ian was the lead in the world beating team that invented the first optical fiber amplifier, a key enabler for the internet. He has worked in analysis and consultancy, eventually heading up a business division for Siemens AG. Subsequently, he initiated tech businesses, acquired others and grew them internationally, leading to multiple exits.
Ian has a BA in Natural Sciences from Oxford, a PhD from Southampton University and is a Chartered Director.
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Cambridge Innovation Capital
CIC backs life sciences and technology companies in Europe’s leading ecosystem, Cambridge. A preferred investor for the university.