James Wong

Principal, Life Sciences at Oxford Sciences Innovation

James joined OSI in October 2020 as an interim Life Sciences Investment Principal, bringing venture capital investment, corporate and board experience focused on healthcare in the UK and internationally. Prior to OSI, James was Head of Corporate Advisory at Mercia Asset Management. Before this, he was Investment Director at Fosun Pharma in China, responsible for venture capital investments, including university IP commercialisation funds and spin-out companies. This built on his experience as Investment Manager at NBGI Ventures, where he focused on medical technology and served on the board of several portfolio companies in the UK, Europe and the US. He entered venture capital after starting his career at Cambridge Consultants in 2006. James holds an EPSRC-funded MPhil in Computational Biology from the University of Cambridge. He is a Mentor on the MedTech SuperConnector led by Imperial College London and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. At OSI James focuses on life science businesses and represents OSI on the boards of Oxford Nanoimaging and SpyBiotech.

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  • Principal, Life Sciences

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