IW

Iain Wilcock

Seventure Partners - UK Venture Partner

London, England

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $685,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $27,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $14,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Investment Advisor

    2008

    On going UK and Irish Healthcare Investment Advisor. Board roles include; FIRE1, Microbiotica, ArGEN-X, Kebony, Push Doctor. Notable exits ArGEN-X IPO, BiancaMed acquired by ResMed.

Vela Ventures, a Venture Management Service Company

2007

  • Founder, Director

    2007

    He has worked with several venture capital funds on a variety of assignments since leaving Quester included advising on fund raising, deal origination, due diligence and execution. Currently he is retained by Seventure Partners, a Paris based VC and NESTA, a UK early stage investor.

2008 - 2010

  • Investment Director

    2008 - 2010

    Sourced new Healthcare investments and was responsible for the Healthcare portfolio. Notable exits: Sirigen and Dexela. This role was carried out alongside other roles, such as with Seventure and Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property

  • Chairman Of The Board

    2005 - 2008

1996 - 2007

  • Deputy Managing Director

    1996 - 2007

    As Deputy Managing Director, He was responsible for all aspects of fund management. Iain founded the Healthcare investment practise and the university linked deal origination platform. When he joined Quester it had under £20m under management and only 4 employees. When Quester was sold in 2007, it had approximately £250m under management and an investment team of 10. Notable exits: Glycart, Vivacta, Sterix, Avidex, Mirada, PowderMed.

  • Senior Manager

    1988 - 1995

    As a Senior Manager in the corporate finance department he gained experience of a wider range of transactions including mergers, acquisitions, IPO's, disposals and insolvency. He also qualified as a tax specialist which helps with the structuring and modeling of many transactions.