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Ian Cooper

Managing Director and Head of Corporate Venture Capital Europe at National Grid

Greater London, England

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Managing Director and Head of Corporate Venture Capital Europe

    2018

2022

  • Board Director

    2022

  • Board Observer

    2021

  • Board Observer

    2021

  • Board Director

    2020

2019 - 2021

  • Board Observer

    2019 - 2021

2015 - 2015

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2015 - 2015

    Ardent Capital was a prominent Thai-headquartered operating VC, making minority seed stage investments as well as incubating majority owned companies. As Chief Operating Officer and working closely with the CEO, I took direct charge of overall operations, instituting investment processes, overseeing investments, investment documentation and portfolio management, hiring and staff retention as well as working with portfolio companies to put mature governance processes into place and assist in the growth, scaling and financing of the business.

2015 - 2015

  • Board Director

    2015 - 2015

2015 - 2015

  • Board Director

    2015 - 2015

2012 - 2015

  • Board Director

    2012 - 2015

    Tobii Technology AB is the world leader in eye-gaze tracking, listed on the Nasdaq:OMX as of April 2015. I was a member of the Board of Directors of Tobii AB for 3 years, assisting the company through its acquisition of US-based competitor Dynavox Systems LLC in 2014 and preparing the company for its IPO in early 2015.