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Jo Slota-Newson

Venture Capital Investor

Cambridge, England

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $700,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $13,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $7,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2024

2020 - 2023

  • Principal

    2021 - 2023

  • Investor

    2020 - 2021

  • Investment Manager

    2018 - 2020

    Early stage venture capital investor.

2014 - 2018

  • Senior Consultant

    2014 - 2018

    Innovation strategy consultant to SMEs in the advanced materials, energy, electronics and cleantech sectors.

2016 - 2018

  • Director, Investment and Operations

    2016 - 2018

    Equity investment for Biotech and Life Science businesses.

2014 - 2016

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2014 - 2016

    Combined role as Technical and Operational lead for a building integrated photovoltaics technology company based in the ideaSpace, Cambridge and Level39, Canary Wharf. Polysolar specialises in transparent photovoltaic architectural glazing, with customers including Sainsbury's, Canary Wharf Group and the NHS.

  • Research and Teaching Fellow, BioMedical Engineering program

    2013 - 2014

    Lecturer and course director for an undergraduate course in Biomedical Engineering (BioMEMS)

  • Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department

    2011 - 2014

  • PhD Researcher and Teaching Assistant

    2007 - 2011

  • Research Assistant

    2006 - 2006

    Quantum electrodynamics group Nuffield undergraduate research scholarship

2003 - 2003

  • Staff

    2003 - 2003