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Robert Tansley

Life Sciences investor and biotech executive

Greater Cambridge Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $600,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $6,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $3,300,000.00

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2014

    Cambridge Innovation Capital backs world-leading life sciences and technology companies with an affiliation to Cambridge, Europe’s leading capital for innovation. As a preferred investor for the University of Cambridge, we have unparalleled access to investment opportunities in the ecosystem. Since our inception in 2013, we have raised over £500 million to invest in disruptive, deep-tech businesses in sectors including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence, internet of things, quantum technologies, autonomous systems, therapeutics, medtech/diagnostics, digital health and genomics/proteomics.

  • Board Member

    2022

    T-Therapeutics is on a mission to unlock the power of T cells to treat a number of areas of unmet medical need

  • Board Member

    2021

    Developing treatments to address the genetic roots of mitochondrial dysfunction

2017

  • Board Member

    2017

    Exvastat is a drug development company developing a novel treatment for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

  • Board Member

    2016

    A spin-out from the Wellcome Sanger Institute based on world-class science, Microbiotica identifies gut bacteria linked to phenotype with unprecedented precision in order to discover and develop live bacterial therapeutics and biomarkers

  • Board Observer

    2016

    Carrick Therapeutics is building an innovative portfolio of first-in-class treatments that target multiple mechanisms of the most aggressive forms of cancer. In doing so, we aim to have a major impact on the lives of patients with the greatest unmet need and transform the way that cancer is treated.

2020 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2023

    PetMedix is a species-specific antibody discovery and development company focused on the companion animal market. In September 2023, the leading animal health company Zoetis announced that they had acquired PetMedix

2015 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2023

    Abcodia is dedicated to transforming clinical care through the earlier detection of cancer. We focus on measuring and modeling dynamic changes in serum-based biomarkers over time. Our first product, the ROCA Test, is a blood test for the early detection of ovarian cancer. In July 2023, Abcodia was acquired by GenIncode.

2016 - 2021

  • Board Member (2016-2019), Board Observer (2019-2021)

    2016 - 2021

    Our aim at CMR Surgical is to make minimal access surgery available to all. With Versius we have designed a next-generation tool to fit seamlessly into today’s operating rooms, working in harmony with the surgeon to improve patient outcomes and deliver value for healthcare providers

2014 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2014 - 2021

    Inivata is a leading liquid biopsy company seeking to improve the management of patients with cancer. In May 2020, NeoGenomics, a leading US oncology diagnostic company took an equity position in Inivata as part of a commercialisation agreement. In June 2021, NeoGenomics acquired the remaining equity that it did not already own in Inivata for $390 million.