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Investor at IQ Capital

Investing in disruptive AI startups

Partner at KdT Ventures; physician-scientist with a research background in machine learning and neuroscience.

Venture scout at Andreessen Horowitz

Investing Partner at Basis Set Ventures

Jokūbas Vaičiulis is a former FIRSTPICK investment-team member. The manager’s own farewell announcement confirms his departure after three years, during which he progressed from intern to investment associate, before leaving to build his own ventures. The existing Senior Associate title is preserved as a source-qualified historical affiliation; the exact effective departure day is not established. His own public farewell describes deal evaluation, founder support and development of internal tools.

Sam Cates is Venture Partner at Virta Ventures. He previously co-founded Positive Sum.

William Tunstall-Pedoe is listed by Cambridge Innovation Capital as advisory panel member. Founded Evi/True Knowledge, whose natural-language technology contributed to Alexa; worked on the launch of Amazon Echo and later supported early AI ventures. This affiliation follows CIC’s published directory; other career appointments are scoped to its biography and do not imply personal investment tickets. William Tunstall-Pedoe is publicly named by Cambridge Angels in its selected individual-member directory. Membership is an angel-network affiliation: individual investment choices are independent, and membership alone does not prove personal investment in any portfolio company.

Technical-research and market-analysis professional described in Cottonwood’s biography as senior technology analyst. Holds a mechanical-engineering master’s degree from the University of Madras.

LP & Network Member at Planet A Ventures

Kelly LaBuff is published by Antler as Principal. This is a role within Antler’s venture investment platform; country-specific legal employment is not independently established.

Everybody should be able to raise capital - I'm here to help

Associate at Lunar Ventures

VC Associate at Breega

VC analyst at Breega

Analyst at Breega

David Rytz develops robot autonomy at Laelaps AI. He holds a robotics PhD from Oxford and an MSc in robotics, systems and control from ETH Zürich. His research background includes the Oxford Robotics Institute and Edinburgh, with work on legged robots, trajectory optimisation and motion planning.

Darryl Bandoro is published by VU Venture Partners as Principal, Investor Relations. The official professional biography states: Lead contact for the firm's syndicate investors and Limited Partners Angel investor and strategic advisor to numerous startups. Over 20 years of financial services experience, involving high-value real estate and private equity projects across the US and Canada. Former Fintech Startup Co-Founder and COO Former Investment Advisor (public and private markets)

Charlotte Xia is a Principal at Fusion Fund whose investing interests include AI, infrastructure and automation. She previously helped develop products at Formlabs and holds a Stanford graduate degree in materials science and engineering.

Principal at Balderton Capital

Principal at Innospark Ventures. His published biography says he has worked with the firm since its founding in 2019 and describes previous work for Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Morgan Stanley equity research. He holds a degree from the College of the Holy Cross. The 2019 founding reference differs from the 2018 launch date in the founder's 2024 interview.

Mario Branciforti is the Senior Partner responsible for CDP Venture Capital’s Large Ventures Fund, according to the current native fund directory. Large Ventures supports growth-stage innovative businesses. The existing record’s NFX-listed SeniorAssociate affiliation is an older source snapshot and is superseded by the current primary title. His authentic original manager portrait is source-bound to his named native fund-team card.

Vice President at OTB Ventures

Investor - Atomico Angel Programme 2020 at Atomico

General Partner at Lunar Ventures

Investor at Hummingbird Ventures

Simon Blakey is publicly named by Cambridge Angels in its current board and its selected individual-member directory. Membership is an angel-network affiliation: individual investment choices are independent, and membership alone does not prove personal investment in any portfolio company.

Anjum Rangwala is publicly listed by EQT as Vice President within EQT Foundation / Group Management & Other. The published office is London.

Lightcone Ventures founder and managing partner with experience founding space and energy companies, including Intuitive Machines, Axiom Space, X-energy and Quantum Space.

Andrea joined Oxford Technology in 2012. Prior to this he gained extensive experience in the technology space, as an investor, consultant, and entrepreneur. He has an MSc in Industrial Design Engineering from Delft University of Technology, and a further degree in Innovation and Creativity from the State University College of New York.

Corporate relations and finance professional whom Cottonwood lists under Sabine Jansen. Joined Cottonwood in 2022 according to its biography; her linked personal profile now lists KondorWessels Projecten, so continued Cottonwood appointment is unverified.

Partner

Investment Professional at Nexus Venture Partners

Nicolaj Reffstrup is published by byFounders as a member of its founder collective, described as founder based in Denmark. The collective provides experience and networks to portfolio companies; this is a network affiliation, not a manager employment title or a disclosed personal cash investment.

Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

Ocean physicist and financial analyst with experience in technology innovation, energy transition and sustainable business development.

Engineering entrepreneur, angel investor and special LP in Cottonwood Funds I and II. Previously worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; holds mechanical-engineering graduate degrees from UC Davis. His own professional post confirms BioFlyte founding and subsequent advisory-board involvement.

Michael A. Jackson is published by QAI Ventures as General Partner, contributing to its quantum, advanced-computing and scientific startup investment and company-building platform. The manager’s own2025 InvestorDay biography describes a US deep-tech entrepreneurial career, a Princeton spinout sold toFidelity, and later venture/private-equity investing acrossSiliconValley andEurope. The self-supplied GENDEX biography independently matches hisWilbe/RedstoneQuantum/MultipleCapital affiliations and Princeton/NYU/HEC education; the retainedWilbe person is reused, distinct fromFabricVentures’ Skype namesake.

Prerna Sharma is published by Antler as General Partner. This is a role within Antler’s venture investment platform; country-specific legal employment is not independently established.

Venture Partner at Lunar Ventures

Venture Partner at Lunar Ventures

Lead Scientist & Founding Partner at Lunar Ventures

George Ribaroff, MD, is a partner at Meridian Street Capital, the exact current official directory title. In his own June9,2020 essay he describes moving from hospital medicine into healthcare investing and joining Meridian’s investment team about a year earlier. He applies medical training, critical thinking, communication and patient-centered perspectives to backing healthcare founders. His own account says Meridian’s first investment was2015. A commercial profile incorrectly describing a Middlebury/Lazard investment-banker career is not used as evidence for this physician. His genuine prior portrait and existing Partner role are preserved; separate source-confirmed issuer directorships do not imply personal cash investments.

Technology investment professional formerly with Brightlands Venture Partners, RWE and BOM Capital. Has experience in venture investing, shareholder representation and portfolio-company boards; studied business economics at Tilburg University.

Ana Levine is publicly identified as general partner at E1 Ventures in a manager-customer testimonial and authors the platform’s own deep-technology investment research. Her published work describes science-led companies, capital allocation and helping founders connect technical breakthroughs with markets. The adviser’s latest regulatory ownership roster uses the first name Anastasiya for its managing member; a formal first-name alias bridge is not independently established here, so no second person or additional assumed legal title is created. Existing canonical portrait and General Partner role are preserved.

Co-founder and General Partner at Sunfish Partners, where he works part-time. He is also CEO of Data4Life and previously co-founded Project A Ventures and was a founding managing director at Rocket Internet.

Principal (Deeptech, AI) at IQ Capital

Partner at b2venture

Partner, Managing Director UK at Project A Ventures

Alexander Schubert is listed on the SciFounders team. He earned a molecular biology PhD at the University of Cambridge studying alternative causes of neurodegeneration and worked in Genentech research and early development before starting SciFounders.

Levin Bunz is a published historical Partner at Heartcore Capital. The firm named him Partner in its Kive financing announcement, and he publicly discussed Heartcore’s investment thesis and AI research. He is absent from the current firm directory, so current membership and an exact departure date are unverified.

Venture Partner at Elaia

Principal at Speedinvest

Co-founder and CEO of Karma Biotechnologies.

General Partner at Lunar Ventures

Vishal Gulati is publicly named by Cambridge Angels in its selected individual-member directory. Membership is an angel-network affiliation: individual investment choices are independent, and membership alone does not prove personal investment in any portfolio company.

Founding Managing Partner at Celesta Capital