Artun Sukan

Ventures Manager, CVC | ex-Operator & VC | PhD in BiochemEng

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated October 2026💼 10 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2025
VC🌍 United Kingdom
10
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Board Observer
Jan 2025
Natural Hydrogen Exploration
Investor
Mar 2023
Hardware-agnostic, enterprise-grade automation, data-driven analysis and the Aibuild AM intelligence in one flexible platform. Aibuild is cloud connected for collaboration or deployable on desktop for off-grid security. Combining additive manufacturing with tailor-made CNC strategies, all accessed through one UI. Whether you’re working offline, online, or somewhere in between, Aibuild is a solution built to meet your needs. With centralised control of machine fleets to reduce lead times, cuts costs, and eliminate inefficiencies, Aibuild drives precision, speed, and quality at every production stage.
Board Member- Investor Representor
Apr 2019
SAM Labs offer innovative courses to teach STEAM and Coding with confidence. Our easy-to-use solution, developed for specialist and generalist teachers alike, enable students to conduct experiments, solve problems and design prototypes. Our kits include practical curriculum-aligned courses (Grades K-8), Bluetooth connected hardware blocks and interactive software - ready-made to master computational thinking. Join our vibrant community of practice at SAMLabs.com. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest. www.samlabs.com
Board Member - Investor Representor
Apr 2019
S-Cube are an award-winning energy tech startup spun out from Imperial College that has been taking the seismic industry by storm. Creating revolutionary optimisation algorithms and software on the AWS cloud, it is now used by major global energy companies and continuing to grow rapidly. Our journey has led to the X-Wave toolbox for next generation FWI. Unravelling raw hydrophone signals from the earth to directly generate a seismic image with zero or minimal human intervention.
early stageOil and Gas
Board Member - Investor Representor
Apr 2019
S-Cube are an award-winning energy tech startup spun out from Imperial College that has been taking the seismic industry by storm. Creating revolutionary optimisation algorithms and software on the AWS cloud, it is now used by major global energy companies and continuing to grow rapidly. Our journey has led to the X-Wave toolbox for next generation FWI. Unravelling raw hydrophone signals from the earth to directly generate a seismic image with zero or minimal human intervention.
mid stageOil and Gas
Board Member - Investor Representor
Apr 2019
S-Cube are an award-winning energy tech startup spun out from Imperial College that has been taking the seismic industry by storm. Creating revolutionary optimisation algorithms and software on the AWS cloud, it is now used by major global energy companies and continuing to grow rapidly. Our journey has led to the X-Wave toolbox for next generation FWI. Unravelling raw hydrophone signals from the earth to directly generate a seismic image with zero or minimal human intervention.
early stageOil and Gas
Board Member - Investor Representor
Apr 2019
S-Cube are an award-winning energy tech startup spun out from Imperial College that has been taking the seismic industry by storm. Creating revolutionary optimisation algorithms and software on the AWS cloud, it is now used by major global energy companies and continuing to grow rapidly. Our journey has led to the X-Wave toolbox for next generation FWI. Unravelling raw hydrophone signals from the earth to directly generate a seismic image with zero or minimal human intervention.
mid stageOil and Gas
Board Observer
Apr 2019
Silicon Microgravity Limited (SMG) is a technology company focused on the inertial navigation and gravity markets. Over 10 years of research and development, first at Cambridge University's Nanoscience Department and then carried on inside SMG, has gone in to our resonant MEMS technology. Today SMG's team of scientists and engineers are based in our Technology Centre in Waterbeach, just north of Cambridge, England. SMG focuses on two markets. The inertial navigation market where our MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes presently under development will provide higher accuracy, smaller form factor and lower cost than existing sensors. Then the gravity sesning market where our MEMS gravity accelerometer sensor can detect changes down to 10 nanoG.
Advisor/Investor
Nov 2018
Puraffinity is a spinout company from Imperial College London that specialises in designing and manufacturing novel advanced materials for environmental benefit, such as removing harmful pollutants from water and wastewater. Focusing initially on PFAS removal, Puraffinity has developed an innovative adsorbent media allowing an easily deployable solution for addressing PFAS compliance. In addition, the solution is highly cost effective, providing an attractive Return On Investment for customers, and reduced life-cycle costs. Founded in 2015, Puraffinity is backed by leading sustainability investors Kindred Capital, Heritage Group Ventures and Investiere (Verve) Capital Partners. Puraffinity combines chemistry and material engineering expertise to architect molecular structures that exhibit a high affinity towards target compounds and can bind them effectively. The result is a new class of targeted adsorbent media that selectively captures emerging contaminants such as PFAS. The technology we develop can be used for PFAS treatment in different applications and water matrices which cover a variety of markets such as Point of Use, municipal potable water, groundwater remediation, industrial manufacturing, airport/military bases, oil and gas. By harnessing multidisciplinary approaches and scientific principles, our mission is to create sustainable environmental solutions for tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges. To find out more, please visit www.puraffinity.com.
Board Member- Investor Representor
Jan 2018
Inflowmatix, a UK based company with a global customer base, has a unique blend of research capability, application expertise, technical skills and business innovation that delivers great solutions for optimising water supply networks. We draw our experience and expertise directly from Imperial College, rated as the 8th best university in the world. With substantial long term investment from Imperial Innovations and some of the most respected and experienced management professionals in the water industry, we have a special combination of attributes that make us unique in this industry.
mid stageUtilities
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2025
Board Observer
Jan 2025
Natural Hydrogen Exploration
2024
Ventures Manager, CVC
Sep 2024
Were finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. Iron ore for steel. Low carbon aluminium for electric cars and smartphones. Copper for wind turbines, electric cars and the pipes that bring water to our home. Borates that help crops grow and titanium for paint.
2023
Investor
Mar 2023
Hardware-agnostic, enterprise-grade automation, data-driven analysis and the Aibuild AM intelligence in one flexible platform. Aibuild is cloud connected for collaboration or deployable on desktop for off-grid security. Combining additive manufacturing with tailor-made CNC strategies, all accessed through one UI. Whether you’re working offline, online, or somewhere in between, Aibuild is a solution built to meet your needs. With centralised control of machine fleets to reduce lead times, cuts costs, and eliminate inefficiencies, Aibuild drives precision, speed, and quality at every production stage.
2022
Head of Strategic Partnerships
Nov 2022
Powered by breakthrough technology, our vision of a mouth-watering, affordable and healthy protein is fast approaching - we’ve pioneered a strategy to scale cultivated meat that eliminates the industry’s largest cost driver with zero genetic engineering. Previously known as Higher Steaks Ltd, we’ve successfully scaled from a compact start-up to a dynamic company of 50+ creative scientists, engineers and operators, committed to a massive takeover of the food industry. We’ve developed a scalable production process that can cut costs, drastically reduce waste materials and improve the health of consumers. We’ve raised capital totalling $37M from Balderton, Lowercarbon Capital, RedAlpine, Sam Altman (Open AI founder) and Max Altman as well as the UK government through a $1.2M Innovate UK grant. From the cell to the sizzle, our Uncommon Bacon and Uncommon Belly are packed full of nutritious goodness and fantastic flavour; paving the way for an Uncommonly good future of delicious, healthy and sustainable meat. Unleash your creativity and join us!
2020
Investment Manager
Mar 2020
IP Group accelerates the impact of science for a better future. As the most active UK based, early-stage science investor, we develop and support some of the world’s most exciting businesses in deeptech, life sciences and cleantech (led by Kiko Ventures). Through Parkwalk, the UKs largest growth EIS fund manager, we also back world-changing innovation emerging in leading universities and research institutions. Our specialist investment team combines sector expertise with an international approach. Together we have a strong track record of success, having backed high-profile companies including Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc, First Light Fusion, Hysata, and Oxbotica. IP Group is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the code IPO.
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