Elaine Loukes (Nee Robertson)

Investment Committee Member @ LYVA Labs | Deeptech Investment Specialist. 20+ years of Deeptech experience, Physics PhD, Chartered Accountant. Built a £1.2BN portfolio of spinouts from University of Cambridge.

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2026
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Investor in Residence
Feb 2026
The University of Liverpool is one of the great centres of research, knowledge and innovation. Our pioneering reputation attracts students, experts and partners from around the world. Through our research, teaching and collaborations we seek to be life changing and world shaping.
Board Observer
Sep 2025
In an era where the cold plasma industry is blossoming, PlasmaFresh stands out with a blend of deep-rooted research and forward-thinking vision. Our team, backed by over 15 years of expertise is leading the development of this cutting-edge technology to improve the sustainability of the food & drink industry.
Board Observer
Aug 2025
SenseAI was formed from an academic team at the University of Liverpool as a spinout incorporating all the legacy research. It sets out to be the pre-eminent firm globally on sub-sampling imaging across a number of sectors.
Board Observer
Jun 2022
Building the quantum networking technology to scale quantum computers. Stay Entangled!
Board Observer
Jun 2019
Riverlane’s mission is to make quantum computing useful sooner. To achieve this, Riverlane is building the Quantum Error Correction Stack to comprehensively correct the millions of data errors that prevent today’s quantum computers from achieving useful scale.
Board Observer
Jun 2018
Situational hearing loss is a huge and growing problem worldwide, affecting over 80% of people over 40. Often called ‘The Cocktail Party Problem’, this means that sufferers can hear speech clearly in quiet rooms, but in noisy situations they find it hard to follow conversations. AudioTelligence’s aiso™ technology can supercharge hearing enhancement on your device. Aiso™ goes a step further than other solutions which simply reduce background noise, by isolating and extracting the speech or sound that the user wants to hear from surrounding noise and unwanted sounds. With aiso™, users can effectively regain their ability to hear in noisy environments. Aiso™s source separation and noise suppression technology deliver clean speech directly to TWS earbuds, allowing users to hear what matters most. Our technology portfolio includes: ✔️ Assistive Listening ✔️ Video Recording ✔️ Video Calling To learn more email enquiries@audiotelligence.com
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2026
Investor in Residence
Feb 2026
The University of Liverpool is one of the great centres of research, knowledge and innovation. Our pioneering reputation attracts students, experts and partners from around the world. Through our research, teaching and collaborations we seek to be life changing and world shaping.
2025
Board Observer
Sep 2025
In an era where the cold plasma industry is blossoming, PlasmaFresh stands out with a blend of deep-rooted research and forward-thinking vision. Our team, backed by over 15 years of expertise is leading the development of this cutting-edge technology to improve the sustainability of the food & drink industry.
Board Observer
Aug 2025
SenseAI was formed from an academic team at the University of Liverpool as a spinout incorporating all the legacy research. It sets out to be the pre-eminent firm globally on sub-sampling imaging across a number of sectors.
Investment Committee Member (Deeptech) and Portfolio Investor Director
Jun 2025
LYVA Labs was created to deliver economic growth through commercialisation of innovation; inspiring ideas, creating partnerships and attracting investment. Our mission is to increase investment in innovation and we do this by: • Providing tailored innovation consultancy • Exploiting the wealth of innovation assets • Identifying and securing appropriate funding and investment • Inspiring collaboration across the ecosystem We believe innovation will drive growth and create jobs in our region – if we create the right environment to unlock it. Want to know more? Visit our website.
2022
Board Observer
Jun 2022
Building the quantum networking technology to scale quantum computers. Stay Entangled!
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