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Board Member
Aug 2019
Ori Biotech is a London- and Philadelphia-based leader in CGT manufacturing technology that has developed a proprietary, bespoke and flexible manufacturing platform, which enables patient access to a new generation of personalized, lifesaving treatments.
By fully automating and standardizing CGT manufacturing in a closed platform, Ori offers therapeutics developers the opportunity to seamlessly scale from pre-clinical process development to commercial scale manufacturing.
So complex manufacturing challenges can be put where they belong – in the past.
Advisor & Investor
Feb 2014
Unmade is a software company based in London that provides the world’s leading apparel and sportswear brands with the digital infrastructure needed to realise the full potential of their products, unlock market opportunity and connect demand directly to production.
Unmade’s platform, UnmadeOS, uses patented automation and visualisation technologies to enable brands to be demand driven, delivering customisation, teamwear and small batch production at scale. UnmadeOS dramatically increases product variety and speed to market whilst reducing operational overheads, inventory and waste.
Unmade has raised over $18 million in investment and won numerous awards including D&AD, Drapers Digital and Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies.
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2021
Trust Board Member
Sep 2021
Boston Childrens Hospital is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Boston Childrens offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. (Our services can begin interventions at 15 weeks gestation and in some situations we also treat adults.)
We have approximately 25,000 inpatient admissions each year and our 200+ specialized clinical programs schedule 557,000 visits annually. Last year, the hospital performed more than 26,500 surgical procedures and 214,000 radiological examinations.
Our team of physicians and nurses has been recognized by a number of independent organizations for overall excellence, and were proud to share some notable examples with you here.
2019
Board Member
Aug 2019
Ori Biotech is a London- and Philadelphia-based leader in CGT manufacturing technology that has developed a proprietary, bespoke and flexible manufacturing platform, which enables patient access to a new generation of personalized, lifesaving treatments.
By fully automating and standardizing CGT manufacturing in a closed platform, Ori offers therapeutics developers the opportunity to seamlessly scale from pre-clinical process development to commercial scale manufacturing.
So complex manufacturing challenges can be put where they belong – in the past.
2015
Senior Advisory Board Member
Sep 2015
Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together talented outliers to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world’s best investors.
Since pioneering Talent Investing in 2015, we’ve learned to recognize individuals with extraordinary futures before anyone else, embedding them in a community of ambitious peers and giving them the tools they need to succeed, fast. We back them before they have a company, a team, even before they have an idea, based purely on talent.
EF’s portfolio is now collectively valued at over $16B, and includes companies such as Aztec, Cleo, Magdrive, Neptune, Omnea, Opply, PolyAI, Tractable, and many more.
EF is backed by some of the worlds leading founders and investors, including Founders Fund, Greylock, John Collison (founder – Stripe), Patrick Collison (founder – Stripe), Reid Hoffman (founder – LinkedIn), Eric Schmidt (former CEO - Google), Demis Hassabis (founder – Google DeepMind ), Taavet Hinrikus (founder – Wise), Matt Mullenweg (founder – WordPress), Charlie Songhurst (Board member – Meta), Christa Davies (Board member – Stripe), Lachy Groom (founder – Physical Intelligence), Aidan Gomez (founder – Cohere), Mati Staniszewski (founder – ElevenLabs), Danny Rimer (Partner - Index Ventures), Matt Cohler (former General Partner - Benchmark).
We exist to make great companies happen that otherwise wouldn’t.
For more information about Entrepreneurs First, visit www.joinef.com
Were hiring! Join our global team and experience firsthand the workings of a globally unique talent investor working with cutting edge entrepreneurs on world changing technologies: https://www.joinef.com/about/careers
Founding General Partner
May 2015
At Kindred we align our ambitions and achievements with our portfolio - in structure and in spirit. Every entrepreneur we invest in becomes a co- owner of the fund. We call it ‘equitable venture’. We invest early and work with our community of founders and advisers to help founders get further, faster from the very beginning.
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