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Richard Lewis

Partner Downing Ventures

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated November 2026💼 3 investments📅 20 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2018
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Board Observer
Apr 2018
Cambridge Touch Technologies Ltd. (“CTT”), recognized as a 2021 Best Startup in Cambridge, UK, as well as one of only 22 European companies named to the 2020 EE Times Silicon 100, is a fast growing and exciting company combining touch, AI, cloud, and edge technologies into its market leading UltraTouch location-and-force-sensing solution. Founded in 2011 as a spin out from the University of Cambridge, and based on the world-renowned Cambridge Science Park, CTT develops and commercialises its patented technology for next generation smart devices and surfaces. Backed by multinational strategic and venture capital investors, and with a strong international team in Asia, Europe and the US, the company sells and licenses its solutions to OEM and Tier 1 customers in the consumer electronics, automotive, industrial, and medical markets.
Investor - Venture & Development Capital
Sep 2006
Mitsui Global Investment (MGI) is a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., which invests in opportunities that have potential for growth. While we are headquartered in Tokyo, we also have offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai. Our investments reach beyond these geographical barriers, allowing us to build a diversified global portfolio.
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2022
Managing Director
Jul 2022
Founded in 1984, Foresight is a leading investment manager in real assets and capital for growth, operating across Europe, Australia, and the United States. With decades of experience, Foresight offers investors access to compelling opportunities at the forefront of change. Foresight actively builds and grows investment solutions to support the energy transition, decarbonise industry, enhance nature recovery and realise the economic potential of ambitious companies.
2018
Board Observer
Apr 2018
Cambridge Touch Technologies Ltd. (“CTT”), recognized as a 2021 Best Startup in Cambridge, UK, as well as one of only 22 European companies named to the 2020 EE Times Silicon 100, is a fast growing and exciting company combining touch, AI, cloud, and edge technologies into its market leading UltraTouch location-and-force-sensing solution. Founded in 2011 as a spin out from the University of Cambridge, and based on the world-renowned Cambridge Science Park, CTT develops and commercialises its patented technology for next generation smart devices and surfaces. Backed by multinational strategic and venture capital investors, and with a strong international team in Asia, Europe and the US, the company sells and licenses its solutions to OEM and Tier 1 customers in the consumer electronics, automotive, industrial, and medical markets.
2017
Downing Ventures
Investor
Jan 2017
2006
Investor - Venture & Development Capital
Sep 2006
Mitsui Global Investment (MGI) is a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., which invests in opportunities that have potential for growth. While we are headquartered in Tokyo, we also have offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai. Our investments reach beyond these geographical barriers, allowing us to build a diversified global portfolio.
2001
North West Equity Fund
Investment Manager - Venture Capital Fund
2001
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2006–2018 · 3 investments
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