Shingo Hiura

The reference early stage investor for UK climate innovation. Green Angel Ventures specialises in the fight against climate change. Our funds and syndicate provide the knowledge and experience needed to add substantial value to emerging climate start-ups. We invest in the businesses with the solutions to beat climate change. Our Syndicate has over 350 members and has invested in 45 start-up and early-stage companies across 10 different economic sectors. Our Climate Change Fund is an EIS fund investing alongside our specialist Syndicate members.

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) is an interdisciplinary graduate school offering a 5-year PhD program in Science. Over half of the faculty and students are recruited from outside Japan, and all education and research is conducted entirely in English. OIST researchers are conducting multi-disciplinary research in areas such as Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Ecology and Evolution, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Marine Sciences, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Physics, and Quantum. The graduate school accepts 40 students per year, creating a very low student to instructor ratio. Students also receive support for living costs, health care, housing, childcare, and other needs that would otherwise distract them from the science. Balancing lectures and lab work, the doctoral program places students in well-funded labs where they work side-by-side with top researchers on state-of-the-art equipment. Frequent visits from internationally-known scientists further enrich the program and provide opportunities for collaboration and exchange. By the time they graduate, students have accumulated not only abstract knowledge and practical skills but also the kind of professional connections necessary to launch their careers as world-class researchers. OIST Graduate University is an equal opportunity educator and employer, and is working actively toward increasing the diversity of its faculty, students and staff. The University strongly encourages applications from women and other underrepresented groups. OIST provides a family-friendly working environment including the OIST Child Development Center, and has proactive policies and practices in place designed to promote a culture of diversity such as “Stop the Tenure Clock” and “Professional Travel Support” policies.

The reference early stage investor for UK climate innovation. Green Angel Ventures specialises in the fight against climate change. Our funds and syndicate provide the knowledge and experience needed to add substantial value to emerging climate start-ups. We invest in the businesses with the solutions to beat climate change. Our Syndicate has over 350 members and has invested in 45 start-up and early-stage companies across 10 different economic sectors. Our Climate Change Fund is an EIS fund investing alongside our specialist Syndicate members.

Cambridge Capital Group (CCG) is a private network of 60+ investors, business angels and family offices who have been investing in hi-tech businesses for more than a decade. CCG was formed in the Autumn of 2000 and has been backing tech start-ups in the region ever since. Our members have invested tens of millions of pounds into more than 70 live portfolio companies in the Cambridge technology cluster and wider Golden Triangle​ of innovation centres. We are a growing organisation offering a platform for private investors around the world to invest in the top European technology centre. Successes include Bookham Technology and nCipher (listed on LSE), Phonetic Arts (sold to Google) and AIM listings of ITM Power, Bango and Ubisense. In 2016 our members enjoyed four exits with Swiftkey being sold to Microsoft, Cambridge CMOS Sensors being sold to Austrian Microsystems (AMS), Expedeons merger with Sygnis AG and Oval Medical Technologies being sold to SMC. Five further exits have been achieved in 2019-20, including Cavendish Kinetics, GT Energy, Spectral Edge and Viewranger. Membership normally follows introductions by existing members and our trusted network. As well as many business angels and private investors our membership base includes several corporate members and family offices, supported by excellent sponsors: Taylor Vinters, Barclays Eagle Labs, Potter Clarkson, Signia Wealth and Bailey Fisher who fund our programme of member events.