# Cian Hughes

> Cian Hughes is a startup investor at Sure Valley Ventures (Cambridge). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sure Valley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suir-valley-venture)
- Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cianhughes/

Cian Hughes is a Cambridge, UK based venture capitalist and technology entrepreneur with over 20 years operational experience in the areas of venture capital, accelerators, executive networks, software solutions, mobile platforms and supply chain operations.Previously Cian was an executive with Lotus Inc. (now IBM), Intel Corporation and PalmInc. as well as being Vice President of Operations for the San Francisco and San Jose, California-based Silicon Valley Global (SVG) Partners. In addition to venture capital and software executive positions, he also ran a solar manufacturing facility in Cardiff Wales and global smartphone repair, service and reverse logistics centers in the Czech Republic and the UK.Cian holds a BSc in Mathematics and Physics from University College Dublin (UCD) and a post-graduate higher diploma in Business Management from Trinity College Dublin (TCD).

## About Sure Valley Ventures

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Sure Valley Ventures is an entrepreneur-led Venture Capital Fund that invests in early-stage software companies. Working in partnership with Shard Capital, a specialist broker and asset manager based in the City of London, Sure Valley Ventures specializes in investing in Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), Financial Technology(FinTech), and the Internet of Things (IoT) Sectors.

5 contacts available at Sure Valley Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Barry Downes | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barry-downes-2 |
| Brian Kinane | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-k-135f |
| Brian K. | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-kinane-2773 |
| Brian Kinane | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-kinane |
| Cian Hughes | Partner and Head of Platform | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cian-hughes |

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