# Emma Barker

> Emma Barker is a startup investor at University of Cambridge Enterprise. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [University of Cambridge Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-of-cambridge-enterprise)
- Location: Oakland, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-barker-00127b119

Emma Barker is a startup investor at University of Cambridge Enterprise in Oakland. Emma is a Senior Commercialisation Associate in Life Sciences at Cambridge Enterprise with experience of identifying, managing, developing & commercialising a variety of life science IP.She led the licence discussions with GSK for the GSK Drug Discovery Partnership with Academia projects at Cambridge. Emma also works with academics to securetranslational funding and further development of IP – this has led to various multi-£M awards including from Apollo Therapeutics, BBSRC Super FOF, MRCT Centre for Therapeutics Discovery Programme and several Seeding Drug Discovery Awards from the Wellcome Trust. She also supports projects as part of the University of Cambridge – GSK Open Innovation Drug Discovery Initiative at the Stevenage BioCatalyst. Before joining Cambridge Enterprise, Emma enjoyed 10 years in the pharma/biotech sector, including managing BioFocus GPCR small molecule drug discovery & optimisation programmes in a variety of therapeutic areas and management of the IP portfolio to deliver data packages for subsequent partnering. Emma has a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Leicester.

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## About University of Cambridge Enterprise

VC Fund · Cambridge, United Kingdom

University of Cambridge Enterprise, also known as Cambridge Enterprise Seed Funds, consisting of the Challenge Fund and the Venture Fund, is a resource for members of the University of Cambridge and the Babraham Institute. Investments are priced and structured competitively with other sources of early stage seed capital in order to encourageco-investment, follow-on funding and commercialisation of University of Cambridge and Babraham Institute inventions.

5 contacts available at University of Cambridge Enterprise.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amanda Wooding | Deputy Head of Life Sciences | — |
| Anne Dobrée | Head of Seed Funds | — |
| Christian Pratt | Head of Marketing and Communications | — |
| Emma Barker | Senior Commercialisation Associate | — |
| Georgina Weller | Office Manager | — |

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