# James Wolffsohn

> James Wolffsohn is a startup investor at Aston EyeTech (Birmingham). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Aston EyeTech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aston-eyetech-ltd)
- Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-wolffsohn/

James Wolffsohn is a startup investor at Aston EyeTech in Birmingham. James Wolffsohn is one of the leading UK academics in the ophthalmic research field with over two hundred research papers, 16 book Chapters and two books (including books on ophthalmic imaging) principally in the areas of contact lenses, intraocular lenses, accommodation and low vision. Having worked at the University for 15 years James is now theDeputy Executive Dean of Life and Health Sciences and has a wide range of responsibilities at the University both from a profession management and principal investigator perspective. James has over 200 abstracts published at conferences in Europe, USA, Asia and Australia. Over £4 million in research grants from grant awarding bodies and industry. James has had 17 PhD’s awarded to students and currently has 7 in progress and 15 post doctorial research fellows with 4 currently in progress. James started to move into ‘engineering’ based research in Life and Health Sciences in 2008 and has had significant success in the field, developing innovative products and securing IP with a range of research tools.

## About Aston EyeTech

VC Fund · Birmingham, United Kingdom

Aston EyeTech is a tech startup developing a range of proprietary hardware and software products for ocular care. It is revolutionizing the Ocular care ecosystem through increased portability, improved accuracy, and lower costs.The company is a spinout from Aston University’s School of Optometry. Aston EyeTech was founded in 2014 and is based inBirmingham, England.

2 contacts available at Aston EyeTech.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Wolffsohn | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-wolffsohn |
| Mark Dunne | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-dunne-ea80 |

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