Jim Warwick
Angel Investor @ University of Cambridge Enterprise
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Jim Warwick is a seed investor at University of Cambridge Enterprise in Cambridge focused on Medical and Health Care. Jim started work at Analysys Limited, a Cambridge-based telecommunications consultancy, heading up its IT, software and web development initiatives. Jim then joined Abcam as a Technical Director, and took over the operational management of the UK office as Managing Director in June 2004, working on both cost saving and efficiency improvementprojects. In 2009, Jim became Chief Operating Officer, with the responsibility for overseeing the operational strategy of the Group. Jim is a Director of Chesterton Community College, Chesterton Sports Centre Limited and Cambridge Nutraceuticals Limited. He has also taken up a non-executive position at Quartix Holdings Plc. Jim had over 15 years’ experience in developing and implementing IT systems and strategy before moving into a broader operational management role within Abcam.Here his skills have been particularly focused on developing a scalable operating model for Abcam which, supported by IT systems, has underpinned Abcam’s rapid growth over the past decade.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
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Industries Jim Warwick invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Medical 1 (50%)
- Health Care 1 (50%)
- Life Science 1 (50%)
- Biotechnology 1 (50%)
- Alternative Protein 1 (50%)
Investments
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| Qkine manufactures high-purity, animal-free growth factors, cytokines and other complex proteins. Based on the Cambridge Science Park, UK, we combine proprietary protein production processes developed at the University of Cambridge with protein engineering techniques to develop unique products that tackle fundamental biological and scale-upchallenges for the fast-growing stem cell, organoid, regenerative medicine and cultivated meat sectors. Qkine has an active R&D pipeline, with a continually expanding product range. Unique products available from Qkine include tag-free thermostable FGF-2 (FGF2-G3), the first animal-free TGF beta 1 for chemically defined stem cell media, and animal-free HGF (NK1). Qkine is an ISO 9001: 2015 certified company. | $720K / Seed / Jun 03, 2019 | ||
| Qkine manufactures high-purity, animal-free growth factors, cytokines and other complex proteins. Based on the Cambridge Science Park, UK, we combine proprietary protein production processes developed at the University of Cambridge with protein engineering techniques to develop unique products that tackle fundamental biological and scale-upchallenges for the fast-growing stem cell, organoid, regenerative medicine and cultivated meat sectors. Qkine has an active R&D pipeline, with a continually expanding product range. Unique products available from Qkine include tag-free thermostable FGF-2 (FGF2-G3), the first animal-free TGF beta 1 for chemically defined stem cell media, and animal-free HGF (NK1). Qkine is an ISO 9001: 2015 certified company. | Seed / May 02, 2018 |
Co-Investors
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.
University of Cambridge Enterprise Contacts
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Amanda Wooding
Deputy Head of Life Sciences
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Anne Dobrée
Head of Seed Funds
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Christian Pratt
Head of Marketing and Communications
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Emma Barker
Senior Commercialisation Associate
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Georgina Weller
Office Manager
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What does Jim Warwick invest in?
Jim Warwick invests primarily in Medical, Health Care and Life Science startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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