# Marcus East

> Marcus East is a seed investor at The Oxford Foundry, University of Oxford backing Health Care. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: The Oxford Foundry, University of Oxford
- Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcuseast/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/marcuseast
- Website: https://www.marcuseast.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcuseast

Marcus East is an international technology and product executive and CDO/CIO/CTO with over 25 years experience of working in the Information Technology, specializing in, Digital Product, Digital Transformations and Electronic Commerce. He has two degrees: a Bachelor’s with honors in Management & Information Technology (Modular) fromLondon Guildhall and a Master’s in Management from the University of Cambridge. He is also a full member of the Chartered Management Institute, a Fellow of the British Computer Society Chartered Institute for IT, and holds the IoD Certificate in Company Direction. Marcus started his career with IBM where he spent six years honing his consulting and strategy skills, before joining Omnicom’s agency.com where he spent two years learning about the importance of user experience, and further developed his management skills. Since then, he has held senior digital leadership positions for a number of major brands, including Comic Relief, Apple and National Geographic.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Health Diagnostics | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OxCan | OxCan is a startup that uses machine learning and liquid biopsy for early lung cancer detection. | $1.8M | Seed | Sep 06, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cancer Research UK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cancer-research-uk) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Civilization Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/civilization-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MegaRobo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/megarobo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oxford Technology Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxford-technology-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Francis Crick Institute](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-francis-crick-institute) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About The Oxford Foundry, University of Oxford

VC Fund · Oxford, United Kingdom

The Oxford Foundry is a centre for entrepreneurial growth, embedded in the University of Oxford. It focuses on venture creation and growth, and on harnessing talent to create solutions to global challenges.

5 contacts available at The Oxford Foundry, University of Oxford.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ana Bakshi | Director | — |
| Daniel Lozano | OxFO Elevate Accelerator, Cohort 4 | — |
| Henry V Bao Lachaux | Mentor | — |
| Marcus East | Advisor & Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcus-east |
| Mrinal Gurbaxani | Business Mentor | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Marcus East invest in?

Marcus East invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Health Diagnostics startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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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### When did Marcus East last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marcus East closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investment in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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