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SYIF Seedcorn Team
Seedcorn Fund £50k to £500k

Edward French, Fund Manager, has extensive technology experience. In 2002 he Joined Enterprise Ventures to help close the RisingStars Growth Fund and has made around 14 investments in early-stage technology companies. Prior to Enterprise Ventures, Ed was the Managing Director of a Yorkshire-based university spin-out consultancy company, and has served as Chairman of UNICO, the UK universities’ spin-out organisation. Ed won a sponsorship from the National Engineering Laboratory to study Engineering Science at Cambridge, and has an MBA from the Bradford School of Management. From time-to-time Ed writes about the issues facing early stage technology companies at http://techgain.net.

Ashwin Kumaraswamy, Investment Manager, joined Enterprise Ventures in 2008 and has a technology background having held previous positions focusing on the commercialization of intellectual property from UK universities and the analysis of technology markets. Ashwin holds a BE in Electronics and Communication and an MSc in System on Chip and was a Chevening Technology Enterprise Fellow in 2004/05.