Ian began as an entrepreneur, founding a digital media group; raising private, VC and trade investment before securing an exit. He went on to build The Accelerator Network; providing growth and investment readiness support for 1,000+ tech startups.
Today he runs VenturePath – The Scaleup Investment Platform, connecting £13bn of Series A-B VCs with scaleups. This approach has helped 80+ high growth tech companies secure over £720m of growth capital.
He also established the UK Scaleup Investment Mission, an industry-supported initiative to help Government improve the conditions for success to create more UK venture-backed scaleup successes.
