Luke Hakes
Generalist London based VC, Investing between £500k and £2m in UK based companies
| Headline: | Investor |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.octopusventures.com |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Food and Drink, Gaming, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media, Mobile, Nanotech, Retail, Sports, Travel |
| Skills: | Business, Copyrights, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Intellectual Property, Investment, Java, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Patents, Perl, Public speaking, Python, Recruitment, Software Engineering, Trademarks |
| Location: | London |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Finding experts, Giving back, Helping friends, Investing in projects, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Recruiting, Supporting my investments |
| Tags: | angel, investing, startup, Venture Capital |
| Schools: | University of Manchester |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Octopus Ventures |
| Position: | VC |
| Time period: | January 2009 - Present |
| Description: | Early stage VC |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Manchester |
| Degree: | Biochemistry and Biotechnology, BSc |
| University: | University of Manchester |
| Degree: | Computational Genetics, PhD |
| University: | University of Manchester |
| Degree: | Bioinformatics, MSc |
Luke's Startups (2)
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Phasor Solutions
Phasor Solutions was founded by Anglo Scientific Ltd and Richard Mayo in 2005 to develop flat antennas to fit on the roofs of trains, in order to solve a problem of 21Net Ltd
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Luke is Following (9)
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Phase Vision
A manufacturer of optical inspection solutions for high-speed, three dimensional shape measurement with micro-scale accuracy.
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Intamac
Access your personal web portal account via computer or mobile device, and monitor & control your home from anywhere in the world.
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Zoopla
Zoopla leverages user-generated data to provide the most accurate house price estimates available in the UK market. It is rapidly becoming one of the most popular property websites in the UK, thanks ...
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True Knowledge
True Knowledge is building a natural language question answering platform which can take in users questions and give back direct answers
Luke's Contacts (7)
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Alan Wallace
Generalist UK VC
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Keerthi Kadam
Founder, President & CEO of R8click, Inc. seeking investment. R8click is represented by WSGR, a highly reputed legal firm in Palo Alto, California. Dan Tompkins, founder of Novus Ventures is our business advisor.All investment inquiries are invited:)
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Alliott Cole
Generalist London based VC
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