Andrew Williamson has become managing partner of Cambridge Innovation Capital after more than two years as investment director.
Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), the patient capital fund affiliated to University of Cambridge, has promoted its investment director Andrew Williamson (pictured) to the position of managing partner.
Williams has been with CIC’s investment team since November 2016: his deal record has included investments in University of Cambridge-aligned audio separation technology developer Audiotelligence, automated forecasting developer Prowler.io and energy grid management software tool developer Origami Energy.
Before joining the fund, Williams was a partner at venture capital firm True North Venture Partners from 2014 until 2016, after serving as managing director for another VC firm, Physic Ventures, between 2007 and 2016.
Williams earned a PhD in physics from University of Cambridge before continuing to complete his MBA at University of California, Berkeley’s Walter A. Haas School of Business.
Williams led a materials science research group focused on clean energy for the US government-funded Lawrence…
