James Gibbons
Non-Executive Director
James is an Investment Manager at Northern Gritstone.
James has a background in building, investing in and advising deeptech startups and university/corporate spinouts. He joined Northern Gritstone from Old College Capital, an investor specialising in university spinouts. At the University of Leeds, James led a team responsible for IP Licensing where he worked to spinout VC backed companies across the therapeutics and deeptech spectrum. During this time he worked hands-on to raise capital into companies and spent 4 years as Managing Director of a VC backed university spinout.
James has a background in building, investing in and advising deeptech startups and university/corporate spinouts. He joined Northern Gritstone from Old College Capital, an investor specialising in university spinouts. At the University of Leeds, James led a team responsible for IP Licensing where he worked to spinout VC backed companies across the therapeutics and deeptech spectrum. During this time he worked hands-on to raise capital into companies and spent 4 years as Managing Director of a VC backed university spinout.
