Ari Eisenstat
United Kingdom
Mr. James Wise serves as Partner at Balderton Capital. He joined Balderton in 2013. He serves as Board Member at Forecast and Demodesk. Since then, he has led Balderton's investments in a number of sectors and geographies, covering health tech, manufacturing, mobile productivity, developer tools and virtual and augmented reality. He served as a Board Member at SOPHiA GENETICS. He also sits as a board member and observer for multiple portfolio companies including Sunrise ( acquired by Microsoft ), Cloud9IDE ( acquired by Amazon ), 3DHubs, Sketchfab and Crowdcube. Prior to joining Balderton, James helped to launch and run one of the UK's first social venture funds, providing support and capital to social enterprises with a special focus on the education, healthcare and financial sectors. Before this James worked with entrepreneurs and businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with Atomico Ventures, the Guardian Media Group and as a consultant with McKinsey & Company. As well as the professional experiences above, James has worked as an adviser to a number of start-ups and social enterprises, and in 2011 as a Specialist Adviser to Parliament. James has an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University and occasionally lectures for the University on aspects of responsible capitalism and the social impact of technology.
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