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Ian Cooper

Managing Director at National Grid

Greater London, England

Overview 

Ian Cooper is the Managing Director and Head of Corporate Venture Capital Europe at National Grid, with a background in business strategy, entrepreneurship, and investment management. He has held key leadership roles and board positions in various companies, showcasing expertise in strategic partnerships and corporate development. Ian's career highlights include serving as the Chief Operating Officer at Ardent Capital and holding board positions in multiple innovative startups, demonstrating a strong track record in venture capital and business planning. Currently, as the Managing Director at National Grid, he leads corporate venture capital initiatives in Europe, focusing on sectors like EnergyTech, Security, and FinTech.

Work Experience 

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National Grid

  • Managing Director and Head of Corporate Venture Capital Europe

    2018 - Current

Narragansett Electric is an electricity transmission and distribution service provider, as well as a natural gas distributor.

nationalgrid.com
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Sensat

  • Board Director

    2022

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Risilience

  • Board Observer

    2021

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Panaseer

  • Board Observer

    2021

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CNIguard

  • Board Director

    2020

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Audio Analytic

  • Board Observer

    2019 - 2021

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Ardent Capital

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2015 - 2015

    Ardent Capital was a prominent Thai-headquartered operating VC, making minority seed stage investments as well as incubating majority owned companies. As Chief Operating Officer and working closely with the CEO, I took direct charge of overall operations, instituting investment processes, overseeing investments, investment documentation and portfolio management, hiring and staff retention as well as working with portfolio companies to put mature governance processes into place and assist in the growth, scaling and financing of the business.

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Bizzy Indonesia

  • Board Director

    2015 - 2015

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Snapcart

  • Board Director

    2015 - 2015

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Tobii Technology

  • Board Director

    2012 - 2015

    Tobii Technology AB is the world leader in eye-gaze tracking, listed on the Nasdaq:OMX as of April 2015. I was a member of the Board of Directors of Tobii AB for 3 years, assisting the company through its acquisition of US-based competitor Dynavox Systems LLC in 2014 and preparing the company for its IPO in early 2015.

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