Julie Curran
Director at UKTech2020 ltd.
Julie Curran
Director at UKTech2020 ltd.
Greater London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Director
2018 - Current
Venture Partner
2018 - 2023
We help entrepreneurs build successful technology businesses from the ground up. We do this through the provision of advice, grants and seed investment.
NXD and Chair
2017 - 2023
STFC Innovations Ltd STFC Innovations Limited is the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s wholly-owned technology commercialisation company. It has the exclusive rights to the commercial exploitation of STFC’s intellectual property (IP) from its Rutherford Appleton and Daresbury Laboratories and UK Astronomy Technology Centre. It can also provide unique access to the IP and expertise of the European Space Agency and CERN through business incubation centre partnerships.
NXD
2018 - 2023
Director and Head of Origination
2002 - 2017
I headed up SEP's deal origination function across the TMT, Energy and Healthcare sectors, based out of SEP's London office but covering all of the UK and Irish markets. I ran SEP's active deal sourcing process that identified high-growth innovative businesses in which to deploy growth equity or venture capital funding.
Analyst
2001 - 2002
Research Fellow
1998 - 2000
Education
D.Phil
1995 - 1998
MSc. Medical Genetics
1992 - 1993
Molecular Biology
1989 - 1992