Tim Jackson
CEO Coach at Walking Ventures
Tim Jackson
CEO Coach at Walking Ventures
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
CEO Coach
2018 - Current
Partner
2013
Early-stage seed fund, specialising in SAAS, marketplaces, platforms and tools.
Mentor & Investor
2014
Mentor
2014
Mentor
2014
Investor and advisor
2014
A startup founded by three super-talented ex-Imperial engineers, Tessian builds beautiful, intuitive security software tools for clients in financial and professional services. I was the company's first investor and served as a director from 2014 to 2016.
Investor and Advisor
2013
A startup which delivers dramatic productivity improvements and cost savings to the art industry by speeding up the process of recording the condition of works of art. Founded by one of the world's leading paper conservators, Articheck offers web and mobile apps which allow technicians, conservators and staff in galleries, museums and auction houses to keep more accurate records and to share the records easily with clients and colleagues. The company's pioneering technology also includes the world's first standardized set of notification symbols, allowing conservators and professionals in different organizations and countries to share a common language for keeping track of the status of valuable, beautiful and historic things.
Kauffman Fellow
2015 - 2017
The Kauffman Fellowship is a highly sought-after two-year program dedicated exclusively to the world of venture capital and the cultivation of new high-technology, high-growth, high-impact companies. Only around thirty Kauffman Fellowships are offered each year; selection signals membership among an elite cadre of the world's most promising venture investors. To date, Kauffman Fellows have made $6 billion in venture capital investments, sparking growth in hundreds of new enterprises, $15 billion in annually recurring revenues, and the creation of 50,000 jobs.
Partner
2012 - 2017
Early-stage venture capital, focusing on technology and Internet. Lean Investments became Walking Ventures in March 2017
Investor & Director
2013 - 2016
An innovative SAAS startup, run by an experienced construction project manager and a talented web developer and UX expert, that helps companies deal with the growing morass of documentation required by government to show they're operating safely.
Advisory Board Member
2012 - 2015
The mission of the Government Digital Service (http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/) is to transform how the British government engages with citizens through web and mobile. The GDS's advisory board, chaired by Martha Lane Fox, brings together a range of pro-bono experts from industry, media and Internet to provide an outside view on the challenges and achievements of an exciting team of technologists who are revolutionising the public sector from the inside out.
Education
MA
1983 - 1986