Biography
Alan has been in the venture capital industry for more than twenty years, initially through establishing a corporate venturing fund for Ferranti and then with Foreign & Colonial Ventures and Newmarket Venture Capital. He joined Prelude Ventures in 1996.
Alan is responsible for a portfolio of DFJ Esprit's electronics investments including Phyworks, Xanadu Wireless, Lime Microsystems, SiConnect, XMOS, and DisplayLink. His previous investments have included Alphamosaic (sold to Broadcom) and nCipher (IPO on LSE).
Alan has an electronic engineering background and gained his industrial experience in computer systems with Ferranti plc.
Alan is a past member of the European Venture Capital Association High Tech Committee and lectures regularly on EVCA's venture capital professional training courses.
