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James Gibbons

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Smart Money Rating: 92 out of 100

INVESTMENT DIRECTOR, Northern Gritstone

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Northern Gritstone
Title
INVESTMENT DIRECTOR
Role
Executive
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Record updated 17 September 2026

About

James has a background in building, investing in and advising deeptech startups and university/corporate spinouts. He joined Northern Gritstone from Old College Capital, an investor specialising in university spinouts. At the University of Leeds, James led a team responsible for IP Licensing where he worked to spinout VC backed companies across the therapeutics and deeptech spectrum. During this time he worked hands-on to raise capital into companies and spent 4 years as Managing Director of a VC backed university spinout.

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