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John Bates is a Fellow and former Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School and the founder of Sussex Place Ventures Ltd, www.spventures.com . For over 10 years he led the School’s practical initiatives in developing entrepreneurial firms including €50m of ‘pre seed’ and ‘seed’ venture capital funds. John is currently Chair of www.futurevisual.com, www.fresh4cast.com and www.sfrmedical.com and is board advisor to a number of early stage ventures and growing businesses in the service and technology industries.

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