Praetura Ventures has appointed a trio of trade specialists as companions to assist its ambitions to develop its presence throughout the tech and well being sectors.
Lee Forster, Colin Greene and Andy Barrow have all been named companions on the Manchester-based enterprise capital (VC) investor.
It comes because it goals to bolster its backing for its rising portfolio of companies and establish new early-stage funding alternatives.
Forster, a former Group GB swimmer-turned-prolific well being entrepreneur, is the chairman and exited founding father of complement subscription model Neat Diet.
At Praetura, he’ll oversee all well being and life sciences investments and also will work intently with the GMC Life Sciences Fund by Praetura, a £20m life sciences-focused fund launched in 2022 in partnership with Larger Manchester Mixed Authority, Cheshire and Warrington LEP and Bruntwood SciTech.
Becoming a member of Forster is Silicon Valley chief Colin Greene, who spent 12 years at Apple in numerous senior nation chief roles in Asia and the US earlier than becoming a member of Praetura in 2021 as a part of the VC’s Operational Accomplice programme.
Greene will oversee Praetura’s progress platform which supplies ‘greater than cash’ assist to the Praetura portfolio, together with assigning operational companions to assist founders in areas starting from tradition and hiring to increasing internationally.
The ultimate associate is Barrow, who initially joined the enterprise as an operational associate in 2022. He’ll use his trade know-how to supervise new funding alternatives in rising tech companies and assist present portfolio companies to scale and develop.
He beforehand spent greater than 15 years as chief know-how officer of cloud computing big ANS till its sale to Inflexion, throughout which period he helped remodel the corporate right into a breakout Northern success using in extra of 300 employees.
Along with the associate appointments, Praetura has promoted Sim Singh-Landa to funding director and Tom Hardman to portfolio director.
David Foreman, managing associate of Praetura Ventures, stated: “We have labored intently with Lee, Colin and Andy and have been extremely impressed with their imaginative and prescient for Praetura Ventures and the standard of assist they’ve offered to our portfolio.
“Between them, they boast a colossal quantity of expertise throughout tech, well being and the broader life sciences house, and I’m extremely excited to be working with them as companions.”
Forster, Greene and Barrow will all be a part of the board of Praetura Ventures, which is predominantly targeted on tech, well being and life sciences, and can take a extra outstanding position in figuring out the companies the corporate invests in.
