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Dr Manjari Chandran-Ramesh Top-Executive

Dr. Manjari Chandran-Ramesh is a highly experienced venture investor and operator shaping the future of deep technology, with over 15 years of experience building, backing, and scaling companies across AI, Robotics, and Quantum. At Amadeus Capital and previously IP Group plc, Manjari has worked across multiple fund models and investment strategies, leading and supporting investments that have resulted in 5 successful exit transactions and portfolio companies raising hundreds of millions in capital. She also advises the UK Government on its National Quantum Technologies Programme and works closely with the Royal Academy of Engineering, contributing to the broader innovation ecosystem.

She has served on around 20 boards as a Non-Executive Director and Chair, and has held executive roles including CEO and Executive Chair, demonstrating strong strategic and operational leadership. A Kauffman Fellow and Rhodes Scholar, Manjari completed her PhD at the University of Oxford, focusing on machine learning and robotics. Combining deep technical expertise with a rigorous, thesis-driven investment approach, she specialises in translating complex scientific breakthroughs into commercially successful businesses. She brings full lifecycle expertise—from sourcing and diligence to exit—alongside a strong track record in fundraising and ecosystem building through a global network.

Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom
Followers: 7801
Title: Partner
Company: Amadeus Capital Partners
Company Website: http://www.amadeuscapital.com, https://www.statefulrobotics.com, http://safeintelligence.ai, http://sa.catapult.org.uk
Company Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/amadeus-capital-partners/
Company Founded In: 1997
Company Size: 11-50
Current Job Duration: 4 yrs 9 mos
Country: United Kingdom
Work Experience: Title: Partner Company: Amadeus Capital Partners Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/amadeus-capital-partners/ Industry: Venture Capital & Private Equity Company Size: 11-50 Location: Oxford / London Country: None Employment Type: Full-time Start At: 10-2021 Ends At: Present Description: Investment focus is on platform AI, Robotics, and Quantum Technologies. Sourced, led and/or helped manage investments as Member of the Board on: Ravelin (ML for fraud) - acquired by WorldPay Inc NuQuantum (Quantum networking) Seldon (Scaling MLOps) Tenzo (ML for restaurant performance Ops) Photonic (Quantum Computing in Silicon Photonics) Safe Intelligence (AI robustification and verification) Stateful Robotics (Stateful decision intelligence for Autonomous Robotics) Title: Non Executive Director Company: Stateful Robotics Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stateful-robotics/ Industry: None Company Size: None Location: Oxford, England, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 11-2025 Ends At: Present Description: Enabling new era of autonomous robotics with stateful decision intelligence https://statefulrobotics.com/ Title: Non Executive Director Company: Safe Intelligence Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/safe-intelligence/ Industry: Computer Software Company Size: 1-10 Location: London Area, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 01-2025 Ends At: Present Description: Making AI provably safe, secure and resilient - automatic verification and robustification https://safeintelligence.ai/ Title: Non Executive Director Company: Satellite Applications Catapult Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/satellite-applications-catapult/ Industry: Defense & Space Company Size: 51-200 Location: Harwell, England, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 02-2025 Ends At: Present Description: The Satellite Applications Catapult is driving take-up of space technology and applications to shape, and sustain this important area. https://sa.catapult.org.uk/ Title: Board Member Company: UK National Quantum Technologies Programme Strategic Advisory Board Company URL: None Industry: None Company Size: None Location: None Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 07-2023 Ends At: Present Description: The Quantum Technology Strategic Advisory Board was set up with the right to challenge the National Quantum Technologies Programme, with appropriate leadership from research, industry and government CSAs, but not delivery partners or direct beneficiaries to ensure robust independent scrutiny.This group will focus on advising on the strategy for the NQTP, particularly the longer-term direction of this area and how those investments and interventions already made are contributing to the delivery of strategy. The UK National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP) is billions of pounds of dynamic collaboration between industry, academia and government. It represents and guides the fission of a leading-edge science into transformative new products and services. The NQTP supports ideas, innovation and investment to secure UK advantage and opportunities in the globally competitive new quantum era. The NQTP acts as a cornerstone for the underpinning scientific research, skills training and international collaboration vital to building a resilient UK quantum-enabled economy. https://uknqt.ukri.org Title: Non Executive Director Company: Tenzo Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tenzo-inc/ Industry: None Company Size: None Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 06-2022 Ends At: Present Description: Tenzo powers restaurant performance. The product empower restaurant operators to use their data to accelerate business performance. With the purpose of supercharging restaurant performance, every restaurant operator knows what’s going on in their business and what they can do to optimise their performance. Title: Board Member and Chair of Remuneration Committee Company: Nu Quantum Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nu-quantum/ Industry: Internet Company Size: 11-50 Location: None Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 11-2021 Ends At: Present Description: Pioneering quantum networks, NuQuantum is building the entanglement fabric essential to scaling quantum computers. Efficient, scalable, and integrated quantum networks. Title: Non Executive Director for UK subsidiary and Board observer on main Board Company: Photonic Inc. Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/teamphotonic/ Industry: Computer Hardware Company Size: 51-200 Location: None Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 10-2023 Ends At: Present Description: None Title: Member of the Enterprise Hub Committee Company: Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/school/enterprisehub/ Industry: None Company Size: None Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 10-2023 Ends At: Present Description: The Enterprise Committee steers the operation of the Royal Academy of Engineering's Enterprise Hub, whose mission is to increase the number and quality of high-growth engineering and technology companies that solve some of society’s most pressing challenges. Title: Kauffman Fellow Company: Kauffman Fellows Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kauffmanfellows/ Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management Company Size: 1-10 Location: None Country: None Employment Type: Full-time Start At: 06-2023 Ends At: Present Description: The Kauffman Fellows Program identifies and develops global leaders in VC while providing a structured curriculum, peer learning, executive coaching, and networking - all with a focus on giving back and one's responsibility as a leader in venture capital. With 800+ Fellows across 65 countries, Kauffman Fellows is the largest network of VCs and innovation leaders in the world. In the 27 years since inception, Kauffman Fellows have started hundreds of funds, raised and deployed hundreds of billions of dollars in capital, and helped pave the way for some of the world's most groundbreaking companies. As a network, Kauffman Fellows represent over $290 billion in assets under management, have collectively raised over $790 billion dollars in capital, and have been responsible for over $8.5 trillion in exits to LPs. Title: Non Executive Director/ Board Member Company: Seldon Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/seldon/ Industry: Information Technology And Services Company Size: 51-200 Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 09-2022 Ends At: 02-2026 Description: Seldon provides global infrastructure for ML operations. Their mission is to accelerate the adoption of ML to improve business performance and manage risk. Title: Non Executive Director Company: Ravelin Technology Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ravelin-technology/ Industry: Internet Company Size: 51-200 Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 11-2021 Ends At: 02-2025 Description: Acquired by WorldPay Inc Ravelin reduces fraud and chargebacks with zero friction. It protects businesses with a scalable and adaptable solution through online payment fraud, account security, policy abuse (refund), and marketplace fraud. Combining machine learning, rules and graph networks to stop even the most sophisticated attacks and maximize conversion. Further the 3D Secure product optimises conversion under PSD2 with Ravelin 3D Secure. Built for merchants and PSPs to reduce fraud and enhance security for online transactions. Title: Vision Awards Judging Panel Member Company: British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ukprivatecapital/ Industry: Venture Capital & Private Equity Company Size: 51-200 Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 01-2022 Ends At: 12-2023 Description: This initiative recognises extraordinary companies that show vision and the lasting value that the investment and support of their investors. Visionary companies backed by private equity and venture capital, will be judged byt taking into account growth, competitiveness, innovation, ESG and the challenges of the year, with a focus on the future and the sustainability of the business as well as past performance. Title: Investment Director, Technology Partnership Company: IP Group plc Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ip-group-plc/ Industry: Financial Services Company Size: 51-200 Location: London Area, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 01-2018 Ends At: 10-2021 Description: None Title: Business Builder/Investment Manager, Technology Group Company: IP Group plc Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ip-group-plc/ Industry: Financial Services Company Size: 51-200 Location: London Area, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 04-2015 Ends At: 12-2017 Description: Sourced, led and/or helped manage investments as Director on the Board of 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝑀𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑇𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 (𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝐴) 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦𝑆𝑎𝑦 (𝐸𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝐼; 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐴𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑛) 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝐿𝑡𝑑 (𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ; 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑒) 𝐴𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑣𝑢𝑚 𝐿𝑡𝑑 (𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛) 𝐵𝑜𝑥𝑎𝑟𝑟 𝐿𝑡𝑑 (𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝐿 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒&𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝐴𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒) 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑚𝐷𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝐿𝑡𝑑 (𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟) 𝑍𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝐿𝑡𝑑 (5𝐺 𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠) 𝐸𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐿𝑡𝑑 (𝑀𝐿 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠) Title: Non Executive Director Company: Quantum Dice Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/quantum-dice/ Industry: Computer & Network Security Company Size: 1-10 Location: None Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 07-2021 Ends At: 09-2021 Description: None Title: Non Executive Director Company: Quantum Motion Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/quantum-motion-tech/ Industry: Computer Hardware Company Size: 11-50 Location: None Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 03-2018 Ends At: 09-2021 Description: None Title: Acting Chair Company: Quantum Motion Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/quantum-motion-tech/ Industry: Computer Hardware Company Size: 11-50 Location: None Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 03-2018 Ends At: 10-2020 Description: Quantum Motion aims to create a Quantum Computer leveraging the immense progress made in Silicon. A 100 qubits are interesting but a million qubits are world changing. Silicon is predicted to be the only way it will be possible to create a million qubits and Quantum Motion which has technology from University of Oxford and UCL is poised to make Silicon Quantum Computing a reality. Title: Non Executive Director Company: Arkivum Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkivum/ Industry: Computer Software Company Size: 11-50 Location: London/Reading UK and Boston US Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 04-2017 Ends At: 09-2021 Description: Arkivum manage valuable data for the long-term, regardless of if it’s scientific research, digitised historical art collections or financial data for regulatory reporting. Not only does Arkivum make data secure, it brings the archived data to life, making the long term data secure, accessible forever and usable so the business can gain value from it. Arkivum's state-of-the-art digital preservation technology was first developed at the University of Southampton's IT Innovation Centre and is currently used by a wide variety of customers in the healthcare, higher education and heritage sectors. Title: Non Executive Director, Former Interim Chair Company: BOXARR Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/boxarr/ Industry: Computer Software Company Size: 11-50 Location: Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 09-2015 Ends At: 09-2021 Description: BOXARR is an innovative software company providing a modelling tool that uniquely addresses the growing challenges of managing complex interdependent systems in a number of sectors such as Aerospace & Defence, Automotive, Energy. The product creates a digital tapestry to manage complex inter-dependencies across systems, process, supply chains, programs, and operations and fuses process and programme views to provide and communicate better execution strategies and simplify the management of complex processes and projects. Title: Non Executive Director Company: Concirrus Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/concirrus/ Industry: Computer Software Company Size: 51-200 Location: London Area, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 03-2019 Ends At: 02-2020 Description: Secondary share sale of IP Group shares. On a mission to power the future of insurance, Concirrus focus on supporting the insurance industry, and more specifically commercial marine and motor insurance. Title: Non Executive Director Company: Edgetic Company URL: None Industry: None Company Size: None Location: Greater Leeds Area Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 09-2017 Ends At: 01-2020 Description: Edgetic uses Artificial Intelligence techniques to identify, model and predict the behaviour and interactions of users, software and hardware for the Data centre industry. This knowledge is then used to offer improved energy efficiency, improved performance, intelligent capacity planning, and advanced anomaly detection. The technology from University of Leeds is now collaborating with award winning datacentre RISE to showcase savings in power consumption and increased performance. Title: Non Executive Director Company: Zeetta Networks Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zeetta-networks-limited/ Industry: None Company Size: None Location: Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 01-2016 Ends At: 07-2019 Description: Zeetta Networks transforms networks into an interactive programmable platform for better control, improved efficiency, enhanced performance and better cost controls of existing infrastructure. The technology allows enterprises, cities and network operators to scale up the capabilities of their network, and satisfy the demand for data without escalating CAPEX and OPEX costs. Title: Investor NED (2015) and acting CEO (2017) leading Company to exit; Company: TheySay Limited Company URL: None Industry: None Company Size: None Location: Greater Oxford Area Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 06-2015 Ends At: 01-2018 Description: Trade sale of company, acquired by PE backed Aptean Leading language analytics company with state-of-the-art algorithms that extract Sentiment, Topics, Emotions, Risk, Sarcasm and many more signals. The technology specialises in Emotional AI and advanced data analytics to stream, interpret, and bring together opinions, moods, and feelings across the Web. Title: Technology Transfer Manager Company: Oxford University Innovation Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxford-university-innovation/ Industry: Investment Management Company Size: 51-200 Location: Oxford, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 08-2011 Ends At: 03-2015 Description: • Managed commercialisation of over 90 projects from Engineering and Computer Science Departments with responsibility for revenue and keeping project costs within budget. • Responsible for evaluating commercial potential of research, assessing most suitable IP protection and most suitable route of commercialisation, identifying technology readiness levels (TRL) and obtaining translational funding, where appropriate, to improve TRL, targeted marketing of technology, negotiating licence agreement or raise equity funding for creation of spin-out company • Mentor and support software ventures through the Software Incubator, working with companies from the idea stage through to building a business, budgeting and reaching the minimum viable product stage. Gaining initial commercial traction, putting together applications for various start-up competitions, setting out strategies and writing business plan for investors are other areas of support. Title: College Lecturer in Engineering Company: University of Oxford Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/school/oxforduni/ Industry: None Company Size: None Location: Greater Oxford Area Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 2010 Ends At: 2012 Description: None Title: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant Company: University of Oxford Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/school/oxforduni/ Industry: None Company Size: None Location: Greater Oxford Area Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 2010 Ends At: 2011 Description: None Title: Intern Company: Google, Mountain View Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/google/ Industry: Computer Software Company Size: 10001+ Location: San Francisco Bay Area Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 2007 Ends At: 2007 Description: Internship in the driverless cars project at Google during PhD
Education: School: University of Oxford Degree: DPhil / PhD Field: Oxford Robotics Institute Period: School: University of Madras Degree: B.E. Field: Electronics and Instrumentation with Computer Science minor Period: 1998 - 2002
Headline: Partner@Amadeus Capital (AI Robotics and Quantum) | Kauffman Fellow | Rhodes scholar | Top 20 Asian Pioneers in UK Tech |
Connections: 3953
Languages: English, Hindi, Japanese, Tamil
Skills: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Intellectual Property, Patents, Licensing, Software Licensing, Technology Transfer, Business Strategy, Mobile Robotics, Start-ups, Matlab, Sensors, Strategy, Algorithms, C++, Venture Capital
Experience: Title: Partner Company: Amadeus Capital Partners Location: Oxford / London Start: Oct 2021 End: Present Title: Non Executive Director Company: Stateful Robotics Location: Oxford Start: Nov 2025 End: Present Title: Non Executive Director Company: Safe Intelligence Location: London Area, United Kingdom Start: Jan 2025 End: Present Title: Non Executive Director Company: Satellite Applications Catapult Location: Harwell Start: Feb 2025 End: Present Title: Board Member Company: UK National Quantum Technologies Programme Strategic Advisory Board Location: Start: Jul 2023 End: Present Title: Non Executive Director Company: Tenzo Location: London, England, United Kingdom Start: Jun 2022 End: Present Title: Board Member and Chair of Remuneration Committee Company: Nu Quantum Location: Start: Nov 2021 End: Present Title: Non Executive Director for UK subsidiary and Board observer on main Board Company: Photonic Inc. Location: Start: Oct 2023 End: Present Title: Member of the Enterprise Hub Committee Company: Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub Location: London, England, United Kingdom Start: Oct 2023 End: Present Title: Kauffman Fellow Company: Kauffman Fellows Location: Start: Jun 2023 End: Present Title: Non Executive Director/ Board Member Company: Seldon Location: London, England, United Kingdom Start: Sep 2022 End: Feb 2026 Title: Non Executive Director Company: Ravelin Technology Location: Greater London Start: Nov 2021 End: Feb 2025 Title: Vision Awards Judging Panel Member Company: British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) Location: London, England, United Kingdom Start: Jan 2022 End: Dec 2023 Title: Investment Director, Technology Partnership Company: IP Group plc Location: London, United Kingdom Start: Jan 2018 End: Oct 2021 Title: Business Builder/Investment Manager, Technology Group Company: IP Group plc Location: London Area, United Kingdom Start: Apr 2015 End: Dec 2017 Title: Non Executive Director Company: Quantum Dice Location: Start: Jul 2021 End: Sep 2021 Title: Non Executive Director Company: Quantum Motion Location: Oxford/London Start: Mar 2018 End: Sep 2021 Title: Acting Chair Company: Quantum Motion Location: Oxford/London Start: Mar 2018 End: Oct 2020 Title: Non Executive Director Company: Arkivum Location: London/Reading UK and Boston US Start: Apr 2017 End: Sep 2021 Title: Non Executive Director, Former Interim Chair Company: BOXARR Location: Bristol, United Kingdom Start: Sep 2015 End: Sep 2021 Title: Non Executive Director Company: Concirrus Location: London, United Kingdom Start: Mar 2019 End: Feb 2020 Title: Non Executive Director Company: Edgetic Location: Leeds, United Kingdom Start: Sep 2017 End: Jan 2020 Title: Non Executive Director Company: Zeetta Networks Location: Bristol, United Kingdom Start: Jan 2016 End: Jul 2019 Title: Investor NED (2015) and acting CEO (2017) leading Company to exit; Company: TheySay Limited Location: Oxford, United Kingdom Start: Jun 2015 End: Jan 2018 Title: Technology Transfer Manager Company: Oxford University Innovation Location: Oxford, United Kingdom Start: Aug 2011 End: Mar 2015 Title: College Lecturer in Engineering Company: University of Oxford Location: Oxford, United Kingdom Start: 2010 End: 2012 Title: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant Company: University of Oxford Location: Oxford, United Kingdom Start: 2010 End: 2011 Title: Intern Company: Google, Mountain View Location: San Francisco Bay Area Start: 2007 End: 2007
Awards: Asian Pioneers in Tech | Asians in UK Tech | Jun 2023 Top 5 Asian investors in Tech | Asians in UK Tech | Jun 2022 Top 5 Asians investors in Tech | Asians in Tech | Jun 2020 Rhodes Scholarship | Rhodes Trust | Oct 2003