Jamie McFarlane

Jamie McFarlane (Creator Fund): First Checks into PhDs

Jamie McFarlane opens the Creator Fund segment (one host's audio is still down) with the firm's thesis: European universities attract the world's top talent in AI, robotics, quantum, materials and biotech, so the fund writes first checks to PhDs to turn research into deep-tech companies. Started in 2019 after seeing the American campus model, it has grown from London, Oxford and Cambridge to 30 universities across 10 countries, embedding in the labs where the most interesting work happens.

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