Tony Hickson

IIIM is an active manager which invests in technology businesses based on intellectual property from Imperial College. The company also invests in companies that have been through the incubation process managed by the Imperial Innovations' New Ventures team. The firm leads or co-leads investment rounds in technology companies across all stages of development in the healthcare, energy, environment and emerging technology sectors. Companies seeking first round funding and beyond are expected to have demonstrated that they have recruited of an experienced CEO and CTO, have a functioning board including an experienced Chairman and at least one non-executive director appointed by IIIM, have financial controls and responsible financial management, have resolved initial intellectual property technical risk, have a clear, credible and commercial business plan and have identified a location for the company to achieve full independence IIIM works toward exits through trade sales, mergers or IPOs.