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Chris Wheatcroft

Investment Director at Ascension

Greater London, England

Overview 

Chris Wheatcroft is an Investment Director at Ascension Life Fund in Greater London, England, with expertise in venture capital, impact investing, and team management. With a background in founding and managing a successful business, he now leads investment strategies and partnerships, focusing on sectors like Insurance, BioTech, and FinTech. Highlights of Chris Wheatcroft's career include founding and managing a successful business, the Well Dressed Salad Company, and his current role as Investment Director at Ascension Life Fund, where he leads investment strategies in key sectors such as BioTech and FinTech.

Work Experience 

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Compute Capital

  • Managing Partner

    2025 - Current

    Redefining Equity Investment.

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Ascension

  • Investment Director

    2020

    The Ascension Life Fund is an early-stage TechBio fund focussing on post-seed UK investments. The fund combines the domain expertise of the Investment Team and Advisors with Ascension’s reputation, operational experience and track record.

  • Investment Partner

    2018

    Ascension has invested in 150+ early and growth stage technology and digital media companies through our yearly SEIS & EIS Funds - see portfolio on our website.

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Fraudfinder (formerly Homeppl)

  • Board Member

    2024

    Fraudfinder is on a mission to revolutionise customer risk analysis through AI and automation.

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Panakeia

  • Board Member

    2023

    Panakeia offers an AI platform to enable simplified, rapid diagnostics to inform the precision treatment of cancer.

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NunaBio Limited

  • Board Member

    2023

    NunaBio specialises in synthetic DNA production for cutting-edge biotechnology solutions.

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Novai

  • Board Member

    2022

    Novai is on a mission to combat blindness and disability by pioneering early detection and intervention for eye and brain diseases. At the heart of Novai's innovation is the DARC technology (Detection of Apoptosing Retinal Cells), a novel combination of a proprietary biologic and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Capdesk from Carta

  • Partnerships

    2018 - 2022

    Capdesk (Acquired by Carta) is an equity management platform which helps companies more effectively organise shareholder registers and employee share plans.

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Angels Den

  • Tech Club Manager

    2011 - 2018

    Angels Den is Europe's biggest and most successful angel network. It matches angel investors (High-net-worth individuals looking to invest) with business owners and start-ups looking for business funding. The Tech Club (as the name suggests) specializes in innovative technology ideas, giving selected entrepreneurs the opportunity to present in front of a group of angels who have a specific technology investment focus. Set up the Tech Club, FinTech Club and InsurTech Club focussing on particular verticals and working with partners such as FINTECH Circle and Instech London.

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Fizzback

  • Operations Manager

    2007 - 2011

    Implementation of bespoke customer experience management solutions for blue-chip UK clients including Tesco, Carphone Warehouse, Shell and Waitrose. Project specification and management from the inception of the accounts followed by in-life client relationship management once the solutions had been rolled out. Successful project management of the first pan-European Fizzback roll-out (to 8 European markets) for Best Buy Europe. Joined at a very early stage (less than 10 employees) and helped grow Fizzback into an international business with multi-million pound revenues and clients in diverse sectors. In October 2011, Nasdaq-quoted NICE Systems acquired the company for $80m.

Well Dressed Salad Company

  • Founder & Managing Director

    2001 - 2006

    Developed the concept and set up a quick serve salad concept in high footfall locations in London.

Education 

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