N Darius Sankey
Innovation Acceleration Capital
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Work Experience
Visiting Professor
2023 - Current
General Partner and Managing Director
2021
Innovation Acceleration Capital is a Technology Investment Firm that provides strategic advice and management support to corporations that are facing the need to develop Outsourced R&D Strategies. We do this by developing novel investment vehicles that lowers the overall risk of investing in emerging technology research and development of new products and services. We work with Venture Funds, Private Wealth funds, and Corporations to design the ideal investment vehicle for all stages of technology development. We focus on designing technology ecosystems in sectors where there are a diverse intersection of technological problems to solve. We support the development of both new product and IP strategies for our corporate clients. We work with teams of entrepreneurs and inventors who are the source of disruptive technologies where IP is an important component in the overall value creation of a new idea, product or company. Our mission is to change the world so that people from all parts of the world can live a better life.
Lecturer
2007
Lecturer for Technology Entrepreneurship and Technology Strategy
Engineer Adjunct
2023 - 2025
RAND is a non-profit organization that provides objective research and public policy analysis services.
Raised $1,506,377.00 from Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
President of Ocean Tomo China
2018 - 2019
Chairman Of The Board and CEO
2016 - 2019
Managing Director
2014 - 2016
Managed Data Analytics Business and Innovation Management Practice
Ocean Tomo provides opinion, management and advisory services centered on intellectual property assets.
Sr. Portfolio Director, Head of Portfolio Strategy and Industry Sector Leader
2010 - 2014
Management of Investment Strategy and Technology Roadmap
Intellectual Ventures is an invention and investment business firm.
Managing Director
1999 - 2010
Founder of Opteris, a venture capital secondary investment asset management firm. 10 years of experience in managing the entire Venture Fund portfolio at Zone Ventures. Zone Ventures has raised 2 funds with a total of $140 million under management with 4 successful exits including DivX Inc (NASDAQ:DIVX) the largest IPO in Southern California in 2006.
Adjunct Professor
2004 - 2008
Lecturer for 2nd year MBA students in the Entrepreneurship program Course: Investing in New Ventures.