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About the role
- Director of Investment driving UK deep tech growth at Digital Catapult. Empowering scaleups to secure capital and contributing to national innovation priorities.
Responsibilities
- Lead Digital Catapult’s investment strategy, overseeing direct investment, portfolio performance, and the development of new investment models and partnerships.
- Drive investor engagement, strengthening a high-quality network across VC, angels, family offices, CVCs and specialist providers.
- Deliver investment readiness support through programmes, workshops and advisory interventions that help startups secure capital and scale effectively.
- Oversee due diligence and deal execution for early-stage deep tech companies, including financial, technical and commercial assessments.
- Provide portfolio leadership, supporting companies through Board roles, governance oversight, and value-creation activities.
- Aligning investment, startup engagement, and programme design with UKRI/Innovate UK’s High Potential Business Strategy.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading investment strategy and direct investment activity, ideally in deep tech, including equity and CLN transactions.
- A strong, active investor network across VC, angels, family offices and CVCs, with a track record of delivering capital-raising outcomes.
- Experience supporting early-stage companies to scale, with measurable results such as funds raised, revenue or headcount growth.
- Expertise in diligence and deal execution, including presenting to Investment Committees and managing term sheets and governance processes.
- Credible leadership capability, able to build high-performing teams with the ability to build trusted relationships, be inclusive and work collaboratively, influence senior stakeholders and shape organisational direction.
- Strong understanding of the challenges facing UK scaleups, particularly those aligned to UKRI and Innovate UK’s High Potential Business Strategy.
Benefits
- We are in the UK’s Top 100 Best Workplaces and placed in the UK’s Best Workplaces in Tech and Large Organisations.
- Digital Catapult is a Disability Confident Committed Level 1 Employer.
- Excellent holiday package: 25 days annual leave, Bank Holidays and 3 days between Christmas and New Year:
- Double-matched pension up to 10% of your salary;
- 4% of your salary to use towards selecting benefits that work for you, including health cash plan, Private Medical Insurance; buying holiday, topping up your pension;
- E-Vehicle Scheme; Cycle2Work; Tech Scheme; Gym Discounts; Give As you Earn; PerkPal;
- Life insurance 4x salary;
- Free to access EAP & Financial Wellbeing advice;
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave;
- Hybrid working - with great offices to work from 3 days per week with some roles needing to be onsite more regularly to ensure the successful delivery of our work;
- Investment in your ongoing learning and development with us;
- Company social events throughout the year and free office snacks!
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