Ed Stacey, IQ Capital

Ed Stacey is the Managing Partner and co-founder of IQ Capital. See sector focus and contact routes.

About Ed Stacey

Ed Stacey is the Managing Partner and co-founder of IQ Capital, a Cambridge-based deep-tech venture firm he established in 2006 after launching his first VC fund in 1996. His investment thesis targets UK early-stage “deep-tech” companies in sectors including artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, advanced engineering, materials, and data-focused algorithms. IQ Capital typically invests from pre-Seed to Series A, with Stacey often acting as a first VC investor and serving on boards of portfolio companies. Notable portfolio companies where he holds board roles or was an early investor include Imandra, Opteran, Speechmatics, Porotech, and causaLens. Stacey is a regular Forbes contributor who writes on the societal impacts of disruptive technologies and how society should respond to them. He emphasizes integrating disruptive technology development, product-market fit discovery, and business strategy optimization from the outset as key to successful deep-tech ventures.

Ed Stacey at a glance

Role
Managing Partner
Organization
IQ Capital
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Investor type
Individual/Angel
Focus areas
AI

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Ed Stacey at IQ Capital (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom) — sector focus: AI.
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Ed Stacey is based in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

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