Alan Duncan
InvestorVenture Partner at Molten Ventures
London
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Alan Duncan has worked in venture capital for over 30 years, beginning by setting up a corporate venturing fund for Ferranti and later working with Foreign & Colonial Ventures, Newmarket Venture Capital and Prelude Ventures. He has an electronic engineering background and gained industrial experience in computer systems at Ferranti plc. He previously served on the European Venture Capital Association High Tech Committee and lectured on the EVCA's venture capital training courses.
Invests in
ConsumerDeep TechFintechHardwareHealthtechSaaS
Experience
- XMOSNon Executive Directorcurrent2007 — present
- Draper EspritVenture Partnercurrent2006 — present
- DisplayLinkNon Executive Directorcurrent2006 — present
- Lime MicrosystemsNon Executive Director2006 — 2024
- AveillantNon Executive Director2012 — 2017
- GreenPeak Technologies B.V.Non Executive Director2006 — 2011
- Prelude VenturesPartner/Director1997 — 2006Cambridge
- AlphamosaicNon Executive Director2001 — 2004
Education
- University of LiverpoolBachelor's Degree, Electronics Engineering1966 — 1969
Skills & more
Start-ups13Entrepreneurship6Business Strategy7Mergers & Acquisitions9Corporate Development10Venture Capital24Private Equity16Due Diligence10Strategic Partnerships3Business Planning2Corporate Finance4Business Development4
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InvestmentsValuationFinancial ModelingAngel InvestingDeal SourcingGrowth CapitalInvestment BankingMobile DevicesSaaSStrategyProduct ManagementE-commerceFrom Alan's professional profile.
Colleagues at Molten Ventures
Andrew Zimmermann
Chief Financial Officer at Molten Ventures
Bakhrom Ibragimov
Partner - Head of Molten East at Molten Ventures
Ben Wilkinson
CEO at Molten Ventures
Bindi Karia
Venture Partner at Molten Ventures
Brian Caulfield
Venture Partner at Molten Ventures
Ceyda Sabanci Dinçer
Associate at Molten Ventures
Christoph Hornung
Partner at Molten Ventures
David Cummings
Venture Partner at Molten Ventures
Network9
Brian CaulfieldScout
Venture Partner at Molten Ventures
David CummingsScout
Venture Partner at Molten Ventures
Michael JacksonScout
Partner at Molten Ventures
Vinoth JayakumarScout
Partner at Molten Ventures
Christoph Hornung
Partner at Molten Ventures
Dr. Hans-Dieter Koch
Managing Partner, Manager at Cipio Partners
Inga Deakin
Principal at Molten Ventures
Martin Gibson
Investor at Accel
Richard Marsh
Chief Portfolio Officer at Molten Ventures
Investors connected to Alan in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Alan Duncan work?
- Alan Duncan is Venture Partner at Molten Ventures.
- What does Alan Duncan invest in?
- Alan Duncan invests in Consumer, Deep Tech, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, SaaS.
- What check size does Alan Duncan write?
- Alan Duncan typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Same school
Also attended University of Liverpool37
Anmol GoelVenture Partner at Arya Ventures Vc, LlcAlexander StevensVenture Partner at Planet A VenturesAndrew CarpenterGeneral Counsel at Future Planet CapitalEsther MuschampHuman Resources Business Partner at Illuminate FinancialSanket AgrawalExecutives in Residence at GENERAL INCEPTIONSteve BrownAdvisor at First Bight Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at DisplayLink1
Also worked at Lime Microsystems2
Also worked at GreenPeak Technologies B.V.1
Also worked at Prelude Ventures21
Joshua PosamentierManaging Partner and Co-Founder at Congruent VenturesDanny CotterManaging Partner at The Westly GroupMark CuptaManaging Director at Prelude VenturesMatt EggersManaging Director at Prelude VenturesGabriel KraManaging Director at Prelude VenturesTim WoodwardManaging Director at Prelude Ventures
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