Dr David Llewellyn
InvestorInvestment Committee at Tin Alley Ventures
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
About
David Llewellyn is the co-founder and former CEO of DJS Antibodies, a company built around a proprietary antibody discovery technology. He has over a decade of experience in evolutionary immunology, antibody characterisation, and myeloid cell biology. He holds a PhD in Clinical Medicine from Oxford, which he completed as a Rhodes Scholar, and co-founded Beyond Equality, an organisation focused on gender equality.
Invests in
Biotech
Experience
- Sortera BioChairpersoncurrent2025 β present
- Proxima BioChairpersoncurrent2024 β present
- The Oxford TrustTrustee2025 β 2026
- Beyond EqualityTrustee2020 β 2025
- Beyond EqualityDirector2013 β 2020
- Beyond EqualityCEO2013 β 2016Oxford, England, United Kingdom
- DJS AntibodiesManaging Director2022 β 2023Oxford, England, United Kingdom
- DJS AntibodiesCEO & Co Founder2015 β 2022Oxford, England, United Kingdom
- University of OxfordPostdoctoral Scientist2014Oxford, England, United Kingdom
- Merton College, OxfordDeputy Principal of Postmasters2012 β 2014
Education
- University of OxfordDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Clinical Medicine2010 β 2014
- University of SydneyBachelor of Science (Advanced) (Honours), Biological Sciences2006 β 2009
Same school
Also attended University of Oxford688
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also attended University of Sydney206
Clay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow VenturesClare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsTony NystenPartner at OpenOceanNaomi GunasekaranDeputy Chief Financial Officer, Funds - Finance at Magnetar AI VenturesJethro CohenPrincipal at Square Peg CapitalOsh JayasuriyaInvestment Operations Manager at Square Peg Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Sortera Bio1
Also worked at Proxima Bio2
Also worked at The Oxford Trust1
Also worked at University of Oxford60
Tess van StekelenburgPartner at Lux CapitalFrancesco MonacaInvestor at Giant Ventures Global LlpDenise XifaraInvestor at Mercuri.vcLirui DingPrincipal at TRANSCENDAna FernandezInvestment Associate at Nauta CapitalVictoria FΓ€hInvestment Manager, Future Content Fund at IPR.VC
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Colleagues at Tin Alley Ventures
Andrew McLean
Managing Partner at Tin Alley Ventures
Calum McConville
Investment Manager at Tin Alley Ventures
Dr Andrew McLean
Managing partner at Tin Alley Ventures
Dr Arjun Goyal
Investment committee member at Tin Alley Ventures
Henri Currie
Founder-in-residence at Tin Alley Ventures
John Wylie AC
Investment committee member at Tin Alley Ventures
Ken Jefferd
Investment committee member at Tin Alley Ventures
Michelle He
Investment Manager at Tin Alley Ventures






















