Tim Seears
InvestorVenture Partner at VU Venture Partners
United Kingdom
Writes $100K – $1M checks · typically $500K
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About
Tim Seears is a Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners focused on frontier technology sectors including AI, DeepTech, and SpaceTech. He brings experience as a founder, venture capital investor, and angel investor, with operational background in CEO, CPO, and CTO roles. He invests in early-stage companies across DeepTech, SpaceTech, AI, Robotics, and Energy sectors.
Experience
- VU Venture PartnersVenture Partner - Frontier Techcurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Fourth State VenturesAngel Investorcurrent2017 — present
- InovexusVenture Partner2022 — 2026
- AI ForgeEntrepreneur in Residence2024 — 2025London, United Kingdom
- Founder InstituteEntrepreneur in Residence2020 — 2024
- InnoWellChief Product Officer / Chief Digital Officer2019 — 2020Sydney, Australia
- InnoWellChief Product Officer, AI & Analytics2019Sydney, Australia
- TeradataCEO & Founder, Asia-Pacific - Think Big, a Teradata Company2016 — 2018Sydney, Australia
- TeradataVice President, AI - Think Big, a Teradata Company2016London, United Kingdom
- Big Data Partnership (Acquired by Teradata)CTO & Co-Founder2012 — 2016London, United Kingdom
- Theta 13 LtdDirector & Founder2010 — 2012
- Key Criteria GroupLead Technical Architect / Lead Software Engineer2009 — 2010
- Imperial College LondonResearch Assistant - Astrophysicist2003 — 2009Space & Atmospheric Physics Group
- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryOperations Engineer - Cassini Spacecraft2003 — 2009
Skills & more
StrategyStart-upsEntrepreneurshipVenture Capital6Early Stage Investment1Large Language Models (LLM)Corporate FinanceMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Private EquitySoftware EngineersElectronic Engineering1Embedded Systems
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Distributed SystemsSystems EngineeringSystem ArchitectureSpace OperationsSpace SystemsSpacecraftResearch SkillsData Analysis- Executive Education, Venture Capital Programme — Columbia Business School
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Colleagues at VU Venture Partners
Aakash Jain
Partner - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners
Alek Kloda
CIO & Founding Partner at Nickel Digital Asset Management
Andrew Zalasin
General Partner - North America, Europe, & LatAm at VU Venture Partners
Andy Goldstein
Partner - Western Europe at VU Venture Partners
Angie Wang
Principal - Asia-Pacific Investment Team at VU Venture Partners
Bernardt Vogel
Senior Associate at VU Venture Partners
Bevon King
Investor at VU Venture Partners
Bo Yang
Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tim Seears?
- Tim Seears is a Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners focused on frontier technology sectors including AI, DeepTech, and SpaceTech. He brings experience as a founder, venture capital investor, and angel investor, with operational background in CEO, CPO, and CTO roles. He invests in early-stage companies across DeepTech, SpaceTech, AI, Robotics, and Energy sectors.
- Where does Tim Seears work?
- Tim Seears is Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners.
- What check size does Tim Seears write?
- Tim Seears typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
- Where did Tim Seears go to school?
- Tim Seears studied at Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master of Business Administration - MBA); UCL (MSc, Astrophysics); Bournemouth University (BEng(Hons), Electronic Engineering & Software Engineering).
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Also attended Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign88
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Also attended UCL630
Demis HassabisCo-founder & CEO of Google DeepMindAndré DuboisInvestor at Index VenturesFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Jonas VetterleInvestor at Moonfire VenturesMarie FerriInvestor at DaphniElena PantaziPartner & Head of Platform at Northzone
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Also attended Bournemouth University33
Angad SinghJunior Associate at Keen Venture PartnersBen SmithTechnology Partner at Inreach VenturesJames TootellPartner at Eos Venture Partners LimitedJuan Alonso-AllendeInvestment & Product Intern at Kibo VenturesMichael BurnettManaging Partner at Fuel VenturesDerek CallowOperating Partner at Seaside Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Inovexus24
AlexandreVenture Partner at CAP HORN VCVincent LepreuxInvestment Principal at Debiopharm Innovation FundGuillaume GrasInvestment Director at European Circular Bioeconomy FundDr. Oleg DemidovInvestor at Beyond Earth VenturesColin MagneFounder at Japan AngelsStanislas De VillelongueManaging Partner France at Inovexus
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Also worked at Founder Institute171
Vinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesJeffrey PaineFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesGiuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 VenturesMimi YagoubHead of Operations and Communications at One Way VenturesDr. ChettipallyVenture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcRyan MichelettiGeneral Partner at The Veteran Fund
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Also worked at Teradata35
Michael LummusSenior Director at JMI EquityCameron BaharVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcRamu ArunachalamGeneral Partner at A.CapitalDan ScheinmanBoard Director: Zoom, Arista, Sentinel One at Operator CollectiveShawn KungInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalJoe HorowitzManaging General Partner at Icon Ventures
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