Investing Profile

Tim Seears(42)

VCFounderAngelFormer CEO
Investor and entrepreneur focused on AI & Space Tech
United Kingdom
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Tim Seears's investing connections

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1 Investor

Connected to Sundeep Ahuja (Climate Capital).

Networks Tim is a member of
Columbia Business School Network
67 CONNECTIONS
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Network
63 CONNECTIONS
Founder Institute Network
22 CONNECTIONS
VU Venture Partners Network
18 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
VU Venture Partners Venture Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
13

Tim Seears is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

AgTech (Series A)Impact (Seed)TransportationTech (Series B)Space (Series B)Robotics (Series B)EnergyTech (Series B)AgTech (Series B)ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series B)Impact (Series B)AI (Series B)SaaS (Series B)Robotics (Seed)DeepTech (Series B)AgTech (Seed)TransportationTech (Series A)TransportationTech (Seed)ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A)EnergyTech (Series A)EnergyTech (Seed)ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed)Impact (Series A)Robotics (Series A)Space (Series A)Space (Seed)Diverse InvestorsInvestors who were foundersInvestors who invested in female foundersAI (Seed)Investors who invested in diverse foundersAI (Series A)New York CitySan Francisco Bay AreaCanadaAngel, Scout, and Solo-CapitalistsImpact (Pre-seed)DeepTech (Series A)DeepTech (Seed)TransportationTech (Pre-seed)EnergyTech (Pre-seed)AgTech (Pre-seed)Space (Pre-seed)Robotics (Pre-seed)DeepTech (Pre-seed)ClimateTech/CleanTech (Pre-seed)AI (Pre-seed)SaaS (Pre-seed)SaaS (Series A)SaaS (Seed)

Tim Seears's Investments On Record (10)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Paces
SeedJun 2022$3M
$4.1M
Co-investors: Ellen Ma (UpHonest Capital), Raanan Bar-Cohen (Resolute Ventures)
Colossal Bioscience
Series ANov 2021$50M
$53M
Co-investors: Ryan Merket (Comal Ventures), Will Weisman (KittyHawk Ventures)
Hypervolt
SeedJun 2021$1.5M
$1.5M
Co-investors: Nick Fragnito (Shorewind Capital)
Boundary Layer Technologies
SeedMar 2019$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures)
Vessev
SeedJan 2019
Co-investors: Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings)
Electric Era
Seed RoundN/A
Sunswap
Series AMar 2022$5M
Series AN/A
SeedN/A
$5M
Spira
SeedN/A
$100K
Co-investors: Bill Liao (SOSV), Landon Young (Elevate Ventures), Arye Lipman (MarsBio)

most interested in

Impact & exponential startups combating climate change including ag-tech, energy-tech, climate-tech, and space-tech, AI and robotics.

Tim Seears's Experience

Venture Partner VU Venture Partners2026 - Present
Angel Investor Fourth State Ventures2021 - Present
Venture Partner Inovexus Ventures2022 - 2026
Entrepreneur in Residence Founder Institute2020 - 2024
Chief Product Officer / Chief Digital Officer Innowell2019 - 2020
CEO & Founder, Asia-Pacific - Think Big Analytics Teradata2016 - 2018
VP Emerging Technology - Think Big Analytics Teradata2016 - 2016
CTO & Co-Founder Big Data Partnership, Ltd2012 - 2016
Operations Engineer NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration2003 - 2009

Tim Seears's Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign MBA
University College London MSc Astrophysics
Bournemouth University BEng Electronic Engineering
Columbia Business School Executive Education Venture Capital