Jamie Rowles has left a venture capital position at Jetstone Asset Management to head Sky’s impact venturing fund.
Jamie Rowles, formerly a venture capitalist at UK-based multi-asset manager Jetstone Asset Management, has joined Sky Ocean Ventures, a new £25m ($33m) corporate venturing unit for material innovation, responsible consumption and the circular economy as they apply to the plastics value chain.
Rowles is head of investments at Sky Ocean Ventures under group director Frederic Michel.
Sky Ocean Ventures was founded in June as a complementary unit to UK-based television broadcasting and telecommunication services provider Sky’s other corporate venturing unit run by Emma Lloyd and James McClurg.
Sky Ocean Ventures wants to increase its initial funding to £100m ($131m) with the help of third-party investors.
During his time at Jetstone Asset Management, Rowles was involved in formulating fund strategy and allocating venture capital investments in deep research and technology.
– Photo of Jamie Rowles courtesy of LinkedIn.
