Andrew Gaule, founder of the Corven Corporate Venturing Network, talks to David
Atkinson, managing partner of Circadia Ventures, fund manager for Tate & Lyle
Ventures.
Gaule: Give a brief description of the purpose of your venture, when it was formed and how the process occurs.
Atkinson: Circadia Ventures was formed in April 2006 to manage the Tate & Lyle Ventures fund. Following a restructuring of Tate & Lyle by new chief executive, Javed Ahmed, in 2011, the ventures team began to work more closely with the innovation and commercial development (ICD) group which had begun to develop its own open innovation (OI) initiative. Utilising our…
