Kelsey Lynn (pictured) has formerly joined UK-listed Imperial Innovations, which commercializes research from the UK’s main universities, as a director of technology ventures after four years as a partner with US-based venture capital firm Firelake Capital.
At Firelake, she held board director and observer roles with portfolio companies EOS Climate, EnerG2, Zeachem and Simbol Materials and at Imperial Innovations she will sit on the board of portfolio company Econic Technologies, which raised £1.75m ($2.8m) in early April to manufacture polymers using waste carbon dioxide (CO2) as a feedstock after being formed from the research of Professor Charlotte Williams and her group at Imperial College, London.
Lynn said on her LinkedIn profile she joined Imperial Innovations in October in an advisory capacity, and added “Kelsey recently joined Imperial Innovations as Director, Technology Ventures, where she focuses on technology commercialization and new company formation.
“She also plays an active role with other entrepreneurship and investment groups like London’s HBS Angels and Cambridge’s Tech Entrepreneurship group CUTEC.
“Previously, Kelsey was a partner at Firelake Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm in Palo Alto, CA, where she led Firelake’s investment efforts in energy storage, transportation, biofuels and carbon mitigation, during which she was selected to Forbes ‘30 under 30’ for her investing insight.”
