Manjari Chandran-Ramesh

Partner, Amadeus Capital Partners

Manjari joined Amadeus in 2021 and focuses on investments in the areas of machine learning, AI, robotics and quantum technologies.

Manjari has more than a decade of experience in the tough to commercialise University IP sector . Prior to Amadeus, Manjari worked at IP Group plc, where she managed technology investments from deal origination to exit, and was responsible for the trade sale of TheySay Ltd (emotional AI acquired by Aptean), secondary share sale exit in Concirrus Ltd (insurance tech), and sourcing and working with the founding team to build Quantum Motion Ltd (Quantum Computing in Silicon). Manjari created and led IP Group’s Quantum Technologies investment strategy and set-up an initial £12m accelerator fund that was run in exclusive partnership with Innovate UK.

Previously, Manjari was a Technology Transfer Manager at Oxford University Innovation Ltd responsible for commercialising university intellectual property. Prior to that she was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. As part of her PhD, she also completed an Internship at Google (now Alphabet).

Manjari holds a PhD from the University of Oxford in Machine Learning and Autonomous Vehicles and a bachelors in Electronics, Instrumentation and Computer Science Engineering from the University of Madras. She is fluent in English, Tamil, Hindi and beginners Japanese.

keynote: 10:20 AM – 11:05 AM

Zeroing in on Deep Tech: Where AI intersects with Science and Engineering

This panel will explore how we define deep tech, what the sector consists of and where investor hot spots are in the year ahead. With a particular focus on improving global challenges and solving hard problems, deep tech is garnering much needed investor attention, from leveraging the power of AI and robotics to enhance human capabilities to solving hard hitting sustainability issues with material science and biotech, our panel will spotlight the future of deep tech.