Luke Hakes's guest appearances

Luke Hakes

Invested Investor

The Tech Leaders Podcast

Paul Clarke

Greg Jackson

Peter McCormack

Bruce Daisley

Merrill Lynch

Mark Evans

Simon King

Richard Lucas

Carwyn Jones

Marta Krupinska

Alice Bentinck

James Herbert

Gareth Lewis

Kevin Goldsmith

Jason Maude

OwlTail

Gareth Interviews Luke Hakes who's one of the partners at Octopus Ventures, one of the biggest VC funds in Europe. Luke did a PhD in computational genetics and unexpectedly went on to join Octopus in the early stages, in what could be described as opportune circumstances. He has since had a fantastic career in venture capital, overseeing multiple success stories with some of the UK's most innovative tech companies. He currently runs a hugely successful health-tech portfolio, at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic. We break down his criteria for investing and talk about the importance of building human capital value and having faith in your team. We also discuss upcoming macro shifts and the potential opportunity and turmoil that may arise. 

Gareth Interviews Luke Hakes who's one of the partners at Octopus Ventures, one of the biggest VC funds in Europe. Luke did a PhD in computational genetics and unexpectedly went on to join Octopus in the early stages, in what could be described as opportune circumstances. He has since had a fantastic career in venture capital, overseeing multiple success stories with some of the UK's most innovative tech companies. He currently runs a hugely successful health-tech portfolio, at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic. We break down his criteria for investing and talk about the importance of building human capital value and having faith in your team. We also discuss upcoming macro shifts and the potential opportunity and turmoil that may arise.

#14 - Luke Hakes - Partner, Octopus Ventures

In this weeks Invested Investor, podcast, we are pleased to introduce, former scientist, Luke Hakes. An accomplished deep technologies investor with numerous successes under his belt, including Magic Pony and Eve Sleep, to name just a couple. Luke is happy to talk to us about some of the failures he has experienced too, and gives us his practical advise on people, timing and gaining the right investors.  Luke is a talented, Invested investor and partner in Octopus Ventures, Chairman of the University of Manchester’s commercialisation company, UMI3, Director of The University of Manchester Global Leadership Board and an angel investor specialising in the AI and Genetics space.

In this weeks Invested Investor, podcast, we are pleased to introduce, former scientist, Luke Hakes. An accomplished deep technologies investor with numerous successes under his belt, including Magic Pony and Eve Sleep, to name just a couple. Luke is happy to talk to us about some of the failures he has experienced too, and gives us his practical advise on people, timing and gaining the right investors.  Luke is a talented, Invested investor and partner in Octopus Ventures, Chairman of the University of Manchester’s commercialisation company, UMI3, Director of The University of Manchester Global Leadership Board and an angel investor specialising in the AI and Genetics space.

"Raw Intellectual Horsepower" Luke Hakes