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James Wise (businessman)
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James Wise is a venture capitalist and author from Greater Manchester, England. At 29, Wise was made a partner at the European venture capital firm Balderton Capital, becoming the youngest partner of a venture capital firm at the time. He has been associated with the firms' investments into Sophia Genetics, Depop and GoCardless and recognised as one of Europe's most influential technology investors. In 2023, Wise was appointed to the UK Government's Industrial Development Advisory Board. Comments on entrepreneurship Wise has been a regular commentator on the role of entrepreneurship in economic development, in particular in the UK. In 2024 he wrote that the UK has historically 'denigrated entrepreneurs' and needed to change tact. In 2020 he was an expert witness to the UK Government's Parliamentary Select Committee into scaling-up businesses, and in 2023 he authored 'Start-Up Century', a book on entrepreneurship published by Bloomsbury Publishing. |
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