Simon Cook

Bio

Has been involved with the UK venture capital industry since 1995. In 2006, led the merger of Cazenove Private Equity with Prelude Ventures and in 2007, completed the next stage of Esprit’s expansion plan, negotiating the partnership with DFJ to form DFJ Esprit. Previously was a partner with Elderstreet Investments and a Director at 3i in Cambridge. Has been involved with a number of Europe’s most successful technology startups. Past successes include Cambridge Silicon Radio, Virata, nCipher and KVS. Now responsible for DFJ Esprit’s investment in LOVEFiLM. Prior to venture capital, worked as a strategy and IT consultant at KPMG and as a computer games developer. Graduate of University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST).

Career

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	DFJ Esprit LLP Venture capital firm. Chief Executive Officer Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
	JP Morgan Cazenove Ltd Investment Director