Science Creates: Designed for Deep Tech

Andy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Portal Biotech, a growing Oxford-based startup developing next-generation, bench-top nanopore solutions for comprehensive, full–length, single-molecule protein characterisation. Andy was previously a senior member of the Oxford Nanopore Technology team that was responsible for commercialising its range of gene sequencers. Andy has made significant contributions to the field of nanopore technology in the last 15 years, with over 40 patents and multiple publications, and brings this knowledge and experience to bear in accelerating Portal’s new products pipeline. Andy completed post-doc work at the Department of Chemistry, Oxford University and has a PhD in chemical biology from Imperial College, London.

Steve is a serial-entrepreneur, advisor and an internationally-renowned expert in code-division multiple access (CDMA) cellular communications. In 2002, Steve co-founded Icera Inc. which became the leading innovator of top-performing wireless modems for 3G and 4G cellular devices. Over the course of a decade, Steve was instrumental in raising over $250m for Icera, with the company ultimately acquired by Nvidia Corp. in 2011 for $367m. For 4 years, he worked as a Senior Vice President at Nvidia Corp before co-founding Five AI, which was later acquired by BOSCH in 2022. Steve is a visiting Professor at the University of Bristol and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Institution of Engineering and Technology.