Dr. Manjari Chandran-Ramesh

Manjari holds a PhD from the University of Oxford in Machine Learning and Autonomous Vehicles, which she did on a Rhodes Scholarship. As part of her PhD, she completed an Internship at Google (now Alphabet) and has a BE in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from the University of Madras.

Manjari has been in the Venture industry for the last decade and since 2021 been a General Partner at Amadeus Capital Partners. Her investment focus is on AI, Robotics and Quantum Technologies. She is the Amadeus representative on several boards including Ravelin (ML for fraud, acquired by WorldPay), NuQuantum (Quantum networking), Seldon (MLOps), Photonic (Quantum Computing), Tenzo (ML for hospitality), Safe Intelligence(Verification of ML models).

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On a personal capacity, Manjari advises the UK Government on its National Quantum Technologies Programme. She is a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Enterprise Hub Committee, a mentor for Creative Destruction Labs and a board member of the Satellite Applications Catapult.

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Manjari started her career in academia as a researcher and college lecturer at Oxford University, later moving to technology transfer at the University where she was responsible for commercialising intellectual property. Manjari then worked at IP Group plc, managing technology investments from deal origination to exit. She was responsible for the trade sale of TheySayLtd (emotional AI acquired by Aptean), secondary share sale exit in ConcirrusLtd (AI in InsureTech), 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, setting up an initial £12m accelerator fund in partnership with Innovate UK. 

Manjari was part of Class 28 and completed her fellowship under the mentorship of Dame Anne Glover.