Robert Tansley

Robert is a Partner focusing on Life Sciences. After seven years working in hospital medicine, Robert worked in development and regulatory roles at Sanofi, the MHRA and Roche.

Robert then spent a decade at early stage biotech companies including Arakis (sold to Sosei Inc), founder and CEO at Treague, founding CEO of the University of Copenhagen spin -out Avilex Pharma and part of the founding management team of KalVista (Nasdaq: KALV).

Robert qualified in medicine from UCL. He is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine and has an MBA from London Business School and an M.Phil in Biostatistics from the University of Cambridge.

Robert manages CIC's investments in Carrick Therapeutics, CMR Surgical, Exvastat, Gyroscope, Inivata, Microbiotica, PetMedix, Pretzel Therapeutics.

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Carrick Therapeutics

Fighting aggressive cancers

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CMR Surgical

Developing minimal access surgical robots for maximum patient benefit

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Exvastat

Saving lives by defeating ARDS from any cause

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Gyroscope Therapeutics

Vision protecting therapies

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Inivata

Diagnosing cancer from a simple blood draw

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Microbiotica

Harnessing the power of the microbiome

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PetMedix

Antibody engineering for animals

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Pretzel Therapeutics

Pioneering mitochondrial therapies

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