About
Born May 1, 1986 · Male
James Wise is based out of London, England and is the Partner of Balderton Capital & Chair, Sovereign AI Unit of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. James previously worked at Kaia Health as a Board Member. James Wise attended the University of Oxford.
Experience
GoCardless
View →Board Member
YC S11Acquired900London, United KingdomPayments · Financial Services
TestGorilla
View →Advisor
Series A337Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The NetherlandsHR and Recruiting · Employment
5 Open Jobs →
UK Space Agency
View →Chair, Sovereign AI Unit · 2025 – present
Grant404Quad Two Building (1st Floor) Rutherford Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DF, United KingdomDefense and Space Manufacturing · Aerospace
Kaia Health
View →Board Member · 2019 – 2026
Growth102New York, New York, United StatesHospital & Health Care · Health Care
- Detectify · Detectify2019 – present
- Partner · Balderton Capital2016 – present
- Investor · Workable2015 – present
- Investor · Hubs2013 – present
- Board Member · Levity
- Board member · Sketchfab
- Board Member · SOPHiA GENETICS
Education
- University of Oxford · MA, Politics, Philosophy & Economics2004 – 2008
Portfolio (7)
GoCardless
PaymentsAcquired900 emp
Tibber
Renewables & EnvironmentGrowth297 emp
Crowdcube
Venture Capital & Private EquityGrowth127 emp
Kaia Health
Hospital & Health CareGrowth102 emp
People at GoCardless
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