Chris Poulton

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County Councillor @ Cambridgeshire County Council
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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Greater Cambridge Area, United Kingdom
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About Chris Poulton

Chris is a serial entrepreneur and technology investor with a string of successful exits. He is chairman of Added Value Capital Partners which helps build the high growth companies of tomorrow, mentoring senior management and entrepreneurs and assisting them in creating and driving forward their strategies.After building two Cambridge start‐ups Chris worked in IT services becoming Director of International Operations at Rhone Poulenc Systemes in Paris. He returned to the UK to create 3C Communications, a venture jointly owned by the Kinnevik and Millicom groups, pioneering the introduction of self‐service payments in car parking, which rapidly achieved market leadership. Chris went on to head up two more payments technology businesses, leading a successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange at Cardcast Plc. Since then he has been a partner at European venture capital investor Alice Ventures and built up his own investment operation and business accelerator in Cambridge, focusing on clean technology and energy storage.Chris holds an engineering degree from Bristol University and a London Business School MBA. He was an early member of Cambridge Angels.

Chris Poulton's Current Company Details
Cambridgeshire County Council

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Chris Poulton Work Experience Details
  • Cambridgeshire County Council
    County Councillor
    Cambridgeshire County Council
    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
  • Solar Associates
    Co-Founder And Director
    Solar Associates
    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
  • Cambridge Battery Research
    Founder And Chairman
    Cambridge Battery Research Feb 2020 - Present
    Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
    CAMBAR is developing the next generation of non-invasive battery monitoring systems enabled by low-cost, accurate embedded sensors that monitor the internal condition of battery cells.
  • Solar Associates
    Co-Founder And Director
    Solar Associates 2013 - Present
    Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Solar project development and consulting services. Successful projects include the UK’s largest grid scale energy storage facility in Norfolk.
  • Mctear Williams & Wood
    Turnaround Funding
    Mctear Williams & Wood 2009 - Present
    Cambridge, United Kingdom
    McTear Williams & Wood is the leader in the field of Business Rescue and Turnaround Services in East Anglia.
  • Smartcitizen Limited
    Co-Founder And Chairman
    Smartcitizen Limited 2003 - Jul 2022
    Cambridge, United Kingdom
    SmartCitizen is UK market leader in citizen smart card schemes for local government.
  • Sunfish Energy
    Chairman
    Sunfish Energy 2010 - 2016
    Uk
    Sunfish is pioneering a radically new approach to concentrated solar energy that capitalizes on mass production, low cost materials and access to new markets.With its intellectual property Sunfish intends to reshape the market for both small and very large solar energy installations.
  • Energeno
    Founder And Chairman
    Energeno 2009 - 2015
    London, United Kingdom
    Energeno provides technology and services to help energy users maximise their return from investing in renewable energy systems. These include energy monitoring solutions and automatic switching devices to enable consumers to use free electricity they have generated in preference to feeding it into the grid.
  • Idtechex
    Co-Founder And Director
    Idtechex 1999 - 2007
    United Kingdom
    IDTechEx is the leading market and technology analyst focusing on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Printed Electronics.
  • Datanomic
    Co-Founder And Director
    Datanomic 2000 - 2006
    United Kingdom
    Datanomic’s holistic approach to data management enables its growing list of European and North American blue chip clients to rapidly achieve a return on investment by exposing and correcting deficiencies in core business information. Chris was one of the founding team and a seed investor. In 2011 the company was acquired by Oracle.
  • Antenova
    Co-Founder And Director
    Antenova 2000 - 2004
    Antenova is a leading developer and supplier of high performance antennas and RF antenna modules for mobile handsets, portable devices and laptop computers.
  • Nomad Software
    Chairman
    Nomad Software 1997 - 2002
    London, United Kingdom
    With one of today’s most advanced and comprehensive payments solutions, Nomad is a leading card processor and banking technology supplier, serving financial and retail organisations at every level. Chris was a seed investor. In 2010 Nomad was acquired by Metavante, now part of FIS
  • Aci Worldwide
    Chief Executive Cardcast Plc
    Aci Worldwide Apr 1993 - Dec 1996
    Byfleet, United Kingdom
    Cardcast provided card fraud prevention services to card issuers and retailers. The company developed the UK’s first national hot card database, updated by subscribers in real time, and built a network of over 3,000 distributed hot card file servers maintained by data broadcast, supporting 25,000 points of sale. Chris was brought in by MTI Ventures as CEO following its startup investment and built the business into market leader prior to leading its IPO. Cardcast later merged to form the core… Show more Cardcast provided card fraud prevention services to card issuers and retailers. The company developed the UK’s first national hot card database, updated by subscribers in real time, and built a network of over 3,000 distributed hot card file servers maintained by data broadcast, supporting 25,000 points of sale. Chris was brought in by MTI Ventures as CEO following its startup investment and built the business into market leader prior to leading its IPO. Cardcast later merged to form the core of Retail Decisions Plc now part of ACI. Show less
  • Kinnevik Ab
    Managing Director 3C Communications
    Kinnevik Ab Oct 1988 - Sep 1992
    3C Communications was set up to build a pan-European credit card payphone business starting in northern Europe. Chris set up the UK business, established a portfolio of premium payphone locations in airports, hotels, motorway sites and conference centres, and developed a card payment processing business with an innovative, highly profitable business model serving car parks.
  • Sanofi
    Director Of International Operations Rps
    Sanofi Apr 1984 - Sep 1988
    Rhone Poulenc Systems was Europe’s leading full range computer media manufacturer, supplying magnetic tapes, removable disk packs and floppy disks. Based in Paris, Chris was responsible for eight European distribution businesses and worldwide exports

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