26/01/2012 - OpenX handles more than one trillion ad requests in 2011  |  30/11/2011 - DEBUT CONSOLE GAME FROM MOSHI MONSTERS TAKES TOP SPOT  |  17/11/2011 - SPARK realises its investment in Level Four Software  |  04/11/2011 - Aspex wins the NMI Lower Power Green Energy Award 2011  |  24/10/2011 - DEM Solutions Ranked One of the Top 10 Fastest-Growing UK Software Companies

Tom is Chairman of SPARK Venture Management Limited. He was previously Chairman of NewMedia Investors, which he founded in 1996 and which merged into NewMedia SPARK in 2000. Tom has over 30 years of venture capital and investment banking experience with firms including Bankers Trust, Credit Suisse and Nesbitt Burns.

He has raised over £5bn for companies and has backed many successful early stage businesses, many from start up, all the way to flotation (London and NASDAQ). He was on the Boards of most of these for several years including ARC, lastminute.com, Argonaut, Dialog, System C Healthcare, Wellington Pub Company and Libertas Capital.

The total value of exits in the public markets of these companies easily exceeds £1bn. He has extensive venture capital experience in technology ranging from on-line information, telecoms, video games and chip design to travel and software for healthcare and retailing.

Contact: tom@sparkventures.com