Ian Davies

Biodiversity and Nature Tech | Climate Tech | Board Adviser

Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom

About

Ian has extensive Board and Investor experience in Venture Capital, Private Equity and Listed environments, leading fundraising and investment plans, and delivering risk | governance frameworks. Ian achieved commercial global expansion, successful international M&A, and secured significant contract wins. - Fundraising - Series A | Series B | PE | Listed - Global growth - c$15m company to c$300m group - Contract wins - from $20m to $500m+ - Start ups - zero to $50m+ in 18 months

Experience

  • Board Adviser at TechDecide
    2017 - Present · 9 yrs 7 mos

    Biodiversity and Nature Tech | Climate Tech | Fundraising | Growth | M&A

  • Chief Financial Officer at NatureMetrics
    Feb 2023 - Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    • Venture capital-backed leader in eDNA and AI Nature Technology. Raised £30m+ in Series A and Series B funding rounds. Joint Interim CEO with Founder achieving 50%+ growth.

  • Chief Financial Officer | Board Member at Attivo Group
    2021 - 2022 · 1 yr

    Board member - PE backed business. Scaling business. M&A and organic growth strategies.

  • Chief Financial Officer at StorMagic
    2020 - 2021 · 1 yr

    VC backed - International software & edge computing. M&A integration, scalable business model.

  • Chief Executive Officer at TheLivingCircle
    2017 - 2020 · 3 yrs

    CEO - technology enabled start up business. Business services and SaaS for the Health and Care Sector.