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Jo SLOTA-NEWSON
ALMANAC VENTURES LIMITED
Managing Partner
Description
Jo Slota-Newson is a venture capital investor and Managing Partner at Almanac Ventures. Jo helps to build companies founded on scientific innovations, which will be critical to growing stronger, more resilient, decarbonised industries of the future.
Jo started her career as a research scientist in electronic materials at the University of Cambridge and later the University of British Columbia. She has worked in technology commercialisation for 19 years including in operational roles, such as serving as Chief Technology Officer for an early stage photovoltaics company.
Jo holds MA, MSci and PhD degrees in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.
Jo is also an open water swimmer, and swam the English Channel in 2024.
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