Sandy McKinnon

Sandy has been a Pentech partner since 2001. His areas of interest include security technology, the applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence, and new infrastructure technologies such as blockchain and microservices.

He has led investments in edge-caching company Velocix (sold to Alcatel-Lucent), predictive analytics company SeeWhy (sold to SAP), machine-learning computer-vision company Omniperception (sold to Digital Barriers), audio effects company Sonaptic (sold to Wolfson) and real-time big data analytics company Acunu (sold to Apple).

Sandy has also been deeply involved in commercialising technology from Universities for most of his life and still helps Old College Capital at Edinburgh University. He has recently been involved with setting up and making operational techstartNI, helping the team there deliver a micro-seed fund for Northern Ireland. Sandy had a Research Fellowship at Cambridge University, working in Nanotechnology with many of the pioneers in the field. He has a Ph.D. and B.Sc.(first) in Physics from the University of Dundee.

Sandy McKinnon is the Partner at Pentech Ventures, based in Europe. With a background in Financial Services, Sandy McKinnon has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Sandy McKinnon studied Ph.D Condensed Matter and Materials Physics @ University of Dundee. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.