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Dr. Nicola Redi brings nearly 30 years experience in translating science into products, companies and investments. He is currently managing Obloo Ventures, a unique deep tech investment platform focusing on aerospace & defence, computational sciences, robotics, and energy. He managed funds backing 70+ deep tech companies in the last 15 years and served in the investment committees of the French lifescience fund Technologie et Santé I (Sofimac Partners) and Atmos II renewable energy fund.
Before entering the deep tech venture capital arena, he joined leading multinational industrial corporations with Global and EMEA leadership positions in R&D and new product development. He also managed a manufacturing and service unit of automated and robotic machinery.
Nicola is also actively involved in policy-making at the European level (High Level Groups) and postgraduate academic activities (Distinguished Professor of MIB School of Management and Director of the Executive MBA in Business Innovation).
His diversified and sound education includes: PhD in Management - Aston University in Birmingham, MBA with the highest honours - SDA Bocconi, and MSc in Aerospace Engineering - Politecnico di Milano. Furthermore, Nicola holds a YMP from INSEAD and is a Certified Process Kaizen Engineer.