Amelia Armour

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Amelia Armour, partner at Cambridge VC fund Amadeus Capital Partners agrees that the Autonomy cofounder was a catalytic figure for UK entrepreneurs. “Creating Darktrace in Cambridge and steering the business to one of the most successful floats in London was great evidence that we can build global technology companies in the UK,” she says. “Hopefully, his legacy will be that entrepreneurs will be inspired to replicate Darktrace and grow substantial businesses from our world-leading science base.” [...] Anne Glover, the cofounder of Amadeus, and formerly the chair of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, adds that Lynch helped nurture individuals and new institutions, like the UK government's national institute for data science and artificial intelligence, the Alan Turing Institute. "He has nurtured many talented leaders, like Poppy Gustafsson, the CEO of DarkTrace, who will continue to act as role models for the next generation of entrepreneurs," she tells Sifted. "Later in his career he contributed significantly to the wider ecosystem through his membership of the UK government's Council for Science and Technology, arguing strongly for the setup of the Turing Institute." [...] "Sir David Walker encouraged me to invite Mike to join, saying 'he is far too busy to attend many meetings, but even a few minutes of Mike’s time will be invaluable.' He was right. Mike encouraged us to think bigger, to make Cambridge one of the best places in the world to start