Alexsis de Raadt-St. James

Founder and managing partner of Merian Ventures, a US/UK venture capital firm focused on female founded and co-founded deep tech companies in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain and Consumer-facing technologies. Alexsis began her career in the finance, energy and technology sectors, where she held senior executive roles in M&A, venture, corporate finance and product strategy at Shell International and more recently, Merian Ventures. She is a frequent speaker and author on digital business, venture and the role of women in technology. Alexsis is a Fulbright Commissioner, Advisory Board member at the Oxford Internet Institute, The Foundry at Oxford, Founder of WEInnovate STEM Accelerator Imperial College, London and a Board member and Advisor to companies she’s funded or founded. Alexsis is also Chairman and Founder of The Althea Foundation, established in 2003 as a family office. Today, The Althea Foundation is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation and it is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a public charity described in Internal Revenue Code Sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1). She has an MS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from Erasmus University.