Manjari Chandran-Ramesh
Partner in the Early Stage Fund
Bio
Manjari joined Amadeus in 2021 as a Partner in the Early Stage Fund. Her investment focus is on AI, Robotics and Quantum Technologies. She is the Amadeus representative on several boards including Ravelin, NuQuantum, Seldon, and Tenzo.
Manjari started her career in academia as a researcher and college lecturer at Oxford University, later moving to technology transfer at the University where she was responsible for commercialising intellectual property. Manjari then worked at IP Group plc, managing technology investments from deal origination to exit. She was responsible for the trade sale of TheySayLtd (emotional AI acquired by Aptean), secondary share sale exit in ConcirrusLtd (AI in InsureTech), and sourcing and working with the founding team to build Quantum Motion Ltd (Quantum Computing in Silicon). Manjari created and led IP Group’s Quantum Technologies investment strategy, setting up an initial £12m accelerator fund in partnership with Innovate UK.
Manjari is on the Strategic Advisory Board that advises the UK Government’s National Quantum Technologies Programme. She is a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Enterprise Hub Committee, a mentor for Creative Destruction Labs and a Kauffman Fellow of Class 28.
Manjari holds a PhD from the University of Oxford in Machine Learning and Autonomous Vehicles, which she did on a Rhodes Scholarship. As part of her PhD, she completed an Internship at Google (now Alphabet) and has a BE in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from the University of Madras. She is fluent in English, Tamil, Hindi and beginner’s Japanese.
Ravelin acquired by Worldpay
“I’m delighted with this result for the team at Ravelin, marking the next stage of growth and development for their product suite and technology as they join Worldpay. Helping founders through this process and gaining the best possible outcome for everyone involved is the ultimate goal, as we succeed together.”
Invested: Worldpay to acquire RavelinManjari is the contact for
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IntelligenceStateful Robotics is an Oxford-based embodied AI company building decision intelligence software for mobile robots operating in real-world environments.
Stateful Robotics
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IntelligenceRavelin is a fraud prevention platform that uses machine learning and graph-based analysis to detect and stop fraud before it happens. It was acquired by Worldpay in 2025.
Ravelin
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IntelligenceSeldon is a machine learning infrastructure company enabling scalable, production-grade model deployment through its open-source platform, Seldon Core.
Seldon
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IntelligenceNu Quantum is a Cambridge spin-out developing quantum networking hardware to interconnect QPUs, enabling the scalable, multi-core quantum computers of the future.
Nu Quantum
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IntelligenceSafe Intelligence is a deep tech spin-out from Imperial College London developing scalable AI validation tools to ensure the safe and reliable deployment of machine learning models.
Safe Intelligence
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IntelligenceTenzo is a machine learning-powered analytics and forecasting platform that helps restaurants unify their data and make faster, smarter operational decisions in real time.
Tenzo
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IntelligencePhotonic is building a scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computer using a unique silicon spin–photon architecture that combines quantum memory with photonic connectivity.
Photonic
