Veronica Ferguson is an experienced project manager with a passion for people, enterprise and entrepreneurs. She has been responsible for supporting the direct investment of £750,000 in grant funding and £3m in equity investment into 6 companies over the past 12 months and personally supported 2 companies to spin out of the University in the academic year 2021-2022. She is Staff Enterprise Team Manager for the University of Edinburgh’s academic staff working with high-growth potential projects from idea/concept through to growth and investment stages. She is based in Edinburgh Innovations and works closely with the Technology Transfer Manager with responsibility for IP as well as other key colleagues to support the commercialisation process.