Chris Winter Partner

Christopher S. Winter, Partner, joined New Venture Partners in 2003 and focuses on European investment opportunities. Previously, Dr. Winter co-founded Brightstar, BT's corporate incubator in 2000, and acted as its CTO in identifying and building companies spun out by BT.

Prior to co-founding Brightstar, he was the Vice President of Engineering at Cyberlife Technologies Ltd., a software start-up based in the United Kingdom. Dr. Winter spent the previous twelve years at BT in various positions, including the Head of Futures Research at BT, where he ran teams of scientists and engineers in researching and developing optical switches, optical computing, next generation operational support systems ("OSS"), AI software and mobile network management.

Dr. Winter holds a BA in Biochemistry from Oxford University, a PhD in Physics from Lancaster University and is a Visiting Professor of Systems Engineering at Brunel University.