Nick is an engineer with an MBA and additional education in IP management, Venture Capital, Private Equity and Corporate Governance – and a passion for building businesses from first principles. After a few years with Cape Town based lifesciences incubator Acorn Technologies, Nick founded Savant in 2005 to broaden his incubation interests to science and engineering hardware technologies.

With 15 years’ experience working with startup technology businesses, and taking technologies from concept to international markets, Nick has worked across a broad range of industries, from food tech to medical devices and renewable energy.