24 Nov 2022 by David
Rupert Gather
Rupert Gather is the founder and Executive Chairman of InvestUK, a specialist advisory firm helping international entrepreneurs and innovators establish successful companies into Britain. Services cover access to relevant visas, investment capital and relocation support.
He has had a distinguished career in venture capital managing investments into innovative and scalable early-stage companies that he has built following active service in the British Army. To date InvestUK has facilitated 400 investments valued at £250m across multiple sectors and created 4,000 jobs in the process.
Rupert is a regular speaker and panelist at international conferences, a TEDx speaker with 750,000 views and a global evangelist for the UK enterprise economy.
He is passionate about education and works closely with the UK Department for Education as an independent trustee focused on improving educational outcomes for disadvantaged children. He founded the IUK Academy to combine his interests in business and education.