Andrew Burton
After qualifying as an engineer, Andrew launched his first company in the electronics sector at the age of 24 and secured his first trade-sale exit eight years later. For the last 25 years Andrew has worked with entrepreneurs and high-growth firms in the UK and overseas advising and coaching them on how to deliver success in technology-based businesses. In 2002, he founded Inkopo, one of Yorkshire's leading technology investment practices, recently acquired by Braveheart Investment Group plc.
Andrew is a former board member of UK Business Incubation (UKBI) and Partnership Investment Finance (Yorkshire and the Humber Region's £37m Objective 2 fund). For almost 15 years, he has helped develop the Yorkshire Association of Business Angels (YABA) into one of the UK's most established angel networks.
He is Managing Director of the Viking Fund, launched in 2004 to co-invest alongside private investors in early-growth technology companies in Yorkshire and Humber. With some 25 companies in its portfolio (including ten University spin-outs) Viking has made a tangible difference in financing this region's young technology firms, levering almost £15.0m from business angels and other sources alongside Viking's £4.0m cornerstone investments.
