Rupert Baines

Rupert is a seasoned start-up entrepreneur and CEO, with experience in Deeptech, semiconductors and wireless. He has founded a number of technology companies and been involved in three successful exits.

Rupert is Entrepeneur-in-Residence in the Deeptech practice at Cambridge Innovation Capital, a UK VC fund.

Most recently he was CEO of UltraSoc (priocessor analytics and cybersecurity sold to Siemens July 2020). He was then CMO of Codasip, licensing "RISC-V processors with a twist". 

Before that he was CMO at Picochip, with technology for wireless infrastructure and pioneered the concept of small-cell base stations  – it is now part of Intel.

Rupert has a BSc and postgraduate Diploma in Electronic Engineering from Hull University and an MBA from IESE. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the IET (FIET) as well as a Fellow of Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).