Jamie Macfarlane founded Creator Fund as a pan-European network of 40+ student investors across 20+ universities who source and make investment decisions from inside labs and lecture halls, focusing specifically on commercializing PhD-level research in areas like AI, robotics, life sciences, and quantum computing. Since 2019, his student-led VC model has backed 50+ companies that have raised over $250m in follow-on capital, with portfolio founders crediting him with helping scientist-founders transition from pure research into running venture-backed businesses.