Tom Speechley is an early stage investor and business builder. He co-founded SX2 Ventures which builds and invests in innovative businesses in the human care sector focusing on life sciences, longevity, specialised care and emerging market healthtech.
Having initially worked as a corporate lawyer in London and New York, the majority of Tom’s 25-year career has been in global private equity and venture capital including several emerging markets.
Tom has sat on a number corporate and not-for profit boards including the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association and Junior Achievement Worldwide. He has been a senior advisor to Endeavor.org and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the United Kingdom.
Tom has written and spoken widely on emerging market private equity and venture capital and guest lectured at a number of leading universities in the United States. He has been a featured speaker on emerging market healthcare issues at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the United Nations and the Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank. He is the author of two books on acquisition finance and whilst a student at university coded a series of educational software programs that were among the first used in the UK’s national curriculum on computer studies.
At university Mr Speechley initially studied chemical physics before switching to law, graduating with First Class Honours from the University of Sheffield UK.
SX2’s focus is exclusively on projects that provide solutions in the evolving areas of life sciences including nutraceuticals, longevity, specialized care including eldercare, mental illness and end-of-life care and emerging market healthtech.
Current Board Positions
qbeats inc.
Board of Directors
Feb 2016 - Present
New York, US
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SX2 Insights cover a range of topics related to the company's work, including the life sciences, longevity, health care at all stages of life, and emerging market healthcare solutions.
Tom Speechley, Founder & CEO of SX2 Ventures, discusses the drawbacks of placing the science of prevention secondary to the science of cure. Using numerous studies and clear data, Tom outlines the many ways that our lifestyles can negatively impact our longevity and stresses the need for more preventative research.
Tom Speechley, Founder & CEO of SX2 Ventures, discusses the key aspects of dementia that all individuals should know. SX2 Ventures is a leader in innovation in human care, focused on the design of “next generation dementia care facilities”, using the latest evidence-based practices and technologies to improve the quality of care that residents receive.
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