Here’s a handy mantra for any tech startup: “Let’s finish what we started”.

This was the advice Jonathan Reeves gave to the engineering team after joining Edinburgh-based underwater wireless tech start-up CSignum, originally as an investor and advisor.

As he puts it, tech startups have a tendency to ‘chase the shiny new thing’. What is needed, he says, is to, ‘take what you've got, polish it a little bit, finish it and see it through to the market’.

Now CSignum’s CEO (yet living in the US), Jonathan’s career is a fascinating story. In particular, his experience convincing VCs to invest in deep tech, along with his views on government incentives to encourage investment in startups, will be of great interest to founders and backers alike.

You can hear how Jonathan came to be involved with CSignum, and the background behind the recent £6m Series A funding round, in this edition of BritChips.

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Award-winning tech industry analyst Anthony Miller chats with international electronics industry executive Noel McKenna about his experiences joining Glasgow/Edinburgh University biotech spin-out, Neuranics as CEO.

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Welcome to my new podcast series BritChips - conversations with movers and shakers in the UK semiconductor startup scene.The first is with Noel McKenna, CEO at Glasgow-based biotech startup, Neuranics and you can listen to it exclusively here on Substack. There’ll be more conversations coming very soon and you can find them all in the BritChips section on Substack.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit anttheantidote.substack.com