Daniela is a Technology Development and Project Manager of the Technology Investment Fund.

Prior to joining CE, Daniela worked at CDT, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Japanese company Sumitomo Chemical, as part of the Corporate Venturing and Innovation team. She led the UK team’s Life Science activities, where she built partnerships and managed projects with early-stage start-ups, as well as analysed market trends to help shape corporate strategies.

Daniela has a MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences from University of Coimbra and completed her PhD in Engineering Biology in 2017 as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellow at University of Warwick.

Daniela joined Cambridge Enterprise in December 2024.