Darius Sankey

Dr. N. Darius Sankey is a seasoned executive in the venture capital and technology industries. Dr. Sankey is currently a founder and Managing Director of Innovation Acceleration Capital. Darius has served as a Managing Director at Sway Ventures, and Ocean Tomo, leading their Innovation Management Practice. Before his work with Ocean Tomo, Darius served as a Senior Director of Portfolio Management at Intellectual Ventures, a Managing Director at DFJ – Zone Ventures, and has served as a board member for several companies including Unium, 3Discovered, Siimpel Corporation and Neven Vision (acquired by Google). He has worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, Inc. and held strategic planning, consulting, and R&D positions at RAND and AT&T Bell Laboratories. Darius holds a Ph.D. in Optical Engineering from the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester and a B.S. in Physics and Electrical Engineering from MIT. He is also an adjunct professor at the Rady School of Business at the University of California, at San Diego (UCSD).

Education

• Ph.D University of Rochester (1988 — 1993)
• BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1984 — 1988)
• BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1984 — 1988)

Companies

• General Partner Moore Ventures (2019)
• Chairman Of The Board and CEO 3Discovered (2016)
• General Partner and Managing Director Innovation Acceleration Capital (2015)
• Lecturer Rady School of Management (2007)
• President of Ocean Tomo China Ocean Tomo IInternational (2018 — 2019)
• Managing Director Ocean Tomo (2014 — 2016)
• Sr. Portfolio Director, Head of Portfolio Strategy and Industry Sector Leader Intellectual Ventures (2010 — 2014)
• Managing Director Opteris, Inc and Zone Ventures (1999 — 2010)
• Adjunct Professor USC Marshall School of Business (2004 — 2008)