Rory Scott Russell

Rory Scott Russell serves as General Partner and head of venture investing at East X Ventures, the early-stage arm of London-based quantitative commodities firm East X. He spearheads the “Starmaker One” fusion fund and sits on the board of Tokamak Energy while advising nT-Tao and other deep-tech start-ups, channeling capital and industry insight into the fusion ecosystem. A graduate in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh and a former energy-tech founder, he blends technical fluency with
commodity-market experience to back science-driven breakthroughs.