Amer Vohora joined FirstCapital in 2000 and specialises in cleantech, materials and semiconductors companies. Amer also works with FirstVentures, the venture capital fund of FirstCapital that focuses on companies exploiting advanced materials. He is an observer on the board of Powerlase.

Previously he worked with number of start up technology companies in a variety of roles.

Amer has completed the postgraduate Advanced Course in Design, Manufacture and Management (ACDMM) at Cambridge University, and has a BEng & BComL degree from Birmingham University in Manufacture Engineering and Commerce with Japanese.