@Ford_Highgate

Lover of mountains, rugby and cricket. Active angel investor with a focus on life sciences. I tweet about investing and science. Mostly.

 Oxford and London
Joined January 2014
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Interview with Sunday Times today....thetimes.co.uk/article/q-a-w…

Q&A with angel investor David Ford

Every week we talk to a business angel, one of the early-stage investors who collectively inject £1.5bn a year into British start-upsDavid Ford, 43, spent two

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1) there is no early stage funding gap in the UK 2) this is a bit rich from the TTO that has a track record of offering UK spinouts some of the worst terms out there OUI has probably incinerated more potential value than any other technology transfer office in the UK
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Replying to @MacfarlaneJamie
Every UK university is in process of setting up a dedicated venture fund linked to its IP by overblowing ‘funding gap’. Having captive funds is a bad deal for founders (no bidding) and a bad deal for LPs (no diversity) in those funds.
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There's still work to be done on this but here's a first draft of the British media nepo babies map.
A graphic showing lots of the family connections in the British media. I'm working on an accessible version.

ALT A graphic showing lots of the family connections in the British media. I'm working on an accessible version.

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Dear @nytimes, for the nth time, there is NO Icarus, no overconfidence, no good guy flying close to Helios. There is NO Greek Tragedy. Stop the f***ck**g mythologizing. The fellow, Sam Bankman-Fried, committed something called financial fraud. Simply, fraud.
Emanuel Derman @emanuelderman.bsky@EmanuelDerman13 Dec 2022
No it’s not.————— “It’s like a Greek tragedy,” said John Donohue, a colleague who has attended Sunday dinners at the Bankman-Fried home. “The story of flying too close to the sun, and having your wings singed.” nytimes.com/2022/12/12/techn…

The Parents in the Middle of FTX’s Collapse (Published 2022)

The FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s mother and father, who teach at Stanford Law School, are under scrutiny for their connections to their son’s crypto business.

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Congrats to @PharmEnable team for this exciting partnership.
PharmEnable Therapeutics@PharmEnable30 May 2022
We are delighted to announce we are partnering with @Denalitx to work on multiple targets to tackle #neurodegenerative disease. #drugdiscovery #smallmolecules bit.ly/3PNe2Db
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Hussein Kanji
@hkanji12 May 2022
The bullshit stablecoin is starting to show signs of being a bullshit stablecoin ft.com/content/5887ef43-d43a…

Crypto industry shaken as Tether’s dollar peg snaps

Token’s tech chief declines to provide details on Treasury holdings on fear of revealing ‘secret sauce’

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Big Pharmas are not biting on M&A, citing continued high valuations fiercebiotech.com/biotech/bi…

Big pharma resisting temptation for biotech M&A spree until prices drop further

Plunging valuations may be forcing biotechs to lay off staff and strip back their pipelines, but Big Pharma doesn't think the price tags on offer are sufficiently tempting to justify a shoppin |...

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Can’t repeat this message often enough
MIT TLO@MIT_TLO5 Apr 2022
IP101: Did you know that filing your patent is a time sensitive matter? You lose your rights to file for a patent in most countries outside of the US, if you publicly disclose your inventions prior to filing. #MITTLO #IP101 #didyouknow #FileForPatent #IntellectualProperty
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Very proud of our team @closed_loop_med and our partners @QMUL for completion of this important study validating combination approach to blood pressure control. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Closed Loop Medicine@closed_loop_med22 Mar 2022
Press Release: Completion of our clinical trial investigating how our precision medicine combination drug + digital approach can enable patients to control their blood pressure and manage hypertension from home. bit.ly/3qLs5hZ

Morchella.med | The enablement layer for automated therapeutics

Morchella Medical develops and licenses the IP, technology and know-how behind optimized, automated dosing.

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As relevant today as it was then.
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Well. This is spicy. Conservative MP Bob Seely makes the most of parliamentary privilege to name individual London lawyers working for Russian oligarchs and questions their morality.
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“Mr Abramovich should no longer be able to own a football club in this country? We should be looking at seizing some of his assets including his 152 million pound home and make sure that other people that have Tier 1 visas like this are not engaged in malign activity in the UK.”
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So so true.
Daphne Zohar
@daphnezohar1 Feb 2022
I love the biotech industry but there are certain areas where priorities are screwed up. Near term incentives are not aligned with what’s really important – making a difference for patients 1/n
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This might be the most important chart this year... Capex cut while demand is not. From #JPM #inflation
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Good to be back!
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Genius.
Inspired by Iceland@iceland11 Nov 2021
Some said an open-world experience this immersive wasn’t possible. But it’s already here. And you don’t even need silly VR headsets. Introducing, ✨Icelandverse✨ #icelandverse

Introducing the Icelandverse

Some said an open-world experience this immersive wasn’t possible. But it’s already here. And you don’t even need silly VR headsets. Introducing, the✨Icelandverse✨ #icelandverse

Finally got around to reading this masterful work by the late David Swensen of the Yale endowment. Can’t recommend it highly enough and also to wonder what he would make of today’s investing environment.
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$17m raise helps @closed_loop_med fulfil potential first spotted by Cambridge Angels bit.ly/3CKn78R @Ananda_Ventures and @BGFinvestments led the round and were joined by @lifearc1, Longwall, @meltwindinvest, @IQ_Capital_Fund, @downingventures and Cambridge Angels.
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Well done to all @closed_loop_med
Closed Loop Medicine@closed_loop_med3 Nov 2021
Replying to @closed_loop_med
@closed_loop_med secures £13m to advance personalised drug + digital therapy (DTx) combination products to improve outcomes for patients and clinicians through precision dosing. closedloopmedicine.com/close…

Morchella.med | The enablement layer for automated therapeutics

Morchella Medical develops and licenses the IP, technology and know-how behind optimized, automated dosing.

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