Lover of mountains, rugby and cricket. Active angel investor with a focus on life sciences. I tweet about investing and science. Mostly.
Joined January 2014
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David Ford retweeted
26 Jun 2024
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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David Ford retweeted
26 Jun 2024
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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David Ford retweeted
6 Feb 2023
There's still work to be done on this but here's a first draft of the British media nepo babies map.
ALT A graphic showing lots of the family connections in the British media. I'm working on an accessible version.
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David Ford retweeted
13 Dec 2022
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.
13 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…
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30 May 2022
Congrats to @PharmEnable team for this exciting partnership.
30 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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David Ford retweeted
12 May 2022
The bullshit stablecoin is starting to show signs of being a bullshit stablecoin ft.com/content/5887ef43-d43a…
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David Ford retweeted
5 May 2022
Big Pharmas are not biting on M&A, citing continued high valuations
fiercebiotech.com/biotech/bi…
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David Ford retweeted
5 Apr 2022
Can’t repeat this message often enough
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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David Ford retweeted
22 Mar 2022
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. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
22 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
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17 Mar 2022
As relevant today as it was then.
17 Mar 2022
Peter Lynch On How To Handle Stock Market Volatility
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David Ford retweeted
1 Mar 2022
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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David Ford retweeted
24 Feb 2022
“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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1 Feb 2022
So so true.
1 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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David Ford retweeted
6 Jan 2022
This might be the most important chart this year... Capex cut while demand is not. From #JPM #inflation
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11 Nov 2021
Genius.
11 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
8 Nov 2021
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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David Ford retweeted
4 Nov 2021
$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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3 Nov 2021
Well done to all @closed_loop_med
3 Nov 2021
@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…
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