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Last week I attended the MoneyWeek Investing Conference in London, called Protect and Prosper. Insights were mostly macro-based and it’s targeted at private investors. As a specialist medtech investor, why did I go, and why is it relevant to this … Continue reading
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Corporate venture capital “is the investment of corporate funds directly in external start-up companies” (Wikipedia). As a medtech entrepreneur raising funds, you should know about them. They are an extremely valuable source of VC funding for your company. But they … Continue reading
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You’re an entrepreneur. You’re developing a new medtech application that’s going to take over the world and make life better for thousands, maybe millions of people. You’re idea is great, you’ve had some seed funding, perhaps a little money from … Continue reading
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Many investors are specialists. Indeed, specialism in something is usually the way to excel at whatever is your choosing. But can it lead to challenges (e.g. tunnel vision), and is there a way to overcome the specialist’s curse? I’ve spent … Continue reading
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This week saw the BioTrinity conference in Newbury, UK, organised by OBN. It’s a fairly big date on the UK life sciences scene, with over 800 attendees, and impressively, a very healthy VC turn-out from London, Europe and even the … Continue reading
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Last week I added Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (Symbol: TEVA) to my stock portfolio, at a price of $44.40. It’s not medtech, but it’s still within my chosen niche area of healthcare, and offers many of the traits I look for … Continue reading
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The last 4 weeks has seen a flurry of medtech M&A activity from Covidien (NYSE: COV). Covidien has purchased 3 companies, all in allied spaces. The companies purchased are superDimension Ltd, Newport Medical Instruments, Inc. and Oridion Systems Ltd. Briefly, … Continue reading
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When investing your own cash, its important to find an edge that helps to improve returns and beat the market over time. Often times, investors look for specific insights, techniques and information (or even “tips”) that can give this edge. … Continue reading
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What do angel investors look for when considering investment opportunities? And what separates the success stories from the also-rans (or even crashes)? Recently I had the chance to discuss this with a successful angel investor and financier, Peter Mountford. Over … Continue reading
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Recently, I had the opportunity to meet a medtech entrepreneur building a company developing some fascinating and game-changing technology. The company is Ranier Technology based in Cambridge, UK and Dr Geoffrey Andrews is the founder and CEO. Ranier are developing … Continue reading
