David Ford

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

[David Ford @Ford_Highgate]

Interview with Sunday Times today....https://t.co/1aI307eXVG

[David Ford @Ford_Highgate]

@thorpesi That would be nice, wouldn’t it?

[Alex Chalmers @chalmermagne]

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

[Vishal Gulati (I back scientists) @VishalGulati_]

@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.

[Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy]

There's still work to be done on this but here's a first draft of the British media nepo babies map.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

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.

[David Ford @Ford_Highgate]

@BloombergUK #stop

[David Ford @Ford_Highgate]

Congrats to @PharmEnable team for this exciting partnership.

[PharmEnable Therapeutics @PharmEnable]

We are delighted to announce we are partnering with @Denalitx to work on multiple targets to tackle #neurodegenerative disease. #drugdiscovery #smallmolecules
https://t.co/eyj7EsgAUD

[Hussein Kanji @hkanji]

The bullshit stablecoin is starting to show signs of being a bullshit stablecoin https://t.co/tCPYQ4ySP6

[David Ford @Ford_Highgate]

@basil_monkey And I think that last paragraph is the most important one. Great businesses and teams will still get funding. Just might have to work a little harder to get it. Not a bad thing imo.

[FierceBiotech @FierceBiotech]

Big Pharmas are not biting on M&A, citing continued high valuations
https://t.co/U8LaXzFzNf

[Simon Goldman @goldie_oz]

Can’t repeat this message often enough

[Dr Hakim Yadi OBE @hakim_yadi]

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. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

[David Ford @Ford_Highgate]

As relevant today as it was then.

[Dividend Growth Investor @DividendGrowth]

Peter Lynch On How To Handle Stock Market Volatility

[Jim Waterson @jimwaterson]

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.

[Chris Bryant @RhonddaBryant]

“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.”

[David Ford @Ford_Highgate]

So so true.

[Daphne Zohar @daphnezohar]

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

[Merryn Somerset Webb @MerrynSW]

This might be the most important chart this year... Capex cut while demand is not. From #JPM #inflation

[David Ford @Ford_Highgate]

Good to be back!

[David Ford @Ford_Highgate]

Genius.

[Inspired by Iceland @iceland]

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