Top 5 Biotechnology Startup Investors in Isle of Man in December 2024

Last updated: Dec 2024 A list of 5 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Biotechnology startups based in Isle of man. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Biotechnology companies from Isle of man. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Biotechnology Startup Investors in Isle of Man in December 2024

Investor	Biotechnology Isle of Man investments
Jim Mellon	1
Andrew Banks	1
Juvenescence	1
Foresite Capital	1
Greg Bailey	1

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Jim Mellon is an international investor with interests in several industries. After leaving Oxford, where he studied PPE, (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) he worked in Asia and the United States for two fund management companies, GT and Thornton, before establishing his own business in 1991. His business operations include two components, alisted fund management company called Charlemagne Capital, and an Asian mining group, Regent Pacific.In addition, Mr. Mellon is Co-Chairman of West African Minerals Corporation and Regent Pacific Group. He is on the board of a number of public quoted companies, including Brazilian Gold Corporation, Charlemagne Capital Limited, Manx Financial Group, Plethora Solutions, Polo Resources, Port Erin Biophara Investments Limited, and the Speymill plc. He is the life tenant of a trust which owns the Burnbrae Group, which has substantial assets in the biotechnology, financial services, property, mining and leisure sectors. Mr. Mellon spends most of his time working on startup ideas and investing. His book, “Wake Up!” was published in 2005; his second book "10 Investments for the Ten Years Ahead" was published in 2008. In 2012, he co-wrote "Cracking the Code" which focuses on the biotechnology sector and how to profit from it. Mr. Mellon lives in the Isle of Man, Brussels and Ibiza and is an honorary fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

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Andrew Banks - Chairman and Co-Founder @ ABRY Partners

Investment focus

Biopharma, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
Seed
Isle of Man

Portfolio highlights

Juvenescence — We extend healthy lifespan through developing innovative medicines that target core aging mechanisms to not only treat but prevent age-related diseases.

We extend healthy lifespan through developing innovative medicines that target core aging mechanisms to not only treat but prevent age-related diseases.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Debt Financing
United States, Hong Kong, Isle of Man

Portfolio highlights

LyGenesis — LyGenesis is an organ regeneration company enabling a patient's own lymph nodes to be used as bioreactors to regrow functioning ectopic organs. Their initial target organ for clinical development is liver regeneration, with a focus on helping patients with end stage liver disease (ESLD).
MDI Therapeutics — MDI Therapeutics is an operator of a discovery stage company focused on developing novel therapies for fibrotic diseases. The company have developed a proprietary discovery platform which has successfully identified novel small molecule and protein drug candidates, and have advanced these programs through key translational experiments usingclinical biomarkers.
Souvien Therapeutics — Souvien Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutic agents to modulate critical epigenetic mechanisms associated with neurodegeneration.

We are a multi-stage investment firm, investing in companies that leverage biology and big data to transform healthcare.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series B, Series C, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Spear Bio — Successive Proximity Extension Amplification Reaction (SPEAR) technology from Spear Bio enables ultra-sensitive biomarker detection using ultra-small samples.
Chimagen Biosciences — Chimagen Biosciences is a company that is creating a novel class of multi-functional monoclonal antibodies for cancer therapy.
Foresight Diagnostics — We develop innovative diagnostics to advance decision-making in oncology drug development and patient care.

Dr. Gregory H. Bailey is a Managing Partner at Palantir Group, Inc. Dr. Bailey is the Co-founder of Ascent Healthcare Solutions; VirnetX Inc. (AMEX:VHC) and Duramedic Inc. He was also the initial public financier and an independent director of Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDVN), from 2005 to December 2012. Dr. Bailey served as the Managing Director andco-Head of Life Sciences at MDB Capital Group LLC from May 2004 to January 2007. Previously he served as Life Sciences Analyst at Participating Capital, Corp. He has served on the board of directors of multiple public companies. Dr. Bailey has Medical Doctorate from the University of Western Ontario and practiced medicine as an emergency physician for ten years.