Top 5 Health Care Startup Investors in Isle of Man in October 2023

Andrew Banks - Chairman and Co-Founder @ ABRY Partners

Investment focus

Biopharma, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
Seed
Isle of Man

Portfolio highlights

Juvenescence — Juvenescence is extending healthy human lifespan through aging research, development of therapies to counter age-related diseases & our ketone ester drink, Metabolic Switch.

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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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Post-IPO Equity
United States, Isle of Man

Portfolio highlights

Juvenescence — Juvenescence is extending healthy human lifespan through aging research, development of therapies to counter age-related diseases & our ketone ester drink, Metabolic Switch.
Bristol Myers Squibb — Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and delivering innovative medicines to patients with serious diseases.
Biohaven Pharmaceutical — Biohaven is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It has a portfolio of late-stage product candidates targeting neurological diseases, including rare disorders. The company product candidates are based on multiple mechanisms-calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonists, glutamate modulators and myeloperoxidase inhibitor. Its pipelineproducts include BHV3000-301, BHV3000-302, BHV3000-303, and others.

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Juvenescence is extending healthy human lifespan through aging research, development of therapies to counter age-related diseases & our ketone ester drink, Metabolic Switch.

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.

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

Portfolio highlights

Amy — Amy collects and analyzes information from all over the web and provides actionable insights about your leads, prospects and clients, all in one click.
Monaco Foundry — We are a team of Serial Entrepreneurs, former Senior Government Advisors and Fortune 500 Executives. A global venture accelerator that invests in early to mid-stage companies and their growth through a unique sweat equity model.
The Duppy Share — The Duppy Share Caribbean Rum is the best rum for cocktails, mixed drinks and rum gifts. Try all our rum recipes, from rum and ginger to dark rum punch.

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