UMI
3
LTD SHOWCASES INNOVATIONS
TO CATAPULT VENTURES
Investors meet University of Manchester
academic entrepreneurs
On 3rd October UMI
3
Ltd held an investor
day with Catapult Ventures, who manage
the Greater Manchester & Cheshire Life
Sciences Fund, to hear from the CEOs of two
of their portfolio companies and to showcase
a selection of early-stage University spin-out
propositions. The event took place at the
University's Innovation Centre (UMIC) on
Grafton Street.
After an introduction to the Catapult Ventures
Team by Dr Vijay Barathan and a presentation
on early-stage venture capital funding to an
invited audience of 50, we had the chance to
hear first-hand from the CEOs of two University
spin-outs in the Catapult GM&C Life Sciences
Portfolio: Tony Travers from Manchester Imaging
Ltd and Dr Elizabeth Crawford from Clin-e-cal
Ltd, finishing with an interactive Q&A session.
This was followed by an Entrepreneurs
Showcase Session where five life sciences
propositions, who are looking for funding,
presented their business cases to Catapult
Ventures in an open pitch session, with a prize
awarded for the best idea & delivery.
Presenting were BactiFlocc (Dr Kate Thompson),
Ab-Nomics (Professor Ian Hampson), Quantima
(Dr Hojjat Azadbakht), ManTRa (Dr Darren
Roberts) and Complement Therapeutics
(Dr Simon Clark).
