The University of Manchester is to partner with the Isle of Man’s Department of Economic Development to attract angel investment to the self-governing British Crown Dependency’s biomedical startups.
The partnership will be led from Manchester’s end by UMI3, the company’s innovation and technology transfer unit. The collaboration will involve biannual networking events where the institution will showcase a number of biotech spin-out firms and academics to an audience of private investors.
Rich Ferrie, director of operations of UMIP, UMI3’s intellectual…