The neuroscience data analytics company Ixico Ltd. is many things to many people, but it is not a start-up. CEO of two years Giulio Cerroni stresses that almost before we start. IXICO is also not an especially young company, formed some 14 years ago as a spin-out from several UK universities, it has been trading for 13 years, and in 2018 (year-end September 30) reported an underlying revenue increase of 41% and a record-high revenue total of £5.4m ($7.02m). It has been AIM-listed since its 2013 reverse takeover of Phytopharm.
The company’s performance to date has been good, but it is not good enough for Cerroni. On assuming the chief...