In this edition of Investor Eye, Medtech Insight spoke to Kyp Sirinakis, managing partner at Epidarex Capital, a transatlantic fund investing in emerging life science hubs in the US and UK. The firm recently launched a new UK fund, Epidarex Capital III, for innovative UK start-ups.
Venture fund Epidarex Capital likes to think of itself as an "innovation hunter" says co-founder and managing partner, Kyp Sirinakis.
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