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Investor-Exec Relations: A Biotech Investor Perspective

"Venture capitalists take control of your company"

"Management teams always fall out with their financial backers"

"Not so much 'venture' capital as 'vulture' capital"

Comments such as these often crop up in conversations within the biotech industry where technology entrepreneurs come face to face with venture capital investors. They smack of a normal situation gone wrong. But why does conflict between management teams of small biotech companies and their financial colleagues occur, apparently quite frequently? And is there such a thing as 'best practice' when applied to relations between investor directors and executive management? Executive management talent and all those in the venture capital community would do well to reflect on these questions, since both parties can almost certainly improve on the status quo.


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By Dr Alex Pasteur, Investment Manager at Cambridge Gateway Fund

Dr Alex Pasteur joined the Cambridge Gateway Fund in 2001 to work in the life science division. After completing a Natural Sciences degree in Physical and Biological Sciences, Alex remained at Cambridge to gain a PhD in the Surface Science group, sponsored by Unilever. He then worked for OC&C Strategy Consultants for clients in Europe and the US. In 1999 Alex became Head of Business Development for a venture-backed European technology business, where he worked on fundraising, business acquisitions and joint ventures.

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