Investor Eye: Kyp Sirinakis, Epidarex Capital – ‘The Innovation Hunter’

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.

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Venture fund Epidarex Capital likes to think of itself as an "innovation hunter" says co-founder and managing partner, Kyp Sirinakis.

Launched in 2010 by Sirinakis and partner Sinclair Dunlop, Maryland-based Epidarex focuses on investing in early-stage life sciences start-ups from emerging research hubs in the US and UK.

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