I have noticed that amongst the small medtech firms quoted on AIM, a few such as Electrical Geodesics and Lifeline Scentific are US based. I am interested in medtech but slightly wary of overseas companies listed in the UK. Why would US medtech firms chose to list here?
If I was comfortable with the answer then I might even invest!
Richard
Long time private investor. Continually aiming to get better at it!
The very same question arose in a late night conversation with Clifford Gross of Tekcapital (LON:TEK) at Mello London, which essentially a US tech incubator.
His answer was that they (TEK) were simply too small to be able access the public capital markets in the US.
That certainly seems plausible (TEK's market cap must have been c. £15m at initial listing) and this may well be the case for other companies you have seen.
