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€250m in VC funding available at Irish conference
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More than €250 million in potential funding from venture capital funds will be available for new investment at a conference this week.
InterTradeIreland’s annual venture capital conference will take place at the Institute of Chartered Accountants on Thursday. Now in its tenth year, the conference will see leading venture capitalists offering advice to potential investors in start-up companies, and discussing the importance of good exit strategies.
The event is designed to encourage networking between venture capitalists, business angels and start-ups that are seeking funding.
The conference, organised in association with Kernel Capital, will outline the three key stages in the investment process: securing the investment, becoming self-sustaining and realising the investor exit. The audience will hear that money can be made from investing in start-ups, and that there is more potential seed funding now for start-ups than in the last 30 years.
Orla Rimmington, operations director at Kernel Capital, said that operational costs were affordable and that new companies, free of debt, were a sound investment.
‘‘We are seeing a lot of early stage companies that are presenting very exciting technologies and innovation,’ ‘Rimmington said. ‘‘Business costs are at an all-time low for start-ups as they hire staff and lease premises at much more cost-effective levels.
‘‘Ireland has an excellent infrastructure to support new business. ‘‘We are optimistic about Ireland’s future and our ability to deliver on our objective of becoming an ‘innovation’ economy."
InterTradeIreland offers a range of supports to early stage companies, including advisory services, education programmes, business angel finance and the All-Island Seedcorn Business Competition.
Kernel Capital has €196million in active venture capital funds under management, and is supported by Bank of Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, the University of Limerick Foundation and NUI Galway.
The company recently launched a €10 million Medtech venture capital fund.
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