News
12th April 2012
HBAN Press Release
344 jobs and €12m angel investment for HBAN tech start-ups in record-breaking 2011
12th April 2012
Business angels key to €12m investment in tech start-ups, 344 new jobs
The Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN) helped 29 companies raise €12m, which will lead to the creation of 143 new jobs in 2012 and 344 jobs by the end of 2014. An incremental €1m (stg£850,000) was raised in eight deals completed by Halo Northern Ireland.
12th April 2012
€90 million angel funds for start-ups
IRISH HIGH potential start-ups will have access to some €90 million in angel funds from 300 investors in 2012, according to the Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN). This comes after a record-breaking 2011 in which angel investors put €12 million into tech start-ups, an increase of almost 20 per cent on 2010.
12th April 2012
€12m investment set to create almost 350 jobs
A €12m investment in the Irish smart economy is aiming to create 343 jobs within the next three years.
Halo Business Angel Network, an umbrella group in partnership with the Irish BICS, for InterTrade Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, raised the cash for 29 Irish tech start-ups last year.
7th February 2012
ROI VC Conference launch
€85m Business Angel Funds available to businesses in 2012
The 11th annual InterTradeIreland Venture Capital Conference will help companies unlock investment opportunities
31st January 2012
Competitive Start Fund - Open call for 2012
Open Call for Competitive Start up announced by Minister Bruton on Thursday the 26th January
11th October 2011
The Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards 2012 - Call for Entries
The Irish Times and InterTradeIreland invite indigenous and international companies, small, medium or large, and who are operating throughout the island of Ireland, to promote their service, product or operational innovations by entering The Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards, which will be held in March 2012.
7th October 2011
Lir Investors Calls on Entrepreneurs and Investors to Kick Start Economic Growth in the Midlands
Almost 100 investors and entrepreneurs attended the launch of the Lir Investors business angel network in the Mullingar Park Hotel last Monday night.
6th October 2011
Competitive Start Fund
A new call for applications to the Competitive Start Fund was launched on Wednesday 28th September, 2011.
22nd September 2011
Lir Investors making €1m available to Midlands start-ups
A business angels network set up by Mullingar businessman Martin Nally, Lir Investors, is on track to make more than €1m in funding available to start-up companies in the Midlands region.
26th August 2011
Nelson Gray on the Frank Peters Show
25th August 2011
Elevate - Sales Development Programme for Small Business
24th August 2011
Salon software firm Phorest secures €1.3m investment
2nd June 2011
TechExecs invest in Launch Pad
14th April 2011
SYNERGY ENTERPRISE PLATFORM PROGRAMME -
Are you a new or a skilled entrepreneur planning a new knowledge-intensive business?
29th March 2011
100 business angel investors gather in Dublin
DUBLIN Wednesday 23rd March, 2011 - Over 100 angel investors gathered in Dublin today to hear expert speakers and discuss the future of Ireland’s angel capital industry at the second annual Angel Investment Conference organised by HBAN Investor Syndicates under the auspices of InterTradeIreland and Enterprise Ireland.
15th March 2011
it@cork announces conference line up of thought leaders to discuss driving growth in Ireland through
This conference will highlight and explore some of the key factors that will enable this growth, namely (i) learn from key global innovation success stories, (ii) exploit new innovative technologies, (iii) develop robust innovation systems, and (iv) regain competitive advantage and leverage from current technology multinationals.
9th March 2011
CIT now recruiting for 2011 Genesis Enterprise Programme
The highly successful Genesis Enterprise Programme, which helps entrepreneurs develop ideas into real exporting businesses, is now recruiting for its 2011/12 programme, commencing in May 2011. To survive, and win, in today’s global markets, Irish start-ups need to be expert both in the idea or product, and also in designing and executing the business.
2nd March 2011
Visiting Delegation Package for CTIA Wireless
Enterprise Ireland are offering a Visiting Delegation Package for CTIA Wireless. Taking place 22nd - 24th March 2011 at the Orange County Convention center, Orlando, Florida, USA
17th February 2011
HBAN Partnership with Ryan Academy Propeller
3rd February 2011
Calling Business Angels to meet in new cross-border initiative
InterTradeIreland urges private investors to attend investor meeting
28th January 2011
Hothouse Venture Programme 2011 - Now Recruiting
The Hothouse Venture Programme is a twelve month support and incubation programme designed to provide entrepreneurs with knowledge-intensive business ideas with the expertise, networks and tools they need to develop highly successful global businesses.
20th December 2010
Launch of Endeavour Programme 2011
Ireland’s leading fast-track programme for start-ups, Endeavour, has launched its 2011 programme with an impressive list of international mentors and are now taking applications. Endeavour seeks to attract high-quality candidates who have a strong ability to succeed in the entrepreneurial world.
16th December 2010
Call for Entries - Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards 2011
InterTradeIreland have joined forces with the Irish Times for the second year to run the all-island innovation awards and are actively seeking companies from both Northern Ireland and the South to participate.
15th December 2010
Silicon Valley Angels Meet HBAN
With the excitement that surrounded the recent Dublin Web Summit and Founders event there was a true sense of ‘anything is possible’ amongst the Irish start up and tech community. That thought was made reality when I found myself sitting in the office on Saturday am with two of Silicon Valley’s most influential Angel Investors – Jeff Clavier and Dave McClure.
7th October 2010
HBAN Investor Syndicates placed €1 million into equity-ready firms last quarter
7 October 2010 - Over €1 million of investment has been placed into emerging Irish companies in the last quarter by HBAN Investor Syndicates, the angel investment joint initiative of InterTradeIreland and Enterprise Ireland, it was revealed today as HBAN announced two master classes for private investors in Dublin and Cork (starting 8th & 9th November). www.hban.org
13th August 2010
Irish Business Angels Get Internet Wings
Investors in Start-up Firms Go Online with Tools Connecting
Promising Entrepreneurs to Worldwide Funding
17th June 2010
HBAN - €10 Million Made Available for Early Stage Entrepreneurs Through New Investment Syndicates
Four new syndicates to invest €10 million in early stage enterprises in next three years • Announcement made at Ireland’s first ever national conference for business angels.
16th June 2010
HBAN - €10 Million Made Available for Early Stage Entrepreneurs Through New Investment Syndicates
• Four new syndicates to invest €10 million in early stage enterprises in next three years
• Announcement made at Ireland’s first ever national conference for business angels
18th May 2010
Press Release: Bank Seed Monies Should be Used to Create Multimillion Euro Co-Investment Fund
HBAN - €40 million to be set aside for seed capital financing by Bank of Ireland and AIB should be used for proposed co-investment fund • International expert says fund should be designed along lines of stg£75 million co-investment fund in Scotland • Co-investment fund required to support early stage technology & life science enterprises, and help foster ‘angel capital’ industry in Ireland
17th May 2010
Bank Seed Monies Should to be Used to Create Multimillion Euro Co-Investment Fund - HBAN
• HBAN - €40 million to be set aside for seed capital financing by Bank of Ireland and AIB should be used for proposed co-investment fund
• International expert says fund should be designed along lines of stg£75 million co-investment fund in Scotland
• Co-investment fund required to support early stage technology & life science enterprises, and help foster ‘angel capital’ industry in Ireland
13th May 2010
HBAN Announces Ireland’s Inaugural Business Angel Conference
Ireland’s first decicated Business Angel Conference takes place on June 16th @ The Merrion Hotel. 50+ angel investors expected to attend.
30th March 2010
HBAN Appoints New Programme Manager to Drive Increase in Angel Investment in Ireland
Dublin, IRELAND - March 11th 2010: Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN), the national network for angel investing in Ireland, has appointed Liz Fleming as programme manager. HBAN is a joint initiative of InterTradeIreland and Enterprise Ireland and has been set up to increase the level of angel investment in early stage high tech companies in Ireland.
16th March 2010
Press Release: HBAN - €4m in Angel Funding raised for early stage companies in 2009
HBAN strategy to create Irish ‘angel capital’ industry to support investment in early stage companies in Ireland • HBAN seeking to increase number of angel syndicates to specifically drive investment in high tech enterprises
