£70m ‘Angel funding’ up for grabs to help start-ups reach next level
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Business Angels have E85m for firms
Business Angel Funds of up to E85m are available now to start-up companies across the island, Margaret Hearty, Director of Business Services and Programmes, InterTradeIreland has estimated.
Dealmaker could end up drawing himself out of the picture
BELFAST BRIEFING: IT IS not often you find a mergers and acquisitions lawyer keen to talk himself out of a job – particularly one referred to in certain circles in Belfast as the “dealmaker”.
Universities have a lot to learn about start-ups
IRISH BUSINESS funding for research and university technology transfer offices (TTOs) fails to give Irish start-up companies the support they need when they need it.
15 tech entrepreneurs get Start funds
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton today announced the 15 successful Lifesciences, Cleantech and Industrial companies that have been awarded funding under Enterprise Ireland's Competitive Start Fund.
Small Talk: It's not just the start-ups that are in need of a helping hand
In an economy where the Government talks loud and long about how it wants small companies to power the recovery, what precisely does it mean by small? All too often, for small companies, read start-up businesses, new ventures founded by entrepreneurs from scratch.