Archive for February, 2012

We are pleased to announce we are hosting Angel Meetup 2012, on 18th April 2012 in Dublin.

This inaugural event, targeting both Angel Investors and Entrepreneurs is uniquely designed to discuss the hot topics of the Business Angel Community and to showcase four innovative companies raising finance demonstrating what Irish based entrepreneurs have to offer.
 
Speakers include, Gavin Duffy, Entrepreneur & Irish Dragon’s Den Presenter; Bill Liao, Entrepreneur & Micro Angel; Danny Moore of Loughshore Investments; Diane Roberts from the event host Xcell Partners; Nelson Gray, an experienced Scottish investor; Accomplished business leader Leslie Buckley. We are delighted to announce the internationally renowned Bill Payne as our keynote speaker. Accomplished, award winning, experienced and here in Dublin, Bill will be sharing his wealth of knowledge and insights into angel investment with us. Don’t miss this chance to listen, meet and possibly pitch your business idea.

Come meet the leaders in angel investment on the island – be there! Book your place

Unique Event. With the vision to make this the place for entrepreneurs, seed funds, and the Angel community to meet, network, and to learn.  We aim to make the Angel community more accessible and open to the startup community in Ireland, and help the community to build relationships with other co-investors, seed funds, VC community, and enterprise agencies, across the island.

Calling all start ups!   If you are a start-up company seeking to raise seed capital from angels, we want to hear from you!  We are offering four invigorating companies the exclusive opportunity to pitch at Ireland’s first Angel Meetup and importantly avail of 1-1 mentoring in advance with Bill Payne.

Xcell Partners are delighted to announce they have moved offices in Dublin to Startup Bootcamp, 35A Barrow Street, Dublin 4. Please feel free to drop in any time!

The first Propel networking event of 2012 was held on 9^th February  in Belfast.  This was an exclusive gathering for the current Invest NI  Propel Programme participants to share their business ideas and  connect with the wider business community.   We were fortunate to  have Dylan Collins give a keynote speech to the group, sharing his 7  steps to entrepreneurial success.

Bill Scott, Executive Director Invest NI, who also addressed the  group, stressed the importance of the programme and its’ positive economic impact.

Those in attendance included current and past Propel Programme participants, investors and a range of business executives from across the region.