43% of Female Angel Investors Eye Up Exits Next Year HBAN today reveals that 43% of female angel investors are eyeing up exits from their investee companies in the next 12 months. Read Full Article from HBAN Author: Date: November 6, 2019 Provided By: https://www.hban.org/_shared/news/RSSNewsPage.aspx?Id=9
Diaceutics PLC Dublin Investor Event Diaceutics PLC will hold an investor presentation in Dublin on Tuesday, 29 October 2019. Diaceutics PLC is a leading diagnostics data analytics and implementation services provider for global pharmaceutical companies. The Company, quoted on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange, is enabling Pharma to accelerate their market penetration and achieve a better return on precision medicine therapies by helping them to revolutionise patient testing. By generating insights from its data lake of clinical laboratory testing data and other data, Diaceutics helps Pharma understand and leverage the diagnostic landscape through initiatives that improve [...]
HBAN's MedTech Syndicate led initial €1.2M investment in Bluedrop Medical HBAN announces that Bluedrop Medical, a Galway based Medical device start up, has secured €3.7M in funding to help manage one of the most devastating complications of diabetes – the diabetic foot. An initial seed investment of €1.2M was led by HBAN’s MedTech Syndicate - which itself invested €340K in the seed round. Enterprise Ireland and the Western Development Commission also invested in the funding round along with other members of the investment community. A €2.5M grant was awarded through the European Innovation Council. Read Full Article from HBAN Author: Date: [...]
CroíValve Secures €4M in Additional Funding to Initiate Clinical Trials HBAN investors have contributed towards €4 million in additional financing that has been secured by CroíValve, a high potential start-up (HPSU) supported by Enterprise Ireland developing a treatment for tricuspid regurgitation (TR). This is an issue affecting over half-a-million people every year in the US and EU alone, for which there is currently no suitable solution. The financing includes €2.5 million from the European Union under their Horizon 2020 SME Instrument grant and €1.5 million from Broadview Ventures and current investors (HBAN MedTech and Irrus Syndicates, Atlantic Bridge University Fund and [...]
Boole Syndicate Open Event & Deal Lead Masterclass The HBAN Boole Syndicate, based in Cork, is holding an Open Event & Deal Lead Masterclass on Monday 14th of October at 12 pm. Read Full Article from HBAN Author: Date: September 9, 2019 Provided By: https://www.hban.org/_shared/news/RSSNewsPage.aspx?Id=9
Sourcing Angel Investment to Scale event in Castlebar on 25th of September Looking to Invest in Start-Ups or Looking for Investment for your Start Up? – then this event is for you! Join us for this event themed ‘Sourcing Angel Investment to Scale’ on Wednesday 25th September at 5.30pm in Castlebar, Co. Mayo (Room Y108 of the main GMIT Campus Building). This event, comprising short talks presentations and networking, is designed to attract potential new private investors in the region as well as potential exciting new investment opportunities and provides an introduction to angel / private investing. At the event, speakers [...]
Fixing Risk Capital Gender Inequality The issue of gender equality in the business world is not a new one but in recent times we have started to see constructive debate gaining traction. While it is sadly still not uncommon to hear stories of successful, qualified women being paid less or being overlooked for promotions, such cases are now at least being called out and given prominence rather than swept under the carpet and accepted as the norm. Read Full Article from HBAN Author: Date: September 4, 2019 Provided By: https://www.hban.org/_shared/news/RSSNewsPage.aspx?Id=9
Investment Puts Phone Tracking Tech Firm in the Driving Seat Downpatrick-based software company Bluesona has received a six-figure investment from Co-Fund II and the Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN) to further develop the firm’s product offering. Read Full Article from HBAN Author: Date: August 7, 2019 Provided By: https://www.hban.org/_shared/news/RSSNewsPage.aspx?Id=9
The Front Runner Innovation Challenge Read Full Article from HBAN Author: Date: July 17, 2019 Provided By: https://www.hban.org/_shared/news/RSSNewsPage.aspx?Id=9
Seraf Toolbox: Modeling Tool for an Early Stage Investment Portfolio One of the biggest challenges faced by early stage investors is to assemble a portfolio of investments that in aggregate return more than 2 times the original amount invested in the total portfolio. In the language of Venture Capital, the goal of a successful early stage investor is to achieve a Distributed to Paid-In (DPI) ratio greater than 2X. In other words, for every dollar you invest in your portfolio, you want to get two dollars back over time. And, if you want to be one of the top decile early [...]
