Invest Ireland 2010
What is Invest Ireland?
Invest Ireland is an exciting new conference which aims to connect Venture and Angel investors with Ireland’s most promising Entrepreneurial ventures. The event will be held at the DCU Ryan Academy in Citywest from 28th – 30th September 2010.
Through Invest Ireland, the Ryan Academy together with Arizona State University will bring a number of carefully selected US investors to Ireland to sit alongside their Irish counterparts and engage with entrepreneurs from all parts of Ireland.
The event will link leading sources of investment capital with emerging growth businesses, start-ups, and university technologies, all seeking a variety of funding options. To investors, the conference will offer qualified ventures in which to invest. To entrepreneurs, it will present an efficient way to reach those investors.
Key Features of Invest Ireland:
- US Investors sourced by Arizona State University.
- Irish Investors in collaboration with the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) and InterTrade Ireland.
- Entrepreneurs – investor ready, ICT and Life Sciences companies sourced through Enterprise Ireland, Invest NI, universities, sponsors, venture capital associations and open competition.
- Exhibition of Emerging Companies from Science Foundation Ireland Centres for Science, Engineering & Technology (CSETS) and other university research units.
- High profile speakers include President Mc Aleese, senior speakers from the State Agencies and a well known Irish Entrepreneur.
- Quality pre-conference programme to ensure that Entrepreneurs are investor ready.
Promoters
DCU Ryan Academy:
DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship is a partnership between Dublin City University and the Ryan family (Ryanair). The Academy exists to promote entrepreneurship and innovation and the aim is to use our iconic building in Citywest as a dynamic hub for entrepreneurs and researchers to develop ideas, learn new skills and network.
Arizona State University:
Arizona State University is the largest university and one of the leading young universities in the United States. ASU have been hosts for many years of Invest Southwest, the premier capital conference in Arizona and the Southwest. Presenting companies at Invest Southwest have received more than 300 million in investment dollars since inception of the conference in 1992. In 2008, ASU coordinated and managed Invest Mexico, the first national risk capital conference in Mexico, modelled on Invest Southwest.
How is Invest Ireland Different?
Invest Ireland is:
- Supported and promoted through an Irish / US university partnership.
- A partnership with key state agencies, professional firms, corporates, venture capitalists and others.
- An Opportunity to showcase Emerging Companies and SFI CSETS.
- A tried and tested model for over 15 years in Arizona and Mexico. Of the 200+ companies who have presented at Invest Southwest, on average 40% have received funding. Total funding to date is in excess of $300m.
- Focused on high potential start-up companies in both ICT and Life Science sectors.
- A high quality preparation programme for start-ups who participate to optimise the results.
- New Group of Investors – not the ‘usual suspects’ US Investors are interested in investing in Europe.
- Excellent line up of strong high profile guest speakers.
