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28th 2013

Maurice Curran,Barracuda FX (Seedcorn winner)

Maurice Curran from Dublin based Barracuda FX talks about the current challenges facing small businesses today and how InterTradeIreland’s All-island Seedcorn Business Competition helped them to attract investment.  Barracuda FX won Best High Growth Company in last year’s competition.  

Bob McGowan-Smyth, InterTradeIreland (Equity Advisor)

Bob is InterTradeIreland’s Lead Equity Advisor.   Bob explains in layman’s terms what venture capital is and talks about its importance for growing businesses, particularly in the current economic climate.

Colin Walsh, Crescent Capital (VC)

Colin Walsh is Managing Director of Belfast based VC fund, Crescent Capital.  Colin talks about what is key to making a successful investment in a company. 

Tom Shinkwin, Enterprise Equity (VC)

Tom Shinkwin is a Partner with Enterprise Equity, one of the leading VC funds in Ireland.  Tom explains what VCs are looking for when investing in a company and offers key advice to companies about how to make a successful investment pitch.

Heinrich Anhold, Epona Biotech (Seedcorn winner)

Heinrich from Epona Biotech talks about the challenges facing start-up companies in securing that first round of equity funding and about his own experiences in successfully attracting investment.  Epona Biotech won Best Emerging Company in last year’s InterTradeIreland All-island Seedcorn Business Competition.

Ron Armstrong, E-Synergy (Investor)

Ron is Chairman and founder of E-Synergy, one of the most experienced and successful investment teams specialising in early stage businesses in the UK  Ron explains the type of companies E-Synergy are looking to invest in.

Grainne Lennon, InterTradeIreland (ITI)

Grainne is Manager of InterTradeIreland’s EquityNetwork.  Grainne talks about how the provision of VC funds is very significant at the moment and how VC investment can be of great benefit to those companies wishing to take their business to the next level.

Niall Olden, Kernel Capital (VC)

  Niall Olden is Managing Partner with Kernel Capital, one of Ireland’s largest and most active venture capital funds.  Niall explains how venture capital is a crucial source of funding for start-up companies. He also explains how the experience of VC investors can help companies through challenging times.

Peter Sandys, Seroba Kernel (VC)

Peter Sandys is Managing Director of Seroba Kernel and the current Chairman of the Irish Venture Capital Association.  Peter talks about the modern venture capitalist and the important role VCs have to play in the funding of R&D in Ireland.

Fergal O'Byrne,Sonru.com (Seedcorn regional finalist)

Fergal from Wexford based Sonru talks about how they went about successfully pitching for equity investment. He gives three top tips to companies seeking investment. Sonru was a  regional finalist in InterTradeIreland’s 2010 All-island Seedcorn Business Competition.   

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