2020年10月23日

爱尔兰都柏林VentureWave资本投资云计算的技术好”公司17分钟前VentureWave资本现在一半到达€1亿次新基金的目标,它打算投资在爱尔兰有前途的科技公司。好莱坞演员连姆·尼森等一系列的新引人注目的基金投资者对爱尔兰的影响,在都柏林的私人股本公司说。最近其他投资者包括前地产大亨斯蒂芬·弗农;莉莉O ' brien的巧克力创始人玛丽安O ' brien;瑞银美洲主席鲍勃·麦肯;和美国科技股投资者和库尔特罗布·珀杜长。他们加入以前命名的支持者如U2的亚当克莱顿和边缘,爱尔兰基金主席尤金McQuade,安妮·Heraty CPL招聘资源的联合创始人和首席执行官,斯坦利Quek),领导在新加坡一家房地产开发公司。VentureWave资本,这将首次揭示投资不久,目标是在大约15公司战略股权是来自爱尔兰或从其他地方准备搬迁,发展业务。投资水平将从100万€€2500万基金针对基于云计算的“技术”公司收入低于1000万€的工作领域包括教育、医疗、食品和农业、能源和环境问题。的私人股本集团宣布第一个关闭基金一些€2000万年6月获得。 Alan Foy and his business partner Brian Martin , who previously led Irish tech company Blueface , which was sold to Comcast earlier this year, last week confirmed they are transitioning to become managing partners of VentureWave along with Kieran McLoughlin, who stepped down as the New York-based chief executive of The Ireland Funds in 2018. Company calibre Mr Foy said the VC has not struggled to find investors to date despite Covid. He added it has received a lot of interest from companies that are looking for funding. “We’ve been really impressed with the calibre of companies contacting us and I have to say the whole process has been really enjoyable so far,” he said. “For the companies we’re likely to back, we’ll probably be the first proper Series A for them. We will also do some Series B as a follow-on but probably no later than that,” Mr Foy added. Mr Martin said that as well as providing financing, the VC was very much focused on assisting companies to grow by “showing them how we learned all the things that can go wrong and how to avoid doing the same”. VentureWave’s advisory council is chaired by former taoiseach Enda Kenny . The fund is seeking investments that will generate a return for society as well as investors. It has also said it intends to back profit-driven companies which also advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The group is also the first Irish signatory of the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation’s operating principles for impact measurements, a measure that is seen as setting the standard by which the social benefit of impact investments will be gauged. “They [the investors] are joining us on the journey as they recognise that the pursuit of profit with purpose can have lasting effects not just on investment performance but also for society at large,” said Mr Foy.