Headline Sponsor
Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. is one of the so-called Big Four commercial banks in Ireland. AIB offers a full range of personal, business and corporate banking services. The bank also offers a range of general insurance products such as home, travel and car.
Sponsors
Goodbody is a leading financial services firm serving and growing client relationships for nearly 150 years. The firm is a full service, investment-led business offering wealth management, asset management and investment banking services.
Merleview Capital is a boutique investment firm, mainly focused on earlier stage minority investments. Their approach is to invest in businesses where the market opportunity is strong, but there are numerous uncertainties to resolve in order to get to scaling – from product, go-to-market strategy, funding strategy. Its existing portfolio covers a range of companies from pre-revenue to rapidly scaling.
Brian Kingham is a London and Wicklow based serial entrepreneur and founder of more than a dozen businesses.
“I believe ISEF is so well placed to foster and facilitate the development of many more Irish entrepreneurs. Since returning to Ireland I have been deeply impressed by the transformation in the whole ecosystem supporting enterprise. The change over 30 years has been spectacular. Inspirational organisations like DogPatch, the Guinness Enterprise Centre and countless others are a real time demonstration of the unprecedented opportunity to create and grow new businesses.”
CFO Services provides SMEs with a best-in-class strategic finance function by assisting clients with business planning, providing regular management accounts, identifying and reporting on key business drivers, and providing key insights on business performance.
‘We work closely with our clients, and see our role as a trusted partner assisting in the growth of your company, helping you to focus on your customers whilst we take care of the numbers. We understand the importance of cash flow and will help you take advantage of any tax and R&D credits that may be available to you.’
Partners
Enterprise Ireland is the government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets. We work in partnership with Irish enterprises to help them start, grow, innovate and win export sales in global markets. In this way, we support sustainable economic growth, regional development and secure employment.
Scale Ireland is an independent not-for-profit organisation and our mission is to support, represent, promote and advocate on behalf of Irish tech start-up and scaling companies, to create the most advantageous conditions for them to succeed.
The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), managed and controlled by the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), is a sovereign development fund with a unique mandate to invest on a commercial basis to support economic activity and employment in Ireland.