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5 questions emerging managers should ask before selecting LPs

TechCrunch

In order to make those investments, venture firms must first have the money, which means they’re not only just the funders, they’re fundraisers, too. But that image is only one part of venture capital. After launching Avestria in 2019, we found that family offices and high-net-worth individuals were the best targets for us.

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Startup Pitching 301

Paul G. Silva

The ideal team slide sounds something like this: [for a company making artificial-intelligence software for hospitals]. Selling software to hospitals is notoriously difficult. Fortunately for us, previous to founding our company our CEO sold $100 million worth of software to hospitals. We have five of them.

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Hans Severiens Award Given to Tony Shipley

Angel Capital Association

The Hans Severiens Award recognizes personal impact on the advancement of angel investing globally and highlights the special relationship that angels and entrepreneurs build to innovate, create jobs, and drive the economy. The ACA honored Shipley for his many contributions to this community at the 2023 ACA Summit of Angel Investing.

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8 investors, founders and execs predict cybersecurity, fintech will take Belfast by storm

TechCrunch

According to the survey, the city is strong in sectors such as fintech, agritech, hospitality tech, emerging tech, cybersecurity, SaaS and medtech. With more support from Invest NI, the whole of Northern Ireland can be an innovation hub linked to Ireland via the startup ecosystem. INI is a big support and funder.

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