Raising Capital Summit 2023 | Croke Park, Dublin , Jones' Rd, Drumcondra, Dublin 3, Ireland

It will bring together founders and investors to discuss the outlook for investment in Irish companies in a climate of global economic uncertainty and a geo-political crisis in Eastern Europe. It provides a unique opportunity for founders and executives to hear from the investment community on how the environment is shifting and how this impacts their chances of gaining access to capital. The economic landscape is deeply uncertain and investors are trying to navigate much more risk compared with this time last year. Although market sentiment may not be as hot as it was in 2021, there is still a lot of activity happening.

Our expert speakers will discuss how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns are an increasingly important element of any fundraising decision and how recruitment slowdowns and hiring freezes by big international tech companies is impacting global and local markets.

Who should attend?
• How to plan and prepare for capital raising
• Finding the right investment partner
• What funding options and initiatives are available?
• Determining your capital need
• How to give a realistic business valuation as market uncertainty continues
• How to get access to the funding and experience you need
• Pitching to potential investors
• How to structure a deal that will drive the growth and success of your business
• Embarking on funding rounds
• How are traditional lenders investing?
• Investor perspectives: what are the practical steps to successfully raise capital
• Entrepreneurs’ stories – the best and worst bits!
• What is the outlook for the private debt market?
• ESG – an increasingly important element of any fundraising decision.
• The impact of international tech recruitment slowdowns on global and local markets.

2023 Speakers

Peter Jensen
CEO and Chairman, Normax

Éimear Moloney
Non-Executive Director, Kingspan Group plc, Irish Continental Group plc, Hostelworld Group plc and Chanelle Pharmaceuticals Group

Brian O’Connor
Investment Director, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF)

Tara Dalton
CEO, Altratech

Claire McHugh
CEO & Co-Founder, Axonista

Clive Lennox
VC & Investor Relationships, Silicon Valley Bank

David Bateman
Managing Partner, Claret Capital

Denise Sidhu
Partner and Director, Kernel Capital

Donal Mac Nioclais
Investment Director, Waterland Private Equity Investments

Ivan Yates
Entrepreneur and Broadcaster

Kevin MacSweeny
Head of New Investments & Origination, Broadlake Capital

John Phelan
All Ireland Director, Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN)

Tom Early
Head of Funding and Scaling Solutions, Enterprise Ireland

Ronan Horgan
CEO, Capitalflow

Sonia Neary
CEO & Co-Founder, Wellola

Conor O’Sullivan
Investment Director, Atlantic Bridge

Helen Cahill
Founder & CEO, InvoiceFair

Sarah Bogossian
Director, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Goodbody Stockbrokers

Don Harrington
Director, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Goodbody Stockbrokers

John Flynn
Director, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Goodbody Stockbrokers

Ríona Ní Ghriallais
Co-Founder, ProVerum

Jim Joyce
Chief Executive Office, Co-Founder & Executive Director, HealthBeacon

Mike McGrath
CEO & Co-Founder, Kwayga.com

Chris Burge
CEO, Spark CrowdFunding

Niall Jones
Head of Listing Ireland & UK, Euronext.

Martina Fitzgerald
CEO, Scale Ireland

Conor McGinn
Co-Founder & CEO, Akara Robotics

Lauren Sharpe
Investor, BGF

Gavin Fox
Director, Martinsen Mayer

John Ryan
Founder & CEO, Gigable

Raymond Hegarty
CEO, Intaval

Ciara McGovern
Investor, Beach Point Capital Management

2023 Sponsor & Partner

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Goodbody

SILVER SPONSOR:
• Euronext

SPONSOR:
• Martinsen Mayer

PARTNERS:
• ScaleIreland
• Irish Venture Capital Association
• HealthTechIreland
• Irish SME Association