Irish Dragon, Bobby Kerr Launch Start-up Investment Platform

Aug. 30, 2011 - PRLog -- The Angel Holdings funding & support platform aims to de-risk start-ups by mentoring them, before exposing them to potential investors. Adele Hinze, Executive Director explains: “We have a phenomenal response from investors, investees, and mentors to date. They are as excited as we are to get the ball rolling.”

Why choose Bobby Kerr to launch Angel Holdings? Hinze explains “We cherry-picked Bobby Kerr as he represents all three interest groups that Angel Holdings represent: He made the shift from start-up to investor and mentor. He simply is the best man for the job!”

Why the 14th of November? Hinze explains “We picked the launch date of Angel Holdings to coincide with Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011 set to run from 14-20 November 2011. Although the platform will be “live” towards the end of October, we wanted to hold off the official launch to celebrate the start of GEW (Global Entrepreneurship Week).”

Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011(GEW) will be held in November with 103 countries participating. The GEW will be aimed at spurring new ideas, ingenuity & firm creation through local, national and global activities.

In summarizing the market, Hinze concludes “The availability of seed funds to invest in Irish companies in 2011 is at its highest level in 30 years. This is an extremely vibrant time for Irish VCs and that there has never been a better time to start up a business in Ireland.”

For enquiries contact info@angel-holdings.com