HBAN is a joint initiative of Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland, dedicated to the promotion of business angel investment. The HBAN umbrella group supports the early stage entrepreneurial community across the island of Ireland and actively works to increase the number of angel investors investing in early stage companies. The HBAN team work on a regional basis to support the formation of new angel networks and with existing angel networks to develop their capability and capacity, and across a range of industry sectors.
HBAN also acts as a voice to Government, stakeholders, business and the media to promote the interests and needs of the wider angel investment community. HBAN is managed by Dublin BIC in partnership with the regional Irish BICs in Cork, Galway & Waterford. HBAN also works in partnership with Halo Angel PLUS Network in Northern Ireland.
In 2015 HBAN business angels, across the island invested 10.8m into 50 companies. This direct angel investment leveraged a further 15.8M of additional public & private funds into these companies from organisations such as Enterprise Ireland, venture capital companies and founders. These numbers have risen steadily from 2011 when HBAN helped 29 companies raise 12m of which 6m came from angel investors.
Visit www.hban.org or call us on 01 669 852 for more information.
