Adama Innovations Secures €750,000 Investment
The Irish Times - article by Dick Ahlstrom Please link to the article below which was posted in Nov 2014 by theirishtimes.com website. Irrus Investments along with Enterprise Ireland and NDRC VentureLab have provided the seed-funding of €750,000 to this nanotech start-up. Adama Innovations Ltd was formed after a research discovery, relating to the most powerful kind of telescope, was made at Trinity College Dublin. The funding is to [...]
Embo Medical Secures €3m Investment
KTI - Knowledge Transfer Ireland Please link to the article below which was posted in 2014 by knowledgetransferireland.com website. Irrus Investments are one of a number of backers of Embo Medical, based in NUI Galway's Business Innovation Centre. Embo Medical are an early stage medical device company, they develop technology to treat diseased peripheral vessels or to shut down blood flow in these vessels. The €3m seed funding is [...]
Sigmoid Pharma raises €5m
FirstWord Pharma - referenced from The Irish Times Please link to the article below which was posted in Sept 2014 by firstwordpharma.com website. The post refers to an Irish Times article reporting that Sigmoid Pharma entered into an exclusive licence agreement with Pendopharm to commercialise its product to treat ulcerative colitis. The agreement amounts to a €5m investment. You can read the full article by clicking on the button [...]
Silicon Republic Article – Irish Start-up selected by Facebook
Silicon Republic Article by John Kennedy Please link to the article below which was posted in May 2014 by the siliconrepublic.com website. It reports how an Irish software start-up known as Betapond, which received €2.2M in funding from an Ulster Bank led Diago Venture Fund, was selected by Facebook to complete a pilot programme at Facebook's HQ in California. Betapond, who are backed by Irrus Investments, have rebranded as [...]
The Australian – Nexvet Investment
The Australian - Nexvet raises $US31.5m Please link to the article below which was posted in Apr 2014 by theaustralian.com.au website. Nexvet, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Tullamore, Ireland, is a biologic therapeutics company with therapies being developed for companion animals. The company has research and development operations in Melbourne, Australia, a manufacturing facility in Tullamore. The articles reports a significant investment from US-based institutional investors and existing [...]
Irish Independent Article – Sigmoid Pharma
Irish Independent - Business Article by Roisin Burke Please link to the article below which was posted in Apr 2014 by independent.ie website. It reports how Sigmoid Pharma is considering a €30m Nasdaq float over the next 12 months. Sigmoid Pharma develop potentially ground-breaking biotech products and is backed by Irrus Investments and Glen Dimplex founder Martin Naughton among others. You can read the full article by clicking on [...]
HBAN Article – Irrus Business Angel Syndicate
HBAN - Halo Business Angel Network Please link to the article below which was posted in Aug 2013 by the HBAN.org website. It outlines how Irrus Investments is seeking to grow membership and increase equity investments to €10M over 2 years. The articles refers to our policy of seeking new members with an interest in investing in high growth potential technology companies and that investors are encouraged to get [...]