Podcast: The Founder Journey - How to identify a good investment opportunity within venture, with Martin Cass
Partner and Head of Taylor Wessing Ireland, Adam Griffiths, sits down with Martin Cass, Venture Partner at Elkstone Ventures, to explore the founder journey. From aiding companies in their evolution to network opening and more.
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What you will hear on this episode of Chasing Unicorns
Ireland’s largest early-stage Venture Fund of €100M – How a potential investor can get involved in an early-stage venture company or through direct access to real estate investments.
Next Round Ready – How to identify self-sustaining companies and founders that are likely to scale and be a good investment – separate the pivots from the failing companies. What an investor should look out for in a potential venture investment throughout the founder journey from Environmental Social and Governance to Customer Success and Finance frameworks. Why a wealth management house should have close ties with founders and what investor clients should look for.
What the future holds for venture investment – Recent changes to funding conditions and an outlook for the venture environment, why controlling the controllable is critical.
About Elkstone Ventures
Elkstone Ventures is Ireland's leading early-stage venture investor, having built and backed a stellar startup portfolio over the past decade, including several of Ireland’s most prominent tech companies such as Flipdish, LetsGetChecked, Manna, Soapbox Labs, and Protex AI.
At the heart of our mission is the Elkstone Ireland Venture Fund, a €100 million powerhouse that ranks as Ireland's largest early-stage venture fund. To date, Elkstone Ventures has invested in more than 50 startups, supporting the creation of over 1,000 jobs, with these companies collectively going on to raise over €600 million in follow-on funding.
Elkstone Ventures is driven by an investment strategy that enriches the vibrant Irish ecosystem—by helping (through its unique value-added services and global network) indigenous startups scale internationally while remaining headquartered in Ireland, thereby creating high-quality local employment and recycling capital to seed the next generation of entrepreneurs.
About Martin Cass, Venture Partner at Elkstone Ventures
Martin manages Founder and Investor Relations at Elkstone Ventures. He has 23 years’ experience supporting founders throughout their journey, as an Angel Investor, Mentor, Advisor, Banker and Wealth Manager.
Send Martin an email or connect with him on LinkedIn.