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NCB Venture Capital Ireland

Investment Criteria

  • the geographic focus of the Fund is the island of Ireland;
  • investments will be made over a 5 year time frame and the overall duration of the fund is 10 years;
  • the investment range will be between €1 million and €5 million; and
  • family succession, restructurings, management buyouts, management buyins, pre-flotation placings and take privates will also be considered.

We will focus our investment activities on:-

  • manufacturing and service businesses reflecting Ireland's internationally traded services sector;
  • sectors which offer the potential for substantial long term capital appreciation including:-
    • industrial automation, engineering / instrumentation, nanotechnology, MedTech / healthcare, outsourced business support services, leisure / fitness, consumer products & services, tourism and CleanTech; and
    • ICT companies in areas such as mobile communications, internet (infrastructure, software and services) and communications (such as broadband).
Investments will be by way of subscription for (i) share capital and/or (ii) loan stock which will have an equity character or be convertible to equity.