Ireland’s first and only women-led investment syndicate, AwakenAngels, celebrated its second anniversary yesterday with the news that it has helped companies in its portfolio to secure more than €4.5m in investment.
Ireland’s only women-led syndicate AwakenAngels hits €4.5m in investment
The all-island women-led angel syndicate AwakenAngels has said it has hit a €4.5m investment milestone in its eight portfolio companies.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Ireland’s first and only women-led investment syndicate, AwakenAngels, celebrated its second anniversary yesterday with the news that it has helped companies in its portfolio to secure more than €4.5m in investment.
AwakenAngels joins #Futuraevent2026. The first and only all-island women-led angel syndicate in Ireland, with a €2k entry point and 134 members backing women founders.
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Limerick, 19-21 Oct: futuraevent.com/
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September 26, 2026 at 8:20 AM
AwakenAngels joins #Futuraevent2026. The first and only all-island women-led angel syndicate in Ireland, with a €2k entry point and 134 members backing women founders.
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Limerick, 19-21 Oct: futuraevent.com/
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Limerick, 19-21 Oct: futuraevent.com/
We’re accepting applications to pitch to the #AwakenAngels syndicate in Oct, Nov & Jan. Only for #womenfounders based on the island of Ireland. Upload your deck at this link & we’ll be back to you loom.ly/_oRm9qE
#angelinvesting #startups #ireland
#angelinvesting #startups #ireland
August 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
We’re accepting applications to pitch to the #AwakenAngels syndicate in Oct, Nov & Jan. Only for #womenfounders based on the island of Ireland. Upload your deck at this link & we’ll be back to you loom.ly/_oRm9qE
#angelinvesting #startups #ireland
#angelinvesting #startups #ireland
January 31, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Minister Matthew Patrick backs women business leaders in Derry
Minister Matthew Patrick backs women business leaders in Derry
Minister joined AwakenAngels at the Ebrington Hotel to tackle funding barriers for female founders across the island
PICTURED ABOVE: Matthew Patrick MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office, met women founders and angel investors from AwakenAngels on Tuesday (
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March 12, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Minister Matthew Patrick backs women business leaders in Derry
⭐Calling on First Time Angels!⭐
AwakenAngels Syndicate Memberships thanks to InterTradeIreland & British Business Bank
1-yr membership, transaction fee on 1st (min. £2K) investment & @awakenangelshq.bsky.social Training
▶️Reg:
✔️4-Dec: 13:00 GMT: lu.ma/5ifuipxs
✔️12-Dec: 13:00 GMT: lu.ma/1o3fpu38
AwakenAngels Syndicate Memberships thanks to InterTradeIreland & British Business Bank
1-yr membership, transaction fee on 1st (min. £2K) investment & @awakenangelshq.bsky.social Training
▶️Reg:
✔️4-Dec: 13:00 GMT: lu.ma/5ifuipxs
✔️12-Dec: 13:00 GMT: lu.ma/1o3fpu38
AwakenAngels on LinkedIn: sponsored spaces opportunity
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December 3, 2024 at 1:01 PM
⭐Calling on First Time Angels!⭐
AwakenAngels Syndicate Memberships thanks to InterTradeIreland & British Business Bank
1-yr membership, transaction fee on 1st (min. £2K) investment & @awakenangelshq.bsky.social Training
▶️Reg:
✔️4-Dec: 13:00 GMT: lu.ma/5ifuipxs
✔️12-Dec: 13:00 GMT: lu.ma/1o3fpu38
AwakenAngels Syndicate Memberships thanks to InterTradeIreland & British Business Bank
1-yr membership, transaction fee on 1st (min. £2K) investment & @awakenangelshq.bsky.social Training
▶️Reg:
✔️4-Dec: 13:00 GMT: lu.ma/5ifuipxs
✔️12-Dec: 13:00 GMT: lu.ma/1o3fpu38
AwakenHub builds on success of SheVentures with new US trade missions and programmes now open
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AwakenHub builds on success of SheVentures with new US trade missions and programmes now open
AwakenHub and AwakenAngels have announced an expansion of their successful US trade mission programme, with opportunities for women founders to join delegations to Cleveland, San Francisco, New York a...
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June 30, 2026 at 9:13 AM
AwakenHub builds on success of SheVentures with new US trade missions and programmes now open
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Meet Mary McKenna MBE: entrepreneur, angel investor in 40+ start-ups, co-founder of AwakenAngels, Ireland's first women-led angel syndicate.
At Futura she hosts Angel House: 20-min fireside chats with top angels, 20 & 21 Oct.
19–21 Oct 2026, Limerick
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At Futura she hosts Angel House: 20-min fireside chats with top angels, 20 & 21 Oct.
19–21 Oct 2026, Limerick
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August 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Meet Mary McKenna MBE: entrepreneur, angel investor in 40+ start-ups, co-founder of AwakenAngels, Ireland's first women-led angel syndicate.
At Futura she hosts Angel House: 20-min fireside chats with top angels, 20 & 21 Oct.
19–21 Oct 2026, Limerick
futuraevent.com/
At Futura she hosts Angel House: 20-min fireside chats with top angels, 20 & 21 Oct.
19–21 Oct 2026, Limerick
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AwakenAngels new opportunities for Irish women tech founders in US
AwakenAngels new opportunities for Irish women tech founders in US
AwakenHub and AwakenAngels have announced an expansion of their successful US trade mission programme, with opportunities now available for women founders in tech to join new delegations to Cleveland, San Francisco, New York and Boston. Both organisations have also opened a new series of autumn...
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July 1, 2026 at 11:11 AM
AwakenAngels new opportunities for Irish women tech founders in US
Derry becomes hub for female innovation as AwakenHub launches "WeScale" residential
Derry becomes hub for female innovation as AwakenHub launches "WeScale" residential
In partnership with Cranfield University, 34 founders from across Ireland arrive in the North West this week to scale their businesses
PICTURED ABOVE: At the announcement of the new global partnership between WIN Women in Innovation and AwakenAngels, Ireland's only women-led investment syndic
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February 9, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Derry becomes hub for female innovation as AwakenHub launches "WeScale" residential
Derry-based AwakenAngels reaches £4m milestone and opens interest for 2026 US Trade Mission
Derry-based AwakenAngels reaches £4m milestone and opens interest for 2026 US Trade Mission
AwakenHub and AwakenAngels are now inviting expressions of interest for their next St Brigid’s Day Trade Mission
Headquartered in Derry and founded just two years ago to transform the investment landscape for women across the island of Ireland, AwakenAngels has announced its portfolio compani
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November 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Derry-based AwakenAngels reaches £4m milestone and opens interest for 2026 US Trade Mission
Derry-based AwakenAngels reaches £4m milestone and opens interest for 2026 US Trade Mission
Derry-based AwakenAngels reaches £4m milestone and opens interest for 2026 US Trade Mission
AwakenHub and AwakenAngels are now inviting expressions of interest for their next St Brigid’s Day Trade Mission
Headquartered in Derry and founded just two years ago to transform the investment landscape for women across the island of Ireland, AwakenAngels has announced its portfolio compani
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November 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Derry-based AwakenAngels reaches £4m milestone and opens interest for 2026 US Trade Mission
Derry’s Clare McGee awarded 'Business Leader of the Year' accoldade
Derry’s Clare McGee awarded 'Business Leader of the Year' accoldade
Clare McGee from Derry, CEO and cofounder of AwakenHub and AwakenAngels, has been named Business Leader of the Year (SME category) at the 2025 Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards held recently at Titanic Belfast. In presenting the award, judges commented on “Clare’s visionary leadership in deve
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June 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Derry’s Clare McGee awarded 'Business Leader of the Year' accoldade
Derry’s Clare McGee awarded 'Business Leader of the Year' accoldade
Derry’s Clare McGee awarded 'Business Leader of the Year' accoldade
Clare McGee from Derry, CEO and cofounder of AwakenHub and AwakenAngels, has been named Business Leader of the Year (SME category) at the 2025 Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards held recently at Titanic Belfast. In presenting the award, judges commented on “Clare’s visionary leadership in deve
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June 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Derry’s Clare McGee awarded 'Business Leader of the Year' accoldade
NW women founders on high-stakes St. Brigid’s Day Trade Mission to US
NW women founders on high-stakes St. Brigid’s Day Trade Mission to US
Seven women-led companies from the NW and across Northern Ireland are among 20 businesses participating in a major trade mission to the United States next week. AwakenHub, Ireland’s only all-island community for women founders, and AwakenAngels, the first…
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February 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
NW women founders on high-stakes St. Brigid’s Day Trade Mission to US
NW women founders on high-stakes St. Brigid’s Day Trade Mission to US
NW women founders on high-stakes St. Brigid’s Day Trade Mission to US
Seven women-led companies from the NW and across Northern Ireland are among 20 businesses participating in a major trade mission to the United States next week. AwakenHub, Ireland’s only all-island community for women founders, and AwakenAngels, the first…
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February 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NW women founders on high-stakes St. Brigid’s Day Trade Mission to US
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November 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Check out today's Daily Brief for the latest sci-tech news, including:
🤖 Getty loses UK AI copyright lawsuit
💶 AwakenAngels hits €4.5m portfolio investment
⚖️ Amazon sues Perplexity over its agentic AI
...and more!
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🤖 Getty loses UK AI copyright lawsuit
💶 AwakenAngels hits €4.5m portfolio investment
⚖️ Amazon sues Perplexity over its agentic AI
...and more!
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WIN, win situation: Northern Ireland women founders set to gain from new global investor partnership
Northern Ireland women entrepreneurs gain global investment boost through AwakenAngels partnership..'shaping the future of economies at home and around the world'
A new global partnership between AwakenAngels and Women in Innovation is set to unlock more capital for women founders across Northern Ireland
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February 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
WIN, win situation: Northern Ireland women founders set to gain from new global investor partnership
Northern Ireland-backed AwakenAngels helps women-led firms secure £4m as it marks second anniversary
Northern Ireland-backed AwakenAngels helps women-led firms secure £4m as it marks second anniversary and opens expressions of interest for 2026 St Brigid’s Day US Trade Mission
As part of a growing all-island ecosystem with AwakenHub, Ireland’s first and only women-led investment syndicate marks major investment milestones and new global ambitions
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November 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Northern Ireland-backed AwakenAngels helps women-led firms secure £4m as it marks second anniversary
Londonderry entrepreneur Mary McKenna to demystify angel investment at BarCamp Belfast 2025
Londonderry entrepreneur Mary McKenna to demystify angel investment at BarCamp Belfast 2025
Mary McKenna, co-founder of AwakenHub and AwakenAngels, has been announced as a speaker at BarCamp Belfast 2025, taking place on September 26 at the Oh Yeah Centre in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter.
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September 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Londonderry entrepreneur Mary McKenna to demystify angel investment at BarCamp Belfast 2025