The Early Relationship: A VC's Perspective on Supporting Irish Founders with Amy Neale

About this episode

Amy Neale discusses the early relationship between VCs and Irish founders, offering insights into what VCs look for and how to build relationships before fundraising.

This episode is the first part of our series designed to demystify venture capital for Irish founders — pulling back the curtain on how VCs really think, what they look for, and how to build relationships with them long before you ever need to raise. In this episode, we sit down with Amy Neale, Delta Partners, one of Ireland’s most active early-stage venture capital firms. Amy works closely with ambitious founders from the earliest stages of their journey, often well before they are ready to raise a formal round. Amy shares her perspective on what makes a great founding team, how they think about supporting companies from the very beginning, and the types of opportunities they are most excited about right now. We dive deep into: How Amy approaches early-stage investing and what they look for in founders. Why they prefer to meet founders early and what that relationship looks like. The sectors and technologies they are most excited about in the Irish ecosystem today. Practical advice for Irish founders thinking about their funding journey. If you’re building a technology company in Ireland or thinking about raising investment, this episode is packed with insights and a clear…

People in this episode

Guest: Amy Neale

Topics covered

• venture capital
• Irish founders
• early-stage investing
• founding teams
• technology companies
• funding journey

Keywords

• venture capital
• Irish founders
• early-stage investing
• Delta Partners
• funding journey
• technology companies
• founding team

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Delta Partners

Places: Ireland

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