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Barry Brennan, Founder & MD of CapF9 Ventures

Feb 4, 202215 min read

Unlocking the Money Tree: 8 reasons why a VC might hate your business and what you can do about it!

I’ve met numerous founders frustrated at their lack of success in getting funding from VC firms. Sometimes it’s hard for founders to get...

Barry Brennan, Founder & MD of CapF9 Ventures

Jun 2, 20211 min read

Thank you Founders!

Earlier this week, driving against the traffic and into the sun to meet one of the start-up founders I work closely with, I found myself...

Barry Brennan, Founder & MD of CapF9 Ventures

May 31, 20211 min read

Welcoming our newest member to the CapF9 team!

Barry Brennan and CapF9 are delighted to announce that Conor Kilgallen will be joining the team as an intern as we face a busy and...

Barry Brennan, Founder & MD of CapF9 Ventures

May 31, 20211 min read

Barry Brennan from CapF9 mentoring at Dogpatch's First Friday Mentor Sessions for June 2021

CapF9 is excited be mentoring on the Dogpatch's June First Friday Sessions alongside some great Irish and global companies. Check out...

Barry Brennan, Founder & MD of CapF9 Ventures

Nov 7, 202015 min read

Mind your P's and Q's: Fundraising Tips for Startup Founders

"mind your p's and q's noun practice good manners, be precise and careful in one's behaviour..." Many founders say that fundraising for...

Barry Brennan, Founder & MD of CapF9 Ventures

Jun 19, 20201 min read

Helping SnapFix collect a VERY large cheque...

Had a lot of fun meeting the Snapfix team and even got a picture with a very large cheque the team received for winning an Enterprise...

Barry Brennan, Founder & MD of CapF9 Ventures

Jun 17, 20201 min read

Money Never Sleeps - Thanks for the Sushi!

Had a lot of fun here chatting to Pete Townsend and Eoin FitzGerald about technology, fintech, entrepreneurship and beyond. Pete still...

Barry Brennan, Founder & MD of CapF9 Ventures

Jun 10, 20201 min read

Barry Brennan discusses investing and funding of early stage Start Ups

Thanks to Ciaran Connolly and all the team at ProfileTree for inviting to discuss early stage investment and funding. We talked through...

Barry Brennan, Founder & MD of CapF9 Ventures

May 16, 20201 min read

Hexaflying!

Really thrilled that Hexafly is now selling their new line of products including HexaFrass (an organic fertiliser) and Grubs (feed for...