Angels
Jan Angels Update

Posted by The ICEHOUSE on Friday, February 08, 2013

January ICE Angels & Funding News

ICE Angels Update – 2012 in review As ever 2012 was yet another busy year for ICE Angels with the club and associated partners (SCIF and affiliated angel groups) investing just over $4 Million into 21 companies. Of this sum just over $3 Million was invested directly by ICE Angels. The 2012 average deal size was just over $191K. The ten largest ICE Angels investments in 2012 were: LiveLinkConnect (Email marketing) D’arcy Polychrome (Polychromatic pigments) Mi5 Security  (Video Surveillance Platform) Nextspace (3D visualisation) eBus (Video distribution and management) Summa BI  (Online business intelligence) KayaSand (Sand making) Stolen Rum (Premium Rum) Caldera Health (Postate cancer diagnostics) LightKnight (Safety equipment) The average number of investors per company this year was ten, with a total of 107 unique…

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China

Posted by The ICEHOUSE on Monday, December 03, 2012

Chinese ICE Angels in the Media

There’s been widespread coverage about the Chinese ICE Angels group which was formed at the start of this year. China: Global Times: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/746506.shtml Xinhua News Agency: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2012-11/26/c_131999769.htm China.org: http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2012-11/26/content_27228548.htm Guangming: http://en.gmw.cn/2012-11/26/content_5806284.htm Shanghai Daily (pay wall): http://www.shanghaidaily.com/login.asp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shanghaidaily.com%2Farticle%2Farticle_xinhua.asp%3Fid%3D109831 Sina: http://english.sina.com/business/2012/1125/530727.html China Economic Net: http://en.ce.cn/Business/Macro-economic/201211/26/t20121126_23882135.shtml And outside China: NZ Week: http://www.nzweek.com/business/new-zealands-investment-network-to-lure-more-chinese-investors-29464/ {Photo Credit}

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Posted by The ICEHOUSE on Monday, December 03, 2012

Bill Payne Visit 2012

Internationally renowned angel investor Bill Payne made his 3rd trip to New Zealand in November as part of the ICEHOUSE International Executive in Residence programme. The programme, which has been running for 3 years aims to bring internationally acclaimed minds to New Zealand to help educate and develop our entrepreneurial ecosystem as well as strengthen our global connections. Bill Payne is a leading Angel Investor and start-up advisor from the US. He is an engineer, entrepreneur, angel investor and educator and has invested in over 50 start-up companies, served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence to the Kauffman Foundation and taught over 80 workshops and seminars on angel investing in five countries.   Bill visited New Zealand for 1 month travelling between Auckland, Wellington and Tauranga.  Throughout the trip he spent time with start up…

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