Yield Lab to back more Irish start-ups after second close of near €50m fund
State-backed agtech investor Yield Lab Europe is keen to back more Irish start-ups after announcing the second close of a near â¬50 million fund. New investors in the fund, which focused on seed and Series A investments across Europe, include the European Investment Fund and Invest-NL. AIB, which contributed â¬4 million to the fund in June 2019, has also increased its shareholding. The first close of the fund in mid-2019 saw Enterprise Ireland among the main investors with the State agency contributing â¬10 million of the â¬21 million raised. The venture capital firm typic...
Source: irishtimes.com