Halo
Unit 11a Weavers Court, Weavers Business Park, Linfield Road Industrial Estate, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT12 5GH, United Kingdom
Overview
Halo is the Northern Ireland Business Angel Network. It is a joint initiative of Invest Northern Ireland and Intertrade Ireland and delivered by the NI Science Park. Halo facilitates the investment of private capital in companies that are either based in Northern Ireland or have a significant presence there. Although run from within the NI Science Park, Halo is open to all NI companies except those operating in property or straight retail. Halo will look at all stages from start-up to established and both technical and non-technical companies. Since 2009, over £6m of investment from angels has gone into NI companies. The network is run by Alan Watts, Halo Director and Paul Clancy, Halo Manager.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
Investment portfolio
- Zefi.ai
Participated · Seed · May 2024
Founded in 2023 and based in Turin, Italy, Zefi.ai has developed a platform that automatically centralizes and analyzes all conversations with end customers. The AI-driven product helps companies identify growth opportunities and areas for cost reduction by providing deeper insights into customer behavior and preferences. The company works with international clients and collaborates with leading companies in the Tech and AI industries. Zefi.ai will use the funds to fuel technological development and accelerate commercialization efforts across Europe. The announcement provides no operating metrics such as revenue or user counts.
- ZeFi
Participated · Equity · May 2024
ZeFi is an Italian SaaS that offers an ML-powered behavioural analytics platform enabling businesses to analyse their interactions with users. The platform identifies growth opportunities and cost-reduction areas to help clients understand customers, reduce churn rates and increase loyalty. ZeFi works with international clients and participates in programs such as AWS Startup Loft and NVIDIA Inception. In 2023 the company was included in the Slush 100 Europe and was awarded Product of the Day on Product Hunt. The company raised €1.6M and will use the funds to fuel technological development and accelerate commercialisation in Europe. Founder and CEO Aurora Maggio said the capital will be used to attract top tech talent across Europe and deliver a high-quality product to customers.
Team
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