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IPOready | IRELAND
EURONEXT’S
PRE-IPO
PROGRAMME
2022
IRELAND
In partnership with
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IPOready | IRELAND
PREPARING COMPANIES TO HOW WILL THE PROGRAMME
ACCESS STRATEGIC FINANCE BENEFIT ME?
IPOready was launched by Euronext Dublin It was time incredibly
in 2015 to give companies a comprehensive well spent. You get to meet
understanding of how to raise strategic businesses outside your
finance, the different options available and sector, you make new friends. understand capital
the best mix for the growth of your business. It was incredibly impactful markets, strategic
and practical in that it gives financing options
Financing is the fuel for scaling your
Richard you a physicality to how you and which options
business; achieving the right finance strategy
Kennedy, look to raise funds and you are most suitable
for your business is critical to enabling
CEO then have the opportunity to for your business
expansion and growth. IPOready is designed
Devenish discuss the options and follow
to give you the skills and knowledge to do
Nutrition through.
this. It will help you understand the demands
of different investor types (private equity, Winner EY EOY For us it was brilliant at the
VC and public market) and help you to 2019 time and it continues to have
prepare your business to deliver to those an impact on our business.
expectations.
get your business
investment ready and
understand the fund
raising process
IS MY BUSINESS
ELIGIBLE TO
PARTICIPATE?
perfect your
Yes if your business:
investment pitch
Is revenue generating (>€5m)
Can demonstrate a track record
of growth and potential to
accelerate revenues
Can commit two senior build a network of
executives (typically CEO, CFO, investors, advisors and
founder) for the duration of the entrepreneurs
programme
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PROGRAMME IPOready is delivered through a combination
of: seminars, one-to-one mentoring, European
OVERVIEW campuses, and pitch days. The content is
provided by entrepreneurs, business leaders
OCTOBER
APPLICATION
JULY TO
and committed partners from the financial
2021
AND SELECTION
industry: investment bankers, brokers,
OF CANDIDATES
IPOready is delivered by Euronext Dublin investors, auditors, lawyers, financial
in partnership with Enterprise Ireland and communication and investor relations experts.
the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
(ISIF).
SEMINARS
IPOready uniquely provides participating
JANUARY
Interactive Dublin-based seminars are EUROPEAN
companies with a practical toolkit for
2022
delivered by a combination of advisors and CAMPUS #1
raising strategic finance incorporating:
leading Irish corporates, investors and ROTTERDAM
entrepreneurs.
ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING
Each participant company is allocated a mentor
expert training
FEBRUARY TO
with extensive fund raising experience. You
professionals and SEMINARS
MAY 2022
will have four one-to-one mentoring sessions HOSTED BY
entrepreneurs
to guide you through the programme and EURONEXT
support you in developing your equity pitch and DUBLIN
financing strategy.
EUROPEAN CAMPUSES
networking Twice a year in January and June, campuses
& JULY
opportunities are organised with prestigious European
APRIL
2022
PITCH DAYS
business schools to facilitate networking
between partners and participants on all
Euronext pre-IPO programmes. These
campuses include plenary keynotes, group
workshops and insights from entrepreneurs.
EUROPEAN
access to domestic and
JUNE
2022
CAMPUS #2
international investors
PITCH DAYS LISBON
Participants will pitch their investment story to
a panel of investors and gain insights in how to
refine it.
Euronext will also organise investor 1x1
meetings on the second pitch day.
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IPOready | IRELAND
Warren our CFO and I The networking and peer
TESTIMONIALS FROM really enjoyed taking part in to peer learning on IPOready
PREVIOUS the course. The opportunity
to mingle with peers in
was invaluable. I really
enjoyed watching ATA and
PARTICIPANTS ambitious companies our peers refine our strategy
like ours, but in different throughout the programme
Brody Sweeney industries, understand the Peter Cosgrove, which was evident during
IPOready was I think IPOready is a CEO IPO process and fine tune CEO the pitch sessions. I also
instrumental to Netwatch valuable programme for Camile Thai an investor deck, so that we ATA Group gained great insights through
in our fund raising efforts. It every scaling family company are investor ready has been engaging with presenters on
gave us a deep insight into looking to gain insights into a great help to us, in getting the programme who openly
the funding ecosystem and financing options, investor Camile prepared for the next shared their experiences in
fund raising process. The expectations and corporate stage of growth. The Euronext scaling their companies and
David Walsh, modules focusing on pitching Mark Lynch, governance. I couldn’t team were very committed, the sources of funding they
CEO to investors helped us to Director recommend it highly enough and energised us with the used along the way.
Netwatch craft an investor pitch with O’Reilly - it more than exceeded our possibilities that going public
System the correct value proposition Concrete expectations. could bring.
for our strategic partners. I
would recommend IPOready
to every company looking to
raise strategic finance
IPOready brings together
a fantastic network of like-
minded business people who Participating on
face the same challenges IPOready gave us the
For Taoglas, the
and decisions every day, just opportunity to think about
IPOready programme was
like us. It is a great outlet our company, why we exist
an instrumental success Sarah Sweeney,
for CEO’s and CFO’s to share and why we can be more
and has really helped us CFO
experiences. I particularly relevant in the future. The
shape our future growth Cora Systems Frank Madden,
enjoyed the investor pitches course and the experience
options. We gained an CEO
Patrick Mc Hale, and the European campus gave us a chance to play in
in-depth understanding Crest Solutions
CFO in Rotterdam which was the big leagues and create
of the financing options
Taoglas a great way to meet other a valuable network. It has
available to Irish companies
businesses at the cutting increased our ambition and
to help them scale. Most
edge of Technology. ability to scale our business.
importantly, what the
It was the most worthwhile
programme delivered is the
thing I did in years.
belief that Irish companies
can scale with the correct
strategic options while
always maintaining control,
rather than exiting to that
strategic buyer too early.
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IPOready | IRELAND
PREPARING FOR SECURING
STRATEGIC STRATEGIC
FINANCE FINANCE
Modules 1, 2 and 3 will focus on getting your Modules 4 and 5 will focus on the fund
company investment ready, encompassing raising process, financial ecosystem, investor
key topics such as your business plan, landscape and valuation of your company.
INDUCTION PITCH
strategy, leadership, governance and your
AND PITCH DAYS
investment pitch. The programme will conclude with a pitch to
Dublin an investor panel who will give you insights for Dublin
Module 2 will focus on giving you insights
13 January refining your investment pitch. 28 April & 12 July
on how to select the different strategic
finance options available and the one most
suitable to your company. It will also include
Programme overview Each company pitches
a session on M&A, the rationale and the
their equity story to a
process, insert which can often be a key Meet the mentors
panel of investors
enabler of strategic growth.
Pitch your company
1-1 investor pitches
MODULE 1 MODULE 2 MODULE 3 MODULE 4 MODULE 5
GROWTH STRATEGIC FINANCE INVESTMENT IPO GOVERNANCE&
STRATEGY OPTIONS READY PROCESS POST LISTING
Rotterdam Dublin Dublin Dublin Lisbon
27/28 January 24/25 February 24/25 March 26/27 May 23/24 June
Entrepreneurial Founder financing Getting your IPO process ESG
mindset and scaling stories business IPO ready IPO offer / IPO roadshow
Scaling Strategic finance Structuring equity marketing European financial
IPO - a strategic options plans Financial PR ecosystem
option Investor perspectives Governance Valuation and Life as a listed
Company identity Growth through M&A Investment pitch investor landscape company
and culture
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ACADEMIC CAMPUSES PROGRAMME
TOP-TIER BUSINESS SCHOOLS
PARTNERS
Together with top-tier business schools, PLENARY
Euronext organises two campus sessions Enterprise Ireland Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF)
KEYNOTES
to bring together participants from all of
our pre-IPO programmes – IPOready and Enterprise Ireland works in partnership ISIF is a sovereign development fund with
TechShare. with Irish enterprises to help them start, a unique mandate, which is to invest on a
PANEL grow, innovate and win export sales in commercial basis in a manner designed to
One representative from each IPOready
global markets. support economic activity and employment
participant company will be invited to join the DISCUSSIONS
in Ireland. The Fund’s investment strategy,
campus sessions with international companies As a government organisation, they are
guided by the objectives of Project Ireland
and experts. The campuses are organised responsible for the development and
2040, to target its future investments in five
with leading European business schools to growth of Irish enterprises in world
GROUP sectors or priority themes of key importance to
encourage discussions with entrepreneurs and markets. In this way, they support
the Irish economy. The Fund differs from other
interactions through break-out sessions and WORKSHOPS sustainable economic growth, regional
sources of capital with a long investment time
plenary keynotes. development and secure employment.
horizon enabling the Fund to act as a patient
source of capital.
enterprise-ireland.com isif.ie
Oslo
The European campus
sessions are a networking
enabler, connecting
entrepreneurs from 10
European countries with
Dublin
each other and capital Amsterdam
Leo Clancy Feargal McAleavey
markets advisors
Brussels CEO Enterprise Ireland Senior Investment Director, ISIF
Paris Munich Scaling Irish companies globally is an ISIF is delighted to continue its support of the
Zurich increasingly important economic objective for IPOready programme, as we believe it provides
Ireland. Understanding how to finance ambitious excellent advice and truly prepares companies
Milan
growth is a key success factor. IPOready provides seeking funding to scale, thereby enabling them
companies with skills and knowledge for the to compete on a global stage. A core pillar of
journey. the ISIF investment strategy is to support the
Madrid scaling of 100 indigenous business by providing
IPOready investment capital.
Lisbon
TechShare
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IPOready | IRELAND
EURONEXT: EURONEXT: A VIBRANT A wide commu n ity of S MEs an d
A PAN-EUROPEAN- aggregated FRANCHISE OF family bu sin esses
€5.4tn market
LISTED SME
STOCK EXCHANGE capitalisation
AND TECH COMPANIES 1,500+ #1
listing venue
SMEs
for SMEs in
Euronext is the leading pan-European
Continental
6,000+
exchange, covering Belgium, France, institutional With 326 new Tech listings since January
investors Europe
Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, 2015, Euronext is the most dynamic
Portugal and the UK, with close to 1,900 market in Europe for Tech companies.
€76bn €43m
listed issuers worth €5.4 trillion in market
capitalisation as at end June 2021.
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Local ecosystems
With a SME franchise of more than 1,500 raised by SMEs amount raised on
with global reach
issuers, Euronext has also an unmatched through equity average at IPO
80
bluechip franchise including over 300 since January by SMEs since
large listed companies, and is the largest 2015 January 2015
Biotech
listing venue for Tech SMEs in Europe with
29
694 Tech issuers. of
600 €1.2tn
EuroStoxx50
In order to facilitate fast growing SMEs
694
toaccess capital markets, Euronext Growth
family aggregated
is a tailor-made market compartment
LISTED businesses market
with asset managers and retail investors
128k+
listed TECH capitalisation for
providing liquidity to small and midcaps.
securities COMPANIES the Tech sector
Euronext offers the most diverse and
international investor base, connecting
our issuers to more than 6,000
1
institutional investors. cutting- edge trading
platform Optiq®
144 80
47 Cleantech Digital Services
close to
1,900
Medtech
50 64
LISTED COMPANIES Hardware &
Media &
Entertaiment 84 Robotics
Software
28
All figures as of end June 2021 43 45 Electronics &
Telecommunications Technology Advisory Semiconductors
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Euronext TechShare Programme | 2020 - 2021 IPOready | IRELAND
WHERE CAN I HOW DO I
LEARN MORE? APPLY?
ONLINE APPLICATIONS OPEN UNTIL
OCTOBER 2021
What is the fee? What is the selection process?
VISIT OUR IPOready fee is €17,500 for two agreed senior All applications are assessed by a panel
WEBSITE executives from each company. The fee covers
all training, mentoring and course material
comprised of representatives from Euronext
Dublin, Enterprise Ireland and ISIF.
WHERE YOU and is payable on acceptance of a place on the
CAN WATCH programme. Enterprise Ireland subsidises a
portion of the fee for client companies.
OUR VIDEOS
AND COMPLETE
APPLICATION IPOready was a pivotal
programme of thought
IPOready was a
fantastic journey for both
ONLINE provoking events. We had our CFO (David) and I. We
a chance to interact with collaborated with the best
Click here an impressive class of scaling companies in Ireland
entrepreneurs, financing and and were introduced to
Jim Joyce, public market experts. The Barry Napier, some of the international
CEO impressive Euronext team CEO capital markets ecosystem.
Healthbeacon collated these experts into a Cubic Telecom The mentors and speakers
community that clearly want were excellent, which led
CONTACT US Irish companies to succeed. to great open conversations
It is a "must attend" for with some great insights
any fast growing company. and guidance. Overall it
It goes well beyond IPO was extremely worthwhile
preparation, bringing us programme that I would
Niall Jones Mariam Dadabhay
unique insights into building encourage other scaling Irish
Head of Listing Ireland & UK Client Development Programme Manager
a high impact, long term companies to explore.
njones@euronext.com mariam.dadabhay@enterprise-ireland.com
focused, and profitable
Adam Bohill company in Ireland.
Business Development Associate
abohill@euronext.com
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Niall Jones
njones@euronext.com
Adam Bohill
abohill@euronext.com
+353 1 6174200
ipoready@euronext.com
euronext.com/
IPOready
In partnership with
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its main regulated market, it also operates a number of junior markets, simplifying access to listing for SMEs. Euronext provides custody and settlement services
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