Startup Grind Limerick Hosts Mary McKenna (Elemental Software)

May 25, 2017, 5:00 – 8:00 PM

Mary McKenna is a well known Irish technology entrepreneur and angel investor. Following a long public sector career and a spell as a Silicon Valley dotcommer, Mary co-founded e-learning company Learning Pool & exited in 2014. Mary helps start and grow indigenous tech companies and works mostly with female and young entrepreneurs. She was awarded an MBE by the Queen for services to technology

In-person event

About this event

Mary McKenna is a well known Irish technology entrepreneur and angel investor. She co-founded successful Northern Irish e-learning company Learning Pool following a long public sector career and a spell as a Silicon Valley dotcommer and exited from the business in 2014 so that she could return to working with earlier stage startups. Mary is interested in helping start and grow indigenous Irish and UK tech companies and especially in working with female and young entrepreneurs. She is one of Said Business School's (University of Oxford) Resident Experts, one of the Entrepreneurs in Residence at the Northern Ireland Science Park in Belfast, a trustee of the Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology and an active member of Tech London Advocates.

She has invested in 6 early stage tech startups to date, 3 with female founding teams.

Mary was awarded the MBE by Her Majesty the Queen in the 2014 New Year’s Honours for services to digital technology, innovation and learning.

Check out what happened

Speaker

  • Mary McKenna

    Elemental Software

When

When

Thursday, May 25, 2017
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM UTC

Agenda

5:00 PMNetworking and Food
6:00 PMFireside Chat
7:00 PMNetworking

Organizers

  • Peter Hunt

    ActionPoint

    Chapter Co-Director

  • Gillian Barry

    Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUS)

    Co-Director

Partner

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Bank of Ireland

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