Early stage stage startups have a ton of issues to fix and one of the most usual is finding an investor who can help catalyze the growth. Startup Grind will be hostingIan Lucey, the CEO of Lucey Fund - a Dublin-based investment specialized on investing in early stage startups. This is an unique chance for talk directly to a seasoned startup investor and figure out what factors are the most important when looking for funding.

We welcome everyone to MESH on November 21st, 18:00 to get educated and inspired together with Ian. If you are startup who wants to pitch or talk to Lucey Fund, sign up as a "Pitching startup" and we will contact you.

Ian is the founder of the Lucey Fund, a Venture Technology firm that Lucey makes startups happen by funding the development, design, branding and marketing of their products. The Lucey Fund invested in 100 companies, creating 400+ work places in Europe and USA. In 2017 alone the Lucey Fund invested in 30 new projects and plan to invest in 40 more in 2018. Previously Ian has been Sales Director with Relate Software, a Deloitte Fast50 company, board member of the Irish Internet Association and numerous startups, managed the Accountants Division in Sage Ireland and was Ireland's youngest National Student Union officer. Ian has experience building and selling SaaS, ERP, Accounting, Time & Billing, CRM and Payments systems around the world.

Startup Grind keeps growing and we have now 300 active global chapters! We are celebrating this with #SG200 campaign - 200 events organized throughout the world in November!