Hi-tech matchmaker still looking for angels

Angel investing is growing every year in Ireland. Pádraig Hoare speaks to John Phelan, head of Halo Business Angel Network, which last week announced a record investment in a company spun out of Cork IT.

Countless romantic relationships across the globe have been formed out of one of the 21st century’s most successful technological advances, online dating — now business is catching on to sophisticated matchmaking, according to the head of Ireland’s angel investment body, Halo Business Angel Network.

“Technically HBAN is the umbrella organisation for all angel activity in Ireland. Untechnically we’re a sophisticated dating agency,” quipped HBAN national director John Phelan.