Episode 050 - 11th April 2014

Entrepreneur, angel investor and innovator Ian Lucey joins us in studio today to talk about the many sides of his business and interest in start-ups from • Funding – what’s available to concept stage start-ups (Country Enterprise Boards, Enterprise Ireland, priming grants, etc.) • Smart Accounting – the different relief schemes available to founders that allows them to free up old taxes they’re entitled to upon starting a business etc. • Lucey Fund – the model he usesto invest is different and innovative in that we build products for people who understand a marker, but not the tech side. • MindUnit – this is a London creative agency which Lucey acquired in 2012. They are one of the market leaders in the UK arts sector and have clients such as Borough Market and London Symphony Orchestra Ian Lucey is founder and CEO of Lucey, a cloud computing and web development company with offices in Dublin, London & Milan. Ian is also an angel investor through the Lucey Fund, and has made investments in 16 startups since the funds foundation 20 months ago. Ian is currently a board member with the Irish Internet Association and was DIT Hothouse Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 Previously Ian has been Sales Director with Relate Software, a Deloitte Fast50 company, 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. Lucey is at the forefront of cloud technology for the SME sector, partnering with local and multinational companies to offer online portals, payments, collaboration tools, mobile platforms and much more. Our goal is to help businesses work smarter. By bringing more customer interaction online we can help business become more efficient, more responsive and more profitable. Lucey Investment Fund Lucey Technology invests in exceptional people who have ideas with the potential to change the way we do business. The fund is a new twist on angel and seed investment in that its investment is part cash and part development. MindUnit MindUnit is one of London’s longest established Digital Agencies with a long history in the Arts world and beyond with customers such as the London Symphony Orchestra, The British Postal Museum, Photographers Gallery and many more. Lucey Social Lucey Social is a division of Lucey Technology that donates development time to social causes. To date Lucey Social has donated over €200,000 in development time to a range of good causes