Ms Regina Breheny:

It has been going for approximately 27 years and was started by a small number of venture capitalists operating in Dublin at the time. They included Smurfit, Paribas Bank, AIB and a number of others. Members now comprise the venture capitalist funds operating in Ireland and there are approximately 15 of those. We also have an associate membership category, with the service providers being solicitors and accountants who supply the infrastructure around the venture capital contracts and business. We are totally funded by membership subscriptions.