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Investor and Strategic Consultant
Apr 2020
ufurnish.com is the UKs leading search and comparison website for home furniture and furnishings. The platform brings 100+ furniture retailers and all of their products into one website to make search simple for consumers.
Our mission is to transform the way we all shop for furniture and furnishings for our homes. We realise that whilst people love their homes, they don’t always enjoy the process of finding the perfect items to turn their house into their dream home. That’s why we created the only website where you can search and compare the entire market in one place - giving you the confidence that you have made the perfect choice, every time!
ufurnish.com was launched in 2020 by our founders Deirdre McGettrick and Ray Wright. The business is backed by leading investors and has a highly experienced management team, led by Deirdre as CEO and Irish Entrepreneur Pat McCann as Chairman.
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2020
Investor and Strategic Consultant
Apr 2020
ufurnish.com is the UKs leading search and comparison website for home furniture and furnishings. The platform brings 100+ furniture retailers and all of their products into one website to make search simple for consumers.
Our mission is to transform the way we all shop for furniture and furnishings for our homes. We realise that whilst people love their homes, they don’t always enjoy the process of finding the perfect items to turn their house into their dream home. That’s why we created the only website where you can search and compare the entire market in one place - giving you the confidence that you have made the perfect choice, every time!
ufurnish.com was launched in 2020 by our founders Deirdre McGettrick and Ray Wright. The business is backed by leading investors and has a highly experienced management team, led by Deirdre as CEO and Irish Entrepreneur Pat McCann as Chairman.
Member
Feb 2020
Angel Academe is a first of its kind, fast-growing and award-winning angel investor network. Since 2014, weve helped female founders who can demonstrate some early success with their tech startups access a unique pool of engaged, mainly female investors. Angel Academe investors have backed 55+ startups through 105+ funding rounds, helping them raise well over £200m in co and follow-on investment to grow their med tech, clean tech, fin tech and enterprise software businesses. Our investor-members are successful entrepreneurs and senior leaders who want to be part of a diverse, experienced and professionally managed network. -> https://www.angelacademe.com/
In addition to the angel network, weve recently launched the UKs first EIS fund for female founders. For the first time ever, individuals can achieve diversification across 7-10 female founded startups with a single £10k ticket AND benefit from the UKs generous EIS tax reliefs. -> https://www.syndicateroom.com/angel-academe-eis
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Associate Director Corporate Finance
Aug 2000
Opening up a world of opportunity for our customers, investors, ourselves and the planet.
Were a financial services organisation that serves more than 40 million customers, ranging from individual savers and investors to some of the world’s biggest companies and governments. Our network covers 63 countries and territories, and we’re here to use our unique expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives to open up a world of opportunity for our customers.
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