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AwakenHub will hire staff to aid US and European expansion
The currently volunteer-led network of female entrepreneurs says funding for staff will ‘free us up to work with the companies and get our hands dirty’
AwakenHub, a network of female entrepreneurs, is planning to hire staff to run the currently volunteer-led group as it scopes out expansion into the US and continental Europe.
The cross-border Irish business group, which was set up two-and-a-half years ago, has more than 1,600 members and has already completed two accelerator programmes for 87 female-led start-ups.
Last week, six graduates of the accelerator pitched to investors at AwakenHub’s first US event at the Bank of ...