Top 50 Biotech Startup Investors in Ireland in January 2025

Investor	Biotech Ireland investments
Enterprise Ireland	30
SOSV	19
Western Development Commission	12
Irrus Investments	7
Kernel Capital	7
AIB Seed Capital Fund	6
Fountain Healthcare Partners	6
Atlantic Bridge	5
Seroba Life Sciences	5
HBAN	4
European Investment Bank	4
HBAN Medtech Syndicate	4
Boole Investment Syndicate	3
Atlantic Bridge University Fund	3
The Yield Lab Europe	3
Act Venture Capital	3
Furthr VC	3
Infinity Capital	2
Lightstone Ventures	2
Enterprise Equity	2
Elkstone Capital Partners	2
SVG Ventures	2
Ascentifi	2
HealthCap	2
SVG Ventures	2
KBI Biopharma	1
Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC	1
Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity fund	1
Carbery Group	1
Others Others	1
Blue Wire Capital	1
HBM-MedFocus	1
Ali Partovi	1
Medicxi	1
Tekla Capital Management	1
Covidien	1
Cambridge Innovation Capital	1
Clay Capital	1
Medtech Syndicate Nominee	1
EQT life science	1
Fulcrum Global Capital	1
Moffett Investment Holdings	1
Inventages Venture Capital Investment Inc.	1
Street Capital	1
NCB Ventures	1
John Purdy	1
Spark Crowdfunding	1
ETV Capital SA	1
Kreos Capital	1
EarlyBirdCapital	1

Enterprise Ireland is the government agency responsible for the development and funding of the indigenous business sector. Their mission is to accelerate the development of companies to achieve strong positions in global markets resulting in increased national and regional prosperity. It was founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Ovagen — Ovagen is a biotechnology company that has developed the process of producing germ free (GF) chicken eggs and GF birds in commercial quantities for use primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. Ovagen can also provide a Contract Research Service and has extensive expertise in SPF poultry & rodent housing & husbandry, in specific poultry& rodent research technologies to GMP standards and in avian transgenics.
LaNua Medical — LaNua Medical develop disruptive image-guided technologies providing safe and effective endovascular solutions.
Customs Window — Customs Window is an End-to-End Customs Clearance and Trade Solutions providing Support Services to solve challenges and operations.

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

Supporting communities to grow, investing in businesses to scale and planning for the future of the western region.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ovagen — Ovagen is a biotechnology company that has developed the process of producing germ free (GF) chicken eggs and GF birds in commercial quantities for use primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. Ovagen can also provide a Contract Research Service and has extensive expertise in SPF poultry & rodent housing & husbandry, in specific poultry& rodent research technologies to GMP standards and in avian transgenics.
Peroptyx — Peroptyx is a platform that provides managed solutions for machine learning. At Peroptyx, they have assembled and pre-screened a qualified network of data evaluators across the globe. They strategically match ideal evaluators with each product to ensure authentic experiences through consistency and appropriate real-world contexts.
CitySwift — CitySwift is a data-driven scheduling and planning technology for urban bus networks. It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict journey times and passenger demand, making routes more efficient. Schedulers can create optimized timetables that take into account traffic, events, and hundreds of other external factors, ensuringon-time performance and increased passenger satisfaction.CitySwift was established in 2016 and is operating in Galway, Ireland.

Irrus Investments is the leading Irish business angel network with international connections. Fueling Irish innovation in medical devices, software, hardware, digital healthcare and life sciences.

Investment focus

Medical Device, Biotechnology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Ireland, Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ovagen — Ovagen is a biotechnology company that has developed the process of producing germ free (GF) chicken eggs and GF birds in commercial quantities for use primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. Ovagen can also provide a Contract Research Service and has extensive expertise in SPF poultry & rodent housing & husbandry, in specific poultry& rodent research technologies to GMP standards and in avian transgenics.
CroíValve — CroíValve is a developed a safe, effective, easy to use, percutaneous solution for treating all patients with severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
SymPhysis Medical — SymPhysis Medical's goal is to develop innovative technologies that treat a range of chronic diseases, putting the patient experience at the forefront of our design solutions to improve quality of life.About SymPhysis MedicalSymPhysis Medical's emergent technology, releaze, is a drainage technology to treat a common complication oflate-stage cancers, malignant pleural effusion (MPE). MPE causes signiﬁcant shortness of breath and chest pain in up to 15% of patients with cancer.

Kernel Capital is the independent manager of The Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Venture Funds, one of the largest and most active sources of equity finance on the island of Ireland. Kernel leverage their extensive network to enable their portfolio companies recruit the highest caliber people, to break into new international markets and to generaterevenues of scale. It is the only investment firm with venture capital Funds dedicated to both jurisdictions on the Island. Kernel have raised over €210M from investors which including their strategic partner Bank of Ireland, Invest NI, Enterprise Ireland, Galway University Foundation, The University of Limerick Foundation, The New York State Common Retirement Fund and undisclosed Family Offices. Consistently delivering strong financial returns for their investors Kernel have led more than 20 substantial trade sales to NASDAQ, NYSE, and LSE listed corporations.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ireland, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Cirdan — Cirdan provides highly reliable, innovative LIS & imaging solutions for the acceleration & enhancement of diagnosis, optimized for pathology & clinical lab.
Pretto — Pretto is the only truly transparent online real estate price comparator.Pretto accompanies you until the signing of your loan, free of charge and without commitment.
Pilot Photonics — Welcome to Pilot Photonics, a laser product development company in Dublin, Ireland. We provide optical frequency combs and tunable lasers.

The AIB Seed Capital Fund was established in 2007 to provide venture capital for companies at the seed and early stages of development across a range of sectors throughout the Republic of Ireland. The Fund was established under the Enterprise Ireland Seed and Venture Capital Programme 2007-2012.The Fund has a total of â‚¬30m under managementwith AIB and Enterprise Ireland both committing â‚¬15m. It is managed by experienced managers with extensive expertise in making seed and early stage investments, adding value and facilitating business success.The Fund managers are empowered to make seed investments of up to approximately â‚¬500,000. Furthermore, the Fund has the capacity to make investments in later rounds to support the continued growth of investee companies.The Fund will be managed by Enterprise Equity Venture Capital and the Dublin Business Innovation Centre. This unique partnership brings together extensive regional and investment expertise.Enterprise Equity will evaluate and manage all investments outside the city and county of Dublin, as well as investments that require in excess of â‚¬250,000 from the fund within the city and county of Dublin.Dublin Business Innovation Centre (DBIC) will evaluate and manage all investments within the city and county of Dublin when the initial investment amount required from the Fund does not exceed â‚¬250,000.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Medical
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Ireland, United States, Jersey

Portfolio highlights

NewsWhip — The only real-time media monitoring platform that predicts the stories and topics that will matter in the hours ahead.
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Metabolomic Diagnostics — Metabolomic Diagnostics is a deep-tech company specialized in the development of novel biomarker based diagnostic solutions for complex diseases. The company has developed an effective pipeline to firstly identify diagnostic biomarker panels and then translate these panels into clinical assays ready for application in the clinical laboratory.Thispipeline combines the biomarker multiplexing capabilities of Mass Spectrometry, a powerful analytical technology, with the company’s own informatics and statistics solutions to deliver diagnostic innovation. This is reflected in Metabolomic Diagnostics’ strong and versatile IP portfolio of technical innovations and biomarkers.Our VisionMetabolomic Diagnostics’ primary vision is to develop a portfolio of diagnostic solutions which can determine, early in a woman’s pregnancy,her risk of developing major complications much later in her pregnancy and thus enabling personalized care, adapted to each woman’s individual needs. Pregnancy complications like preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, preterm birth, and in-uterine growth restriction, all have the potential to severely impact on the well-being of mother and child.The company’s innovative diagnostic solutions will assist clinicians in re-imagining how these conditions are managed: our novel risk assessment tools are specifically developed in conjunction with prenatal care providers to ensure they make a difference that really matters. This in turn will enable clinicians to improve pregnancy outcomes globally.Our solutions will empower pregnant women: accurate pregnancy risk information will allow a pregnant woman, in partnership with her care provider, to determine what prenatal care is best for her pregnancy.

Fountain Healthcare Partners is an Irish based life science venture capital fund. Fountain is exclusively focused on the life science sector. Specific areas of interest to them are: specialty pharma, medical devices, biotechnology and diagnostics. They will deploy the majority of their capital in Europe with a strong focus on Ireland.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
Series A, Series B, Series C
Ireland, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

MMI — The future of Microsurgery: microinstruments that expand the possibilities of surgical interventions. Wristed robotic microinstruments for unprecedented results in microsurgery.
Mainstay Medical — Mainstay Medical is improving quality of life for patients with chronic low back pain through innovative restorative treatment medical device solutions.
Ermium Therapeutics — Ermium Therapeutics is a biotech company developing innovative therapies for auto-immune diseases, based on a breakthrough discovery showing that CXCR4 is a master regulator of inflammation.Ermium Therapeutics was founded in June 2019 by Jean-Philippe HERBEUVAL, Kurma Partners, Idinvest Partners, Domain Therapeutics and Erganeo. The company isbased in Paris and has signed a worldwide exclusive license agreement on intellectual property from CNRS and University Paris Descartes (France) through an agreement with Erganeo, which supported the maturation of the project in an academic setting. In addition, Ermium Therapeutics recently won the innovation i-Lab 2019 award from the French Ministry of Research and Higher Education.

Atlantic Bridge is a Growth Equity Firm with a Cross Border Value Add strategy. We invest in deep technology companies in Europe and the US. Our team is made up of successful entrepreneurs and senior technology industry executives and we invest in strong ambitious entrepreneurs and management teams that have the passion and drive to scale up andexploit major growth opportunities. We help our portfolio companies expand and grow internationally through our global platform with our team and offices in London, Dublin, Munich, Paris and Palo Alto.Atlantic Bridge brings together a unique team of technology entrepreneurs, experienced managers, finance professionals, and investment experts. The team contains a wealth of international business experience across Europe, the UK and the US. They have worked together in various capacities for the last 30 years, bringing a true partnership approach to their firm and their investments. Its investors include the founders, leading institutional investors, and private investors with a track record of investment in successful technology companies.Atlantic Bridge has developed a unique and differentiated strategy that focuses on specific technology themes and the implementation of the “Atlantic Bridge Model” for scaling companies internationally. The “Bridge Model” accelerates the scale-up of technology companies in Europe and the US. This approach is highly differentiated and has delivered strong performance results to date.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Ireland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mindgard — Mindgard is an AI security company that helps enterprise to test, detect, and respond to cyber threats against their AI models.Given that businesses are increasingly focused on offering AI-driven services such as LLMs, securing this new way of conducting business is equally important. Mindgard ensures that your business can safely and securelymove into the new AI world and continue to protect your digital assets, brand and reputation.Our platform enables enterprise customers to determine, detect, and remediate against any adversarial attack vulnerabilities within all their AI models. This answers the “What is my AI risk?” and “How do I mitigate my AI risk?” questions that currently cannot be answered using traditional Cyber Security platforms. By designing our platform from the ground up to integrate with existing AI and Cyber Security operational tooling, Mindgard can be seamlessly added to your organization, providing repeatable and automated AI model vulnerability testing.The Mindgard platform has been in development for over 4 years based on cutting edge PhD-led, AI & cyber security research, also used by the global Intelligence Community. As well as providing a library of adversarial attacks based on deep research, leveraging our platform that can automate repeated security testing, detection, and response across the entire AI estate. By leveraging the Mindgard platform, our clients free up precious AI and cyber security resources and at the same time understand, detect, and mitigate risks across their entire AI model portfolio, which currently takes too long and is too expensive. Our platform ensures that business can rapidly embrace LLMs and other AI technologies whilst protecting their digital assets, brand, and reputation within the new AI world.
Mindgard Ltd — Mindgard Ltd specializes in providing comprehensive AI security solutions to enterprises. Our operations center around a sophisticated platform designed to determine, detect, and remediate adversarial attack vulnerabilities within AI models. The platform is built on over four years of PhD-led research in AI and cyber security, ensuring advancedprotection that traditional Cyber Security platforms cannot offer.Our platform integrates seamlessly with existing AI and Cyber Security tools, enabling automated and repeatable vulnerability testing across the entire AI estate. This integration allows enterprises to efficiently assess and mitigate risks, optimizing their AI and cyber security resources.Key operational features include: - Automated Security Testing: Utilizing a library of adversarial attacks, our platform conducts thorough and repeated security tests to identify vulnerabilities. - Detection and Response: The platform continuously monitors AI models for threats and provides rapid detection and response capabilities to neutralize potential attacks. - Seamless Integration: Designed for compatibility with existing operational tools, our platform can be easily incorporated into current security infrastructures.Mindgard Ltd's operations ensure that businesses can securely adopt and innovate with AI technologies while protecting their digital assets, brand, and reputation in the evolving AI landscape.
LaNua Medical — LaNua Medical develop disruptive image-guided technologies providing safe and effective endovascular solutions.

Seroba is a leading European life sciences venture capital firm focused on value creation through backing winning innovations in biotech and medtech.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Coave Therapeutics — Coave Therapeutics is active in the field of gene therapies in rare ocular and CNS (Central Nervous System) diseases.
ShiraTronics — ShiraTronics is in the early stages of developing new innovative therapies to combat debilitating migraine headaches. The company is focused on commercializing novel neuromodulation technologies to treat this large unmet clinical need for patients and physicians. ShiraTronics is the first spinout from NuXcel a global medical device acceleratorcompany.
Vico Therapeutics — Vico Therapeutics is a developer of ribonucleic acid (RNA) modulating therapies for rare neurological disorders. The company discovers, develops, and delivers therapies for CNS disorders. Its initial focus is on SCA which is a subgroup of hereditary ataxia, HD which is a neurodegenerative disorder, and RTT-a neurodevelopmental disorder primarilyaffecting girls that enable clients with providing therapy for it.Vico Therapeutics was founded in 2019 by Luc Dochez, Josh Mandel-Brehm, Judith van Deutekom, and Gail Mandel and it is headquartered in Leiden, The Netherlands.

HBAN is dedicated to raising the profile of business angel investment as an asset class on the island of Ireland and to promote the creation of business angel syndicates.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ovagen — Ovagen is a biotechnology company that has developed the process of producing germ free (GF) chicken eggs and GF birds in commercial quantities for use primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. Ovagen can also provide a Contract Research Service and has extensive expertise in SPF poultry & rodent housing & husbandry, in specific poultry& rodent research technologies to GMP standards and in avian transgenics.
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Quantmatix — Improve the quality, efficiency and timing of your investment decisions. Quantmatix is a systematic tool for professional investors to evaluate instruments, dynamically shape portfolios and drive performance.

European Investment Bank (EIB) provides lending, borrowing, and treasury services primarily in the European Union.The company offers project loans for the public and private sectors; loans to banks and other intermediaries; structured finance products; guarantees and securitization instruments for senior and subordinated debts; project bonds;equity and fund investment products such as infrastructure equity and debt funds, and environmental funds; and venture capital funds and security packages for funds.The company also offers microfinance; risk sharing finance for research, development, and innovation projects; finance and technical expertise for sustainable energy projects; infrastructure project advisory services; support for urban development projects; guarantees for transport infrastructure; and funding for public-private partnerships and small- and medium-sized enterprises.EIB serves the transportation, global loans, energy, industry, health, education, water, sewerage, infrastructure, services, telecommunications, agriculture, and fisheries sectors.European Investment Bank was founded in 1958 and is based in Luxembourg.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Energy
Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
France, Germany, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

GEWOBA — GEWOBA is a real estate company that manages and provides a diverse portfolio of rental real estate apartments and properties.
Acea — Acea operates in six business segments. The water segment collects, purchases, transports and distributes drinking water, and manages the sewerage system and the purification of wastewaters. The company serves 9 million residents served in Lazio, Tuscany, Umbria, Molise and Campania; The energy segment manages the transmission and distributesroughly 9 TWh of electricity, public lighting; commercial and trading segment activities include energy management, sale of electricity and gas, energy efficiency for domestic customers. The company is targeting growth in electricity generation from renewable (photovoltaic) sources and in electric mobility, with a view to effectively contributing more and more to the energy transition and decarbonisation. The environment segment provides laboratory, research and related consultancy services on the environment and control functions within the water cycle; engineering services and overseas operations providing water services in Latin America.
TactoTek — Set your imagination free and create user experiences with the help of sustainable smart molded structures.

HBAN Medtech Syndicate

Investment focus

Medical Device, Medical, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series B
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

FeelTect — Connected health technology for disruptive improvements to wound care
Neurobell — NeuroBell develop novel EEG medical devices for early detection and monitoring of neonatal seizures.
SymPhysis Medical — SymPhysis Medical's goal is to develop innovative technologies that treat a range of chronic diseases, putting the patient experience at the forefront of our design solutions to improve quality of life.About SymPhysis MedicalSymPhysis Medical's emergent technology, releaze, is a drainage technology to treat a common complication oflate-stage cancers, malignant pleural effusion (MPE). MPE causes signiﬁcant shortness of breath and chest pain in up to 15% of patients with cancer.

Boole Investment Syndicate invests in new technology start-up's with scalability.

Investment focus

Medical Device, SaaS, EdTech
Seed, Funding Round
Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ovagen — Ovagen is a biotechnology company that has developed the process of producing germ free (GF) chicken eggs and GF birds in commercial quantities for use primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. Ovagen can also provide a Contract Research Service and has extensive expertise in SPF poultry & rodent housing & husbandry, in specific poultry& rodent research technologies to GMP standards and in avian transgenics.
FeelTect — Connected health technology for disruptive improvements to wound care
SymPhysis Medical — SymPhysis Medical's goal is to develop innovative technologies that treat a range of chronic diseases, putting the patient experience at the forefront of our design solutions to improve quality of life.About SymPhysis MedicalSymPhysis Medical's emergent technology, releaze, is a drainage technology to treat a common complication oflate-stage cancers, malignant pleural effusion (MPE). MPE causes signiﬁcant shortness of breath and chest pain in up to 15% of patients with cancer.

We invest in entrepreneurs with the ambition to create world-class companies of scale.

Investment focus

Medical Device, Health Care, Big Data
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

CroíValve — CroíValve is a developed a safe, effective, easy to use, percutaneous solution for treating all patients with severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
ProVerum Medical — ProVerum Medical is an early stage medical device startup for the treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).
Tympany Medical — Tympany Medical is a Needs-driven, Innovative MedTech StartUp based in the West of Ireland

The Yield Lab Europe is a €50m early stage Agrifood and Ag Tech fund which comprises an accelerator and a larger follow-on fund, investing in high tech companies with the potential to significant disrupt and improve our current systems of global food production, and to improve the environmental sustainability of the industry. The main fund invests€1m each into 10-12 companies over several follow on rounds, with the strongest accelerator companies expected to progress to the main fund. The Yield Lab Europe is also part of a global network of Agrifood Tech funds, with global headquarters in St Louis USA, and sister funds in LATAM and Singapore.

Investment focus

AgTech, Agriculture, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Ireland, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Oligofeed — We developed a supplement boosting bee immunity. Our non-toxic bee-feeding product reduces bee mortality and improves the production of the hives.
Marama Labs — Marama Labs provides an integrated chemical analysis platform that empowers customers to optimize their production processes and match their products and brands to customer needs, with ease.
Micron AgriTech — Micron Agritech, driving the future of sustainable animal health. Run a FEC worm or fluke test with your phone and get results in minutes.

Technology-focused, investing capital and expertise to fuel growth in the most promising ideas and companies. Raised c.€600m across multiple funds and invest from seed to growth.We look for companies with potentially cutting-edge, category-defining businesses in markets including application software, IT infrastructure, communications, Internetand mobile. We help founders create and scale businesses globally. We work as a small team with diverse strengths accessing a community of over 200 founders. The teams and companies we back scale their investor base as they scale their business execution and ambition. We work closely with them in this process. Over the past 25 years have built a broad network of US and European investors and founders that share our vision and approach.Act is based in Dublin, Ireland.Our most recent funds are supported by the European Investment Fund.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

GridBeyond — Endeco's Energy ManagementSystem (EMS) provides wirelessenergy management and controlsystems for retail, commercial andindustrial users. Applications includebuilding control, refrigeration control,demand management, priceresponse, energy efficiency, anddemand response. Our automatedwireless systems seamlesslyintegrate intoyour existingoperations and/or BuildingManagement System (BMS) withoutany training of retail staff required.
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Furthr VC invests in transformative tech. Furthr Venture Capital invests in scalable, early-stage companies. We help Ireland's next generation of technology.

Investment focus

Medical, Medical Device, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

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Neurobell — NeuroBell develop novel EEG medical devices for early detection and monitoring of neonatal seizures.
LaNua Medical — LaNua Medical develop disruptive image-guided technologies providing safe and effective endovascular solutions.

Infinity Capital are hypothesis-driven investors - constantly calibrating ideas through a Silicon Valley/technology network that they've been building for over two decades. Their extensive technology and operating backgrounds, combined with over a dozen years each of successful startup investing, have been essential in buildingcredibility and a reputation that resonates with entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Semiconductor, E-Commerce, Electronics
Series B, Funding Round, Series D
United States, Ireland, Canada

Portfolio highlights

AltraTech — Next Generation Molecular Detection Discover Altratech Next Generation Molecular Detection Discover Altratech At Altratech, our mission is to enable next generation molecular detection.
BioSapien — BioSapien is a pre-clinical biotech company developing novel biodegradable implantable products that deliver active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for oncology indications with reduced systemic side effects. The applications for this technology are currently under investigation for pancreatic cancer and lung cancer. The intended pipeline ofindications is expected to expand into other cancers such as colorectal, breast, and stomach cancers. BioSapien's 3D-printed MediChip delivers FDA-approved toxic high-dose systemic therapies in a localized slow-release biodegradable mesh which is able to target tissues while improving patients' quality of care and life.
Core Starters — Core Starters services startups and investors through blockchain-based decentralized services to solve real problems.

Lightstone Ventures is a global venture capital firm that invests in personalized medicines and targeted therapeutics. Lightstone Ventures was founded in 2012 by the General Partners and other key members of the life science teams of Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) and Morgenthaler. The firm was formed to capture the upside of investing inbreakthrough life science companies during a time of unique opportunity in space.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, Ireland, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

FIRE1 — FIRE1 and is based in Dublin, Ireland, will focus on developing novel therapeutic devices.
Cala Health — Cala Health is a bioelectronic medicine company transforming the standard of care for chronic disease. The company's wearable neuromodulation therapies merge innovations in neuroscience and technology to deliver individualized peripheral nerve stimulation. The first indication for Cala Health's wearable therapy is an essential tremor, adisease experienced by more than seven million people and characterized by severe hand tremors. New therapies are under development in neurology, cardiology, and psychiatry. The company is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and backed by leading investors in both healthcare and technology.
Amber Therapeutics — Developing intelligent bioelectrical therapies that can adapt, respond and learn from each person's individual physiology

Enterprise Equity (or EEVC) is an excellent for providing capital to early stage and expanding business throughout Ireland.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Medical Device
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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SurgaColl — SurgaColl Technologies is a medical device company developing novel tissue regeneration products for the surgical treatment of diseases of the bone, cartilage and other human tissue. Based on technology developed at the Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG) of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), headed by Professor Fergal O’Brien,the company aims to become a leader in the field of regenerative medical devices.
Metabolomic Diagnostics — Metabolomic Diagnostics is a deep-tech company specialized in the development of novel biomarker based diagnostic solutions for complex diseases. The company has developed an effective pipeline to firstly identify diagnostic biomarker panels and then translate these panels into clinical assays ready for application in the clinical laboratory.Thispipeline combines the biomarker multiplexing capabilities of Mass Spectrometry, a powerful analytical technology, with the company’s own informatics and statistics solutions to deliver diagnostic innovation. This is reflected in Metabolomic Diagnostics’ strong and versatile IP portfolio of technical innovations and biomarkers.Our VisionMetabolomic Diagnostics’ primary vision is to develop a portfolio of diagnostic solutions which can determine, early in a woman’s pregnancy,her risk of developing major complications much later in her pregnancy and thus enabling personalized care, adapted to each woman’s individual needs. Pregnancy complications like preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, preterm birth, and in-uterine growth restriction, all have the potential to severely impact on the well-being of mother and child.The company’s innovative diagnostic solutions will assist clinicians in re-imagining how these conditions are managed: our novel risk assessment tools are specifically developed in conjunction with prenatal care providers to ensure they make a difference that really matters. This in turn will enable clinicians to improve pregnancy outcomes globally.Our solutions will empower pregnant women: accurate pregnancy risk information will allow a pregnant woman, in partnership with her care provider, to determine what prenatal care is best for her pregnancy.

Elkstone is an investment firm, focusing on entrepreneurs, senior executives, institutional LPs, the venture community, and the Irish diaspora.The objective of the organization is to boost the economic value and overall well-being of the island of Ireland by expanding a network, facilitating deserving investments, and delivering excellentinvestment performance.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Medical
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zerve AI — Securely Unlock Gen AI & LLMs in Your Enterprise
LaNua Medical — LaNua Medical develop disruptive image-guided technologies providing safe and effective endovascular solutions.
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We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the agtech and foodtech industries.

Investment focus

AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

FarmWise — FarmWise provides technology-based services that allow farmers to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency.
Napigen — We are the genome editing company specialized for mitochondrial engineering. We address unmet needs of future food supplies by creating hybrid crop plants to boost their yields to an unprecedented level. The company’s technology creates robust male sterile lines that are ideal over conventional lines because of their stability and elitebackgrounds. This allows the production of non-GM hybrid seeds in crop plants that are currently mostly non-hybrid such as wheat. Our technology solution is expected to fulfill the highest level of public acceptance and aspiration.
Iamus Technologies — Iamus Technologies Limited is an Artificial Intelligence & Robotics company based in Ireland that has developed poultry specific robotic technology that empowers poultry farmers to make better and safer production decisions. Over the last 2 years we have been working globally with poultry processors in identifying KPIs that our robots cancontinuously gather on the ground in poultry sheds and feedback instantly to both producer and the relevant personnel back at the processing plant. Results to date are impressive with automatic and accurate data recovery from the birds on every part of the floor and analysis with real-time intervention now possible. These factors are key in addressing the growing demands of modern, intensive broiler production with the Iamus robot & platform meeting these requirements.

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Investment focus

Medical, Health Care, Medical Device
Funding Round, Series A
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

CroíValve — CroíValve is a developed a safe, effective, easy to use, percutaneous solution for treating all patients with severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
Vertigenius — Vertigenius designs and deploys customized exercises using an easy-to-use clinician portal and even uses a Vertigenius head sensor to consult and manage patients with dizziness and imbalance.
X-BOLT Orthapaedics — X-Bolt Trauma Solutions for osteoporotic bone fixation. FDA 510(k) approved. Clinical studies include the WHITE One (n=100) and WHITE Four (n=1,140) randomized control trials.

HealthCap, a life science investor and company creator. Our motivation is to find innovative ideas and invest that could impact healthcare and society.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Sweden, France

Portfolio highlights

Kivu Bioscience — At Kivu Bioscience, we leverage advanced, next-generation proprietary ADC technologies to deliver more precise and effective cancer treatments.
Rampart Bioscience — Rampart Bioscience develops gene medicines to provide long-lasting treatments for a wide range of diseases. It also offers proprietary development and delivery platforms, which together, create optimized therapeutics in a revocable, non-viral format. It also assists patients with genetically driven diseases by integrating capabilities from avariety of key scientific disciplines including gene delivery, protein sciences, and clinical translation.
SynOx Therapeutics — SynOx Therapeutics is a biotechnology research company that focused on developing the treatment of diffuse tenosynovial giant cell tumors. SynOx Therapeutics raises EUR 37m to develop emactuzumab to improve the lives of patients with tenosynovial giant cell tumors November 16, 2020. It was founded in 2020 and is located in Dublin City, Ireland.

We are a Venture & Innovation Platform Advancing the Food & Agriculture Industries We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the food and agriculture industries.

Investment focus

AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

scoutlabs — We're building the world's densest digital trap network to accurately gauge insect pest pressure. This helps millions of farmers in precisely combating crop-eating insects, accelerating a transition to more sustainable methods. Good for the farmer, the environment and for our food security
Cynomys — Cynomys is the first company to have patented an IoT solution for monitoring environmental parameters and consumption rates in animal farms. We developed a self-contained device that allows to control over 30 parameters that affect animal welfare, environmental impact, farm consumptions and hence the overall productivity of the farm, all from oursecure cloud platform. We deliver our solutions to any kind of livestock farm. We have been on the market since 2018 and as per September 2020 we have customers in Italy, Spain, France, The Netherlands and Mexico. Our main customers are animal feed producers and distributors, as well as medium and large livestock companies. Our management team is composed of three highly qualified people with experience in technology building, software and hardware development and testing and communication. They are fully committed to help the livestock sector become more conscious and sustainable.
Verdi Expeditions — Verdi is building the world's first truly scalable platform for farm automation. We work with the world's largest food brands to grow better and more sustainable crops.

KBI Biopharma Inc. is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO / CMO) offering Cell Line Development, Process Analytical & Formulation Development, Clinical & Commercial Manufacturing, and more.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Life Science, Medical
Seed, Series A, Series D
United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Absci — A better, faster path to new medicines. We translate ideas into drugs with an AI-powered approach to biologic drug discovery and cell line development.
GlycoSeLect — GlycoSeLect Ltd specialises in the development and production of Recombinant Prokaryotic Lectins (RPLs).
ReForm Biologics — ReForm Biologics is an engineering superior biotherapeutic formulation for fragile patients. Its proprietary technology provides patented, FDA-friendly excipients for a wide range of therapeutic biologics. Using its platforms, drug companies can make life-saving medicines easier to administer, less immunogenic, more stable, and more efficient toproduce. It was founded in 2014 and is based in Woburn, Massachusetts.

JJDC, Inc. is the strategic venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson Innovation. Learn more about our equity investment strategy.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, Israel, France

Portfolio highlights

Citryll — Citryll is a private pharmaceutical company that develops pharmaceutical drugs used to treat autoimmune and other human diseases. The company offers formation, function, and clearance of NETs downstream of the protein citrullination pathway catalyzed by Peptidylarginine Deiminase (PAD) enzymes that enable doctors to help in the treatment of lupus,vasculitis, pulmonary fibrosis, rheumatoid arthritis and organ damage due to sepsis.Citryll was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Oss, The Netherlands.
Cala Health — Cala Health is a bioelectronic medicine company transforming the standard of care for chronic disease. The company's wearable neuromodulation therapies merge innovations in neuroscience and technology to deliver individualized peripheral nerve stimulation. The first indication for Cala Health's wearable therapy is an essential tremor, adisease experienced by more than seven million people and characterized by severe hand tremors. New therapies are under development in neurology, cardiology, and psychiatry. The company is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and backed by leading investors in both healthcare and technology.
G.I. Windows — G.I. Windows is a clinical-stage company developing the first fundamental breakthrough in surgical anastomotic technology. This technology will allow less invasive surgery and offer the capability of developing more procedures new to the world. The company is creating a new category in healthcare designed to create less invasive surgery and reducehealthcare costs.G.I. Windows is committed to innovation that helps improve the way diagnostic and interventional procedures impact the essential balance between both patients and the healthcare system. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States.

The Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity fund is a joint fund built with contributions from the Bank of Ireland, the University of Limerick Foundation, and government-backed The seed fund will invest in export-oriented high potential firms that operate in the technology, food and financial services sectors, inaddition to supporting patent and patent pending projects within Irish universities, targeting investments between EUR 100K-500K. The new fund comprises of a â‚¬17 million investment by Bank of Ireland, along with funding of â‚¬8 million from Enterprise Ireland and â‚¬ 1million by the University of Limerick Foundation. It will be managed by

Investment focus

Energy, Hardware, Software
Seed, Funding Round
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Pulsate — Pulsate enables direct communication with customers based on their location, context, interests and behaviours. Pulsate allows you to design and push rich media content directly to customers devices. Deepen the relationship by establishing a customer dialogue. Allow users to reply to your campaigns, provide feedback and keep complaints outside ofsocial media. Maximize foot traffic by targeting street level or competitor locations. Combine with segmentation for optimal results. iBeacons:tm: enable you to understand indoor customer location and context with incredible accuracy. Easily manage deployment and configuration of iBeacons:tm: with the Pulsate cloud platform. Gain a deeper understanding of your mobile customers and a comprehensive view of each mobile campaign.
LegitFit — LegitFit is there to help you from first sale to scale! Our leading software solution is everything you need to run & grow a successful business. It's easy to use, affordable, and integrates powerful tools for bookings, payments, and communication!
Certification Europe — Confidence, Assurance and Certainty. We offer Certification, Inspection and Training solutions to drive compliance for our clients

Pioneering research and expertise in action. Through innovati drive new product innovation that creates value for our.

Investment focus

Life Science, Biotechnology, Marine Technology
Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Pure Ocean Algae — Pure Ocean Algae is a biotechnology company that integrates value chains from macro-algae and other marine resources. The company has over the winter of 2019/20 deployed its first trial lines of Palmaria palmata to sea, with initial results being extremely positive. It has also taken primary research in tank-based vegetative production andsucceeded in developing a pilot commercial plant that can produce commercial volumes of Palmaria palmata, at levels approaching 100% per week.

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Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, B2B
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Spain, Germany, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Conektto — Design, Build & Test API in minutes. Conektto is the industry's first API SDLC platform that intelligently generates artifacts.
Gheorg — Around 1 million children in Australia have diagnosable anxiety. Two-thirds of them will never get the help they need. Gheorg is on a mission to change that. We're aiming to reduce childhood anxiety and our new app helps parents and children at home. Sign up to get the app on our website.
Hooke Bio — Hooke Bio is a new Pharmaceutical company operating in the preclinical to early stages of drug discovery. It draws its strength from the close co-operation it has between its biologists and engineers. The engineers design, patent and test new microfluidic technology: the scientists apply the technology to finding new therapeutics.

Investing globally in Frontier & Consumer businesses at pre-seed or seed.

Investment focus

Software, Advanced Materials, Art
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Faircraft — A sustainable, lab-grown alternative to animal leather.
Praktika — Automated 1-1 tutorship experience with generative AI Avatar tutors
River Platform Company — Orchestrate IRL events at massive scale by leveraging volunteer hosts from your community. Monetize community events with our sponsorship marketplace.

HBM-MedFocus

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
Series A, Series B
Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Perfuze — Perfuze was founded in 2018 by Wayne Allen and Liam Mullins. Perfuze is located within Galway City in the West of Ireland. The founders have over 30 years combined medtech experience within start-up and large corporations.Perfuze is developing innovative medical technology to treat acute ischemic stroke.Perfuze is developing innovative cathetertechnology to treat acute ischemic stroke. Their technology is intended to provide superior clinical outcomes in shorter procedural times; resulting in safe, cost-effective therapy. Perfuze was founded in 2018 by Wayne Allen and Liam Mullins. The founders have over 30 years combined medtech experience within start-up and large corporations. Perfuze is currently located in the Business Innovation Centre on the campus of the National University of Ireland, Galway, and is in the process of relocating to the IDA Business Park in Dangan, Galway.
Viseon — Viseon is a privately held medical device company committed to developing proprietary technology for use in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MISS) procedures. Viseon has progressed rapidly over the past 6-months, having developed a unique array of devices to improve the procedural and clinical outcomes of many minimally invasive spine surgeryprocedures. In addition to rapid product development of its initial products, Viseon has assembled a world-class Scientific Advisory Board of leading MISS physicians, amassed 13 patents to solidify its intellectual property platform, and completed a series of pre-clinical studies supporting initial human-use, scheduled to begin soon.Viseon was founded in early 2017 as a spin-out from Rebound Therapeutics Corporation.

Ali Partovi is the CEO and Founder of Neo. He previously worked at Dropbox as an Advisor. Ali Partovi attended Harvard University.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Spain, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Vybe — vybe is a Safari browser extension that allows you to try on ANY outfit on ANY website instantly.
Ohana — New York City Largest Sublet and Sublease Community. NYC short term rentals, furnished apartments, monthly rentals, and rooms for rent.
Skiff — Everything on Skiff is end-to-end encrypted. Your most sensitive data is private, decentralized, and truly owned by you.

Medicxi is an investment firm that focuses on the life sciences sector. It was established in 2016 by the former Index Ventures life sciences team, who have been active for over 20 years and have significant experience in drug discovery and the development of therapeutics for unmet medical needs.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Rapt Therapeutics — RAPT Therapeutics is a clinical stage immunology-based biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral small molecule therapies for patients with significant unmet needs in oncology and inflammatory diseases. Utilizing its proprietary discovery and development engine, the company is developing highly selectivesmall molecules designed to modulate the critical immune responses underlying these diseases. In its first four years since inception, RAPT has discovered and advanced two unique drug candidates, each targeting C-C motif chemokine receptor 4. The company’s lead oncology drug candidate, FLX475, reached the clinic in just two and a half years with its lead inflammation drug candidate, RPT193, also in the clinic. The company is also pursuing a range of targets, including general control nonderepressible 2 and hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1, that are in the discovery stage of development.
Vicebio — Vicebio is committed to employing the Molecular Clamp Technology to create vaccines against next-generation respiratory viruses. Vicebio is a biopharmaceutical business that creates innovative vaccinations to prevent potentially fatal respiratory viral infections.
Ottimo Pharma — Ottimo Pharma is a private biotechnology company dedicated to enhancing cancer treatment outcomes and minimizing the overall healthcare burden.

We are dedicated to helping investors reach their investment goals. Get in touch with our team to explore abrdn's investment options.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series B, Series C, Series A
United States, Switzerland, France

Portfolio highlights

Invetx — Our team of R&D leaders from human biotech and animal health is building the premier biotechnology platform for protein-based therapeutics in animal health.
Oculis — The Oculis drug delivery platform consists of a novel technique to facilitate drug absorption to both anterior and posterior parts of the eye. The advantage is a drug delivery system where diseases of the posterior part of the eye can be treated with a simple topical application. The Oculis drug delivery platform allows diseases such as DME(diabetic macular edema) at the posterior part of the eye to be treated with a non-invasive topical application. Furthermore, the technique has been demonstrated to allow diseases at the anterior part of the eye to be treated with a reduced number of topical applications compared to conventional eye-drops.
Amolyt Pharma — We are building on our team's established expertise in therapeutic peptides to deliver life-changing treatments to patients suffering from rare endocrine and metabolic diseases.

Covidien plc engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of healthcare products for use in clinical and home settings. Segments The company operates its businesses through four segments: Medical Devices includes the development, manufacture and sale of endomechanical instruments, soft tissue repair products, energy devices, oximetry andmonitoring products, airway and ventilation products, vascular devices, SharpSafety products, clinical care products and other medical device products; Imaging Solutions includes the development, manufacture and marketing of radiopharmaceuticals and contrast products; Pharmaceutical Products includes the development, manufacture and distribution of dosage pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients; and Medical Supplies includes the development, manufacture and sale of nursing care products, medical surgical products and original equipment manufacturer products (OEM). The Medical Device segment develops, manufactures and sells an array of products which the company categorizes in the following product groups: - Endomechanical Instrumentsâ includes its laparoscopic instruments and surgical staplers. - Soft Tissue Repair Productsâ includes its sutures, mesh and biosurgery products. - Energy Devicesâ includes its vessel sealing, electrosurgical and ablation products and related capital equipment. Oximetry and Monitoring Productsâ includes its sensors, monitors and temperature management products. Airway and Ventilation Productsâ€”includes its airway, ventilator, breathing systems, sleep and inhalation therapy products. Vascular Devicesâ ”includes its compression and vascular therapy products. SharpSafety Productsâ includes its needles, syringes and sharps disposable products. Clinical Care Productsâ includes its urology, enteral feeding and other advanced woundcare products.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Science/Engineering
Series A
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

FIRE1 — FIRE1 and is based in Dublin, Ireland, will focus on developing novel therapeutic devices.

Cambridge Innovation Capital backs life sciences and technology companies with an affiliation to Cambridge, Europe’s capital for innovation. As a preferred investor for the University of Cambridge, they have unparalleled access to investment opportunities in the ecosystem.Since our inception in 2013, they have raised £275 million to invest indisruptive, deep-tech businesses in sectors including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, quantum technologies, autonomous systems, therapeutics, medtech/diagnostics, digital health, and genomics/proteomics.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series A, Series B, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Riverlane — Riverlane's mission is to make quantum computing useful far sooner than previously imaginable, starting an era of human progress as significant as the industrial and digital revolutions.
T-Therapeutics — T-Therapeutics is a expertise in mouse genome engineering, deep expertise in biopharmaceutical drug development, single cell genomics, machine-learning and structural biology, anchored in a culture of creativity and collaboration. .
Complement Therapeutics — Turning powerful new Complement System insights into innovative treatments Developing the next generation of complement medicines [chevron-down] Turning powerful new Complement System insights into innovative treatments Developing the next generation of complement medicines [chevron-down] Geographic atrophy (late dry age-related macular degeneration) is a chronic eye condition that affects millions - and for which there is

VisVires New Protein is a pioneering investor focused on solving the persistent challenges of our food and feed system.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
France, Israel, Germany

Portfolio highlights

MiAlgae — MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company that aims to revolutionize the £340 billion global livestock feed industry by producing microalgal products – through the remediation of wastewater – as nutrient supplements for fishmeal in livestock feeds. Their microalgal products are high in omegas and proteins, both of which are required forthe production of many livestock feeds, especially in the aquaculture sector.Their production methodology uses circular economy to reduce the operating costs involved in the production of microalgae and as such allows them to compete with other supplements currently on the market.
Infinite Roots — Mushlabs is a biotech company using fermentation to create the next generation of sustainable foods from the roots of mushrooms.
Abolis Biotechnologies — Abolis is a biotech innovator providing sustainable, tailor-made solutions for food, health, cosmetics, and chemicals industries. Embrace biotechnology for a better future.

Medtech Syndicate Nominee

Investment focus

Medical, Health Care, Medical Device
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Kite Medical — Kite medical has developed a novel device for detecting Kidney Reflux in children with Urinary Tract Infections. The non-invasive diagnostic solution for kidney reflux removes the need for complicated procedures and a hospital visit. Kidney reflux is the most common urological disorder in childhood, affecting up to three per cent of young children.It is most prevalent from six months to five years of age. The condition may resolve as the child gets older, but left undiagnosed and untreated it can lead to permanent kidney damage and ultimately to kidney failure.
Signum Surgical — Founded in 2014 by Eoin Bambury and Moshe Zilversmit, Signum Surgical is a medtech platform striving to develop technology that could cure perianal fistula. Bambury and Zilversmit, who met on the BioInnovate Ireland programme at NUI Galway, recognised a lack of innovation surrounding the treatment of perianal fistulas (small tunnels that developbetween the end of the bowel and the skin near the anus). The device developed by Signum Surgical is implanted post-surgery to prevent reinfection and to allow a faster healing process.

EQT life science develops innovative medicines, devices, and tools to address the single important thing that matters to the preservation of health. The organization believes that such opportunities add value to all stakeholders.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, The Netherlands, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

VarmX — VarmX is a pharmaceutical spin-off from the Leiden University Medical Center. The mission of VarmX is to develop and manufacture therapeutic proteins to instantaneously restore blood clotting in bleeding patients. The lead product in the pipeline of VarmX is PseudoXa. PseudoXa is a modified recombinant human coagulation factor X which is capable ofimmediately restoring blood clotting in the presence of direct factor Xa anticoagulants (DOACS) such as rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban.These factor Xa coagulants are taken by millions of patients world-wide for the prevention and treatment of thrombosis and stroke, but as a side effect severe bleeding often occurs. PseudoXa is capable of stopping and preventing such bleedings thus making the usage of DOACS much safer.
Xeltis — Xeltis is pioneering a restorative approach in cardiovascular therapy.
Evommune — Evommune is taking a tissue-based approach to advance insights and accelerate the development of transformative medicines in inflammatory diseases.

Feeding the world one investment at a time

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Agriculture, Farming
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
United States, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Rantizo — Fly more acres, deliver better service. The equipment, tools, and expertise you need to be the grower's first call for drone spray services.
Vytelle — With Vytelle, cattle producers increase accuracy of feed intake and bodyweight measurement, improve certainty of genetic selection and accelerate progress.
Niqo Robotics — TartanSense unlocks value for the farming community by working at the intersection of robotics and AI assisted computer vision. Their solutions provides a compelling solution to reduce input costs by up to 90%.

Moffett Investment Holdings is an investment firm

Investment focus

Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Neuromod Devices — Neuromod is a medical device company formed to advance the science of bi-modal neuromodulation.We are committed to delivering treatments that significantly reduce the suffering of underserved patient populations who live with chronic and debilitating conditions globally. Our goal is to design products that empower patients to take control oftheir own treatment, delivering targeted therapies that integrate seamlessly into a modern lifestyle.Neuromod has developed and patented a bi-modal neuromodulation technology that it is evaluating for neurological disorders including chronic tinnitus, a condition affecting 10% of the adult population and commonly known as 'ringing in the ears'.

Inventages Venture Capital Investment Inc is an investment arm of Nestle SA specializing in PIPES, seed, early, mid, and late venture investments. The firm seeks to invest in middle market and mature companies. It provides mezzanine and bridge financing. The firm seeks to invest in health care, life sciences, cosmeceuticals, pharmaceuticals,enabling technologies and services, and diagnostic and medical devices. Within the pharmaceutical sector, it typically invests in small molecules, proteins, antibodies, vaccines, phytopharmaceuticals, natural compounds, botanicals, antibiotics, and therapeutics. Within the diagnostic sector, it focuses on genetic materials, biomarkers, pathological markers, genetic profiles, protein profiles, pharmacogenomics, food and environmental safety, genetically modified organism detection and trading, medical monitoring, diagnostic and analytical tools, and quality control. Within enabling technologies and services it primarily invests in novel packaging, process and production technologies, supply chain management, innovative materials and resources, delivery systems for active compounds, encapsulation and prevention, food services, extraction and fractionation of biological materials, consumer relation management, green biotechnology, smell and taste modifying technologies, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, screen and characterization technologies, chemical and biological engineering, and innovative preventive and therapeutic concepts. It also invests in companies involved in the prevention of medical foods, nutraceuticals, cosmoceuticals, nutrition, innovative food, functional food, dietary and food supplements, oral and skin care, immune modulation and stimulation, and health and disease management.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Accera — Accera is a biotechnology company that engages in the discovery and development of therapeutic drugs for neurodegenerative diseases. It offers Ketasyn, a molecule for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and age-associated memory impairment. It was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.
XOLUTION — XOLUTION is the most advanced reclosable beverage container solution. Already in its prototype state, the new XO resealable can won the Can of the Year Award in Dubai in 2009 (Winner Silver - Category Prototype) and was enhanced and refined since, involving extensive market research and field testing. With the can now entering the consumer beveragemarket, they are confident that the product resembles a step forward for XOLUTION in becoming the market leader in this field. XOLUTION GmbH is headquartered in Munich, Germany. In 2008, Marc von Rettberg was named Chief Executive of the company. He joined Christian Bratsch, Vice President R&D, to introduce innovative designs to the beverage packaging industry for reclosable beverage cans.Rettberg and Bratsch established new product design guidelines with a clear focus on values and benefits for the entire supply chain. The innovative beverage can ends were required to offer easy usage to the consumer (intuitive, easy to open and reseal), easy integration for the beverage filler in the existing processes (no major adjustments to the filling line), easy handling for the can maker (XO reclosable can ends based on standard shells), and improved commercialization for the beverage brand (unique branding options). And, of course, the focus was set on providing these benefits at a reasonable overall cost.In 2009, Can Maker Magazine recognized the XOLUTION innovative resealable can with the Silver Award in the Prototype category for the XO-400 reclosable beverage can lid. Since Time-to-Market is a key challenge for all innovators, Rettberg and Bratsch have created a competitive advantage of rapid prototyping and testing capabilities in their Salzburg R&D Center. XOLUTION GmbH is managed by one of the most competent teams in the business. With long-term experiences in their respective fields, their leading specialists guarantee the best coverage of all business areas from prototyping, R&D and product management to trading and distribution. With their knowledge, the XO Resealable Can was successfully converted from a simple vision to a technologically sophisticated product that will have a significant influence on the canned beverage market.
Ripple Foods — Ripple Foods offers a nutritious & delicious milk alternative that is 100% dairy-free, vegan, nut-, lactose- & gluten-free. Discover more about Ripple milk!

Street Capital Financial Corporation is a Canadian wholesale lending company. As a wholesale lender, Street Capital doesnâ€™t have an expensive branch network and as such can pass those savings to the consumer. Street Capital prides itself on offering consumers competitive products and interest rates with an exceptional level of service.Havingapproved lender status with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Street Capital is able to offer a broad spectrum of residential mortgage financing products to the consumer. Also, since weâ€™re primarily focused on the mortgage broker origination channel, youâ€™re assured that your mortgage will fit your needs comfortably.By continually working to develop innovative lending solutions and working in partnership with your local mortgage brokers, Street Capital is proud to help more Canadians realize their dreams of home ownership and enhancement.

Investment focus

Medical, Automotive, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round
Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Biosensia — Biosensia is a Point-of-Care in-vitro diagnostics company that has a novel point-of-care platform, RapiPlex, available for licensing. RapiPlex combines highly innovative technologies to produce a practical, rapid, multiplexing POC in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) platform, enabling access to a broad range of diagnostic applications. Its componentchip and cartridge system are compatible with a variety of common biological sample types, including whole blood, serum, saliva, urine and nasal/genital swabs.
Drive Time Metrics — Drive Time Metrics is developing innovative new revenue streams from connected car data, and helping automotive OEMs monetize their connected vehicle platforms.

NCB Ventures invests across all development stages and is a venture capital company based in Dublin, Ireland.

Investment focus

Apps, Sports, Internet
Series A, Funding Round
Japan, Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

WOTA — Human history is the history of our relationship with water. Water gave rise to our civilizations. Water has nourished people's livelihoods. This means that humans need water supplies, such as rivers and lakes, to survive. At WOTA, we desire to remove every limitation we have in relation to water. By integrating small water systems into the“big water infrastructure” of the past, we can achieve a more creative and sustainable way of life. That is our belief. In cities and deserts, remote islands, and outer space. We imagine a future where water is freely available to all people. Our work will always continue.
Gridstore — Gridstore™ is the leader in HyperConverged All-Flash Infrastructure for the Microsoft Cloud-Inspired Data Center. Our customers gain a 10X performance improvement over traditional storage as we put all-flash as close to the workload as possible. They realize 4X lower TCO by consolidation of three layers of infrastructure into one scalable layerbuilt on X86 hardware and 10X less management effort due to less management points and less infrastructure to manage. Gridstore's HyperConverged Appliances include both compute and storage in a single system, and provide external storage and work with any Windows servers and the HyperConverged Appliance, all driven by Gridstore's patented software. Gridstore software architecture delivers native Windows integration, per-VM I/O control, and elastic and independent scaling of resources. Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. and its products and services are available through a global network of value-added resellers.
Authentic Japan — Authentic Japan manufactures a transmitter known as Coco Heli to realize the early detection of the missing person.In the summer of 2016, “Koko Heli” was born supported by various companies, groups, and individuals. , Kokoheli is becoming the "new idea" of safety climbing. In the future, the company aims to expand the service area fromthe mountain to the sea and to become a "JAF" in outdoor activities.

John Purdy

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Medical
Seed, Funding Round
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

dimply — The experience & engagement platform for financial enterprises.
Beyondbmi — Beyondbmi is an expert led medical approach to weight loss. We provide a convenient and scientific telehealth program designed to help your reach your health goals.
FlowForma — Unlock competitive advantage with FlowForma, the #1 no code digital process automation software & business process management tool. Get a free trial now!

Ireland’s first & only Equity Crowdfunding platform. Our mission is to provide private investors with access to new and exciting investment opportunities that previously would only have been available to Venture Capital and Private Equity funds.

Investment focus

CRM, Software, Transportation
Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Ovagen — Ovagen is a biotechnology company that has developed the process of producing germ free (GF) chicken eggs and GF birds in commercial quantities for use primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. Ovagen can also provide a Contract Research Service and has extensive expertise in SPF poultry & rodent housing & husbandry, in specific poultry& rodent research technologies to GMP standards and in avian transgenics.
ClarityCX1 — ClarityCX1 develops tailored CRM solutions built on the Salesforce Lightning platform.
Moby Bikes — MOBY Bikes. e-bike rentals: Dublin, London, Amsterdam, Utrecht. Bike sharing, Delivery rider rental, corporate and hotel e-bike fleets

ETV is one of Europe's leading providers of debt financing solutions for venture capital backed technology and healthcare businesses. Founded in 1999, ETV has a long and successful track record of investing in technology or intellectual property based companies across Europe and Israel, diversified by industry and development stage. Theyseek to set their selves apart from other venture lenders by being supportive, flexible and responsive to the needs of their customers, and a testament to their approach is the number of serial entrepreneurs, business angels and senior management that have come back to ETV both through the lifecycle of a company’s growth and for their subsequent ventures.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Data and Analytics
Funding Round
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

123.TV — German television channel, 123TV organizes cross-media auctions (TV and internet) on consumer products, for a public of all generations. The auction is reversed in the sense that the price fixed in advance to steady decreases over time until the amounts passed.
Nallatech — Nallatech Ltd. provides FPGA computing solutions for defense and security market. It offers FPGA computing motherboards, FPGA computing modules, software and IP cores, and HPC products. The company offers its products through sales team in the United States and the United Kingdom. Nallatech Ltd. was formerly known as Nallatech Worldwide Limitedand changed its name in May 2008. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Glasgow, United Kingdom with regional offices in San Jose, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Boston. As of May 2, 2008, Nallatech Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Interconnect Systems, Inc.
Stokes Bio — Stokes Bio develops and distributes microfluidic technology to its clients. It was founded in 2005 and is based in Ireland. It was acquired by Life Technologies in 2010.

Kreos Capital is Europe's largest and leading provider of growth debt to high-growth companies with revenues up to €150 million. Since 1998, as the pioneer growth debt provider across the UK, Western Europe, Scandinavia and Israel: Kreos has completed nearly 450 transactions and committed €1.8 billion in 14 different countries. Kreos has aproven track record of adding value to portfolio companies and helping them to grow with additional capital and flexibility throughout their business cycle whilst working closely with both the portfolio company management team and their equity sponsors.The Kreos global team has extensive debt financing, management and equity investing experience, covering the pan-European market from its locations in London, Tel Aviv and Stockholm.Kreos is a value added partner, able to offer additional capital and more flexibility with lower equity dilution. Kreos's international team has extensive entrepreneurial, debt financing and equity investing experience, covering all local European markets from its locations in London, Tel Aviv and Stockholm.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Debt Financing, Series B, Post-IPO Debt
United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Abivax — Abivax recently presented impressive 9-month interim extension data from studies of ABX464 in ulcerative colitis during an oral presentation at DDW 2019, demonstrating a continued duration of beneficial effect in patients after 11-months of treatment. View the conference presentation, here:
BiolineRx — BioLineRx is building a best-in-class pipeline designed to deliver meaningful therapeutic benefit to patients with certain cancers and rare diseases.
Crescendo Biologics — Crescendo Biologics is a new Cambridge-based company whose vision is to deliver next-generation antibody therapeutics based on novel class-leading platforms.The focus of the company is on developing platforms that will address key issues in generating high-affinity, soluble, human VH antibody fragments. These are the smallest fragments thatretain antibody binding, and have many desirable properties as potential therapeutics. Crescendo will then utilise these platforms for product development of in-house targets or in partnership with other companies.

EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. (“EBC”) is a registered broker-dealer1 and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., Municipal Securities Rule Making Board, and Securities Insurance Protection Corporation2. EBC is a boutique investment bank that has developed an expertise in working with smaller capitalizationcompanies, special situation investments and Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs:tm:), a new concept they pioneered and developed that involves publicly-traded, industry-specific acquisition funds.

Investment focus

Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Perfuze — Perfuze was founded in 2018 by Wayne Allen and Liam Mullins. Perfuze is located within Galway City in the West of Ireland. The founders have over 30 years combined medtech experience within start-up and large corporations.Perfuze is developing innovative medical technology to treat acute ischemic stroke.Perfuze is developing innovative cathetertechnology to treat acute ischemic stroke. Their technology is intended to provide superior clinical outcomes in shorter procedural times; resulting in safe, cost-effective therapy. Perfuze was founded in 2018 by Wayne Allen and Liam Mullins. The founders have over 30 years combined medtech experience within start-up and large corporations. Perfuze is currently located in the Business Innovation Centre on the campus of the National University of Ireland, Galway, and is in the process of relocating to the IDA Business Park in Dangan, Galway.