# Top 30 Blockchain Startup Investors in Ireland in June 2026 ## SOSV - Type: VC Fund - Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software 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. ## Enterprise Ireland - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology 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. ## Shima Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming Shima Capital is an investment fund that focuses on supporting blockchain startups. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. ## North California Innovation District - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Blockchain Sacramento based Innovation incubator group ## Richard Wang - Type: Angel - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Information Technology, Web3 Richard Wang - Partner @ DFJ DragonFund ## Wave Digital Assets - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Wave Digital Assets offers early-stage investment, asset management, treasury management, and strategy consulting to further the growth of the crypto and digital asset ecosystem. ## Kistefos Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech Kistefos focus on investing between NOK 10m and NOK +100m in each company, aiming at obtaining a significant ownership stake. Kistefos is opportunistic with regards to sectors, company sizes, life-cycle stages and geographies. Kistefos’ investment strategy selectively seeks out a diverse range of proprietary transactions in companies of varioussizes, including build-ups, growth capital, rescue financings and buyouts.Kistefos is an active partner to the management teams and founders, providing considerable internal resources to ensure the long-term value creation through identification of the key value drivers. Furthermore, we operate under a flexible investment mandate, giving us the opportunity to optimally support our portfolio companies throughout our ownership period. ## BNP Paribas Private Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services BNP Paribas Private Equity brings together the third party private equity teams of BNP Paribas Investment Partners. As of September 2008, this activity has EUR 817 million of assets under management, spread out over five different types of vehicles: funds of funds and investment management mandates, innovation funds (FCPI), local investment funds(FIP ISF), unlisted small cap funds and feeder funds.The asset management activities are supported by:- A strategy and development arm dedicated to the creation of new activities both in and outside France using BNPP IP's global network.- A comprehensive fund administration service. ## Spark Digital Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Established in 2017, Spark Digital Capital is an NY based family office that invests in Blockchain-enabled companies. They firmly believe in a future where blockchain not only plays a significant role in the world but also creates unlimited efficiencies and opportunities to the society and people’s lives. With their teams' strong finance andtechnology background they aim to bring blockchain into prosperity. ## dlab - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Blockchain, Software, FinTech Early-stage venture capital and resources for startups exploring new frontiers in web3, decentralization, and blockchain technology. ## iAngels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services Invest in groundbreaking startups with iAngels. Discovercutting-edge technology and join a community of forward-thinking investors shapingthe future of entrepreneurship. ## Santander Bank - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Retail Santander Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Santander Bank, N.A. is a Member FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender. Santander, Santander Bank, the Flame Logo, Santander Select (And Design), Santander Universities (And Design), Santander Shareholders (And Design), Santander Rewards, Bravo, Sphere, Express Cash Pack, Flexlock, Extra 20 and A Bank For YourIdeas are registered trademarks, and Santander Select, Santander Cash Rewards, Santander Universities, Santander Shareholders, Santander Advance, Santander Passport, Passport, I (Heart) My Bank, I Love My Bank, and Real Change, are service marks, of Banco Santander, S.A. or its affiliates or subsidiaries in the United States or other countries. ## ING Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance ING Ventures is the venture capital arm of ING making minority investments in early stage companies that have a strategic relevance to ING. It targets disruptive technologies that have the potential to impact ING’s business and ensure customers and clients get access to best-in-class services. Based in Amsterdam but shadowing ING’s geographicfootprint of 41 countries, ING Ventures is a €300 million fund that not only drives innovation within ING, but also helps entrepreneurs with hands-on support, know-how, scaling expertise and access to our distribution network. ## CRiF - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Blockchain CRIF offers credit bureau services, business information, analytics and decisioning, consultancy to support finance, insurance, utility and service companies of the customer relationship cycle. ## Blue Parasol Investments - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: GovTech, SaaS, FinTech Blue Parasol Investments ## Tin Fu Fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, GovTech, Software Tin Fu Fund ## Bitrue - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Bitrue is the most secure and advanced online platform for buying, selling, transferring, and storing digital currency. ## SGInnovate - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software At SGInnovate, our mission is to help entrepreneurial scientists build Deep Tech startups to solve the world hardest problems. ## Matrixport - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech Matrixport is an all-in-one crypto financial services platform where users can earn, invest, trade, loan and buy crypto assets. Get started today! ## HSBC - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance HSBC, one of the largest banking and financial services institutions in the world, serves millions of customers through its three Global Businesses. ## UK Angels Group - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Blockchain Tech Investor Group of HNWI ## Jason Calacanis - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University. ## COTI - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Gibraltar - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: Blockchain, Web3, Gaming COTI is a blockchain protocol optimized for use by payment dApps, merchants, and stable coin issuers. The company offers the first-ever dispute resolution system to protect users from errors, fraud, and counterparty abuse. Its technology eliminates the need for hours or days to clear transactions, P2P payments, and remittances.COTI'splatform enables businesses to easily create advanced fintech solutions, saving time, data, and money. COTI Pay accepts all online and offline payment methods, including crypto and stable coins, credit cards, and even a merchant's native coin. It also has built-in financing in the form of interest on deposits and business loans. ## The Spartan Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software We advise, invest and build with the best entrepreneurs in Web3. ## Tech Mahindra - Type: VC Fund - Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series C, Corporate Round - Focus: Mobile, Big Data, Software We offer technology consulting and digital solutions to global enterprises across industries, enabling transformative scale at unparalleled speed. ## Animoca Brands - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cyberport, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models. ## cFund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services cFund is an early-stage sector agnostic venture firm in the Blockchain industry anchored by IOG and managed by Wave Digital Assets. ## Double Peak Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Double Peak Group is a family office focused on investments in the digital asset and blockchain space.As one of the first family offices based out of Asia focused on digital assets, we have been deeply entrenched in the crypto space since 2017. At Double Peak, we adopt a philosophy of value investing and making key investments with a long timehorizon in early funding rounds and secondary markets. The ultimate vision is to bridge cutting-edge decentralized technologies between China and International markets.Our team consists of talented people with institutional backgrounds. Namely, investment banking, private equity, venture capital and entrepreneurship.Double Peak have invested in a multitude of areas including: Asset Management, Banking & Payments, Cross-Chain Platforms, CeFi-DeFi Bridges, Infrastructure Protocols, Investment Funds, Gaming/GameFi, NFTs, Privacy/Security, The Metaverse, Trading and Exchanges. ## Blockasset Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, GovTech, Internet We leverage our years of experience in the digital asset space and our strong industry relationships to co-invest in a portfolio of leading digital assets. ## Rabo Frontier Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments RFV, a strategic investment fund of 60 million, is a subsidiary of Rabobank and is part of the broader innovation agenda, in which they support internal and external Fintech and Food and Agri ventures to scale their business. The firm was founded in 2017 and is based in Utrecht, The Netherlands.