Top 10 CleanTech Startup Investors in Ireland

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 10 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Cleantech startups based in Ireland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Cleantech companies from Ireland. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 CleanTech Startup Investors in Ireland

Investor	CleanTech Ireland investments
NDRC	2
Mercuria	1
McWin Partners	1
Lacerta Partners	1
Keiretsu Forum Northwest	1
Climate-KIC	1
Enterprise Ireland	1
Kernel Capital	1
Maurice O’ Gorman	1
Western Development Commission	1

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NDRC builds high-impact new ventures. By providing the people, time, space and investment needed at the earliest stages of dedicated commercialisation work, NDRC is creating companies worthy of commercial investment and with the ability to scale. The NDRC team has the breadth of knowledge and expertise in technology and markets. NDRC worksside-by-side with researchers, entrepreneurs and venture teams to turn great ideas into successful new ventures.By the end of 2014, NDRC’s portfolio of startup ventures had secured a cumulative €88m in follow-on investment from commercial investors, with a combined market capitalisation of approx. €220m.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Hiiker — Find 1000s of the best backpacking and hiking adventures, with reviews, photos, and great places to stay.
Legitify — Legitify is an AI powered solution using audio-video authentication that allows customers to notarize documents online remotely from anywhere, without the hassle of visiting a notary public in person.
Dataships — Dataships uses top level data privacy software to help your brand, no matter your location.

A world leading independent energy and commodity group

Investment focus

Electronics, Manufacturing, Energy
Series A, Series C, Series B
United States, Japan, Malta

Portfolio highlights

Fervo Energy — Fervo Energy delivers 24/7 carbon-free energy through development of next-generation geothermal projects.
Lilac Solutions — Scaling lithium supply for the electric era
TechMet — TechMet Ltd backs world-class teams and makes direct investments into companies and assets across the value chain.

McWin is a private investment firm that focuses on Food Tech, Life Science, Clean Tech, Mobility Space Tech, Digitalization, and Fintech.

Investment focus

Robotics, Software, CleanTech
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, France, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Exergyn — Exergyn is a pioneer in the commercial scale application of shape memory alloys. We develop game-changing product applications
The EVERY Company — Clara Foods™ is the market leader in engineering, manufacturing and formulating animal-free, animal proteins as ingredients for the global food and beverage industry. Leveraging advanced fermentation to produce functional and nutritional proteins from microorganisms, the Company is reimagining the factory farm model that underpins industrial animalagriculture with a more sustainable, kinder and healthier alternative. Clara Foods is on a mission to decouple the world's most powerful proteins from the animals that make them.
Clever Carnivore — Clever Carnivore is a cell-cultured meat startup that uses stem cell biology, recombinant protein, and bioengineering to create cost-effective lab grown meats. With the company's high-efficiency model, cruelty-free, environmentally friendly, and cost-competitive technology it aims to produce sausage, burgers, and chicken nuggets.

Lacerta Partners is a family office-backed multi-strategy fund.

Investment focus

CleanTech, Industrial, Environmental Engineering
Series A
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Exergyn — Exergyn is a pioneer in the commercial scale application of shape memory alloys. We develop game-changing product applications

Keiretsu Forum is a community of private equity investors, business leaders and entrepreneurs with a network of over 50 global chapters and more than 2,500 investor members.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Spain, Canada

Portfolio highlights

iQure Pharma — iQure Pharma preclinical and clinical drug development
Levered Learning — Levered Learning is a classroom-tested and teacher-designed instructional system providing 3rd-5th grade mathematical learning. The company was founded in 2017 by Mitch Slater and is headquartered in Soquel, California, United States.
Vartega — Vartega is a technology development company specializing in the carbon fiber-reinforced plastic recycling process. We have developed alternative technology, processes, and equipment to provide low-cost carbon fiber for use in mass market applications.

EIT Climate-KIC is a European knowledge and innovation community, working to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy.Supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, we identify and support innovation that helps society mitigate and adapt to climate change. They believe that a decarbonised, sustainable economy is notonly necessary to prevent catastrophic climate change, but presents a wealth of opportunities for business and society.

Investment focus

Sustainability, CleanTech, Energy
Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

volvero — Drive the power of sharing with Volvero. Set up an account in minutes and start sharing vehicles with our community of users.
Everimpact — We help cities, businesses and industries measure, reduce, and monetise their GHG emissions (CO2 and methane). We measure GHG emissions accurately and in real time with satellite imagery, big data and sensors and certify the data.
WindCapture Technologies — We capture carbon from the air using the blades of wind turbines

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

Lative — Lative automates capacity planning, maximizing profitable sales growth & revenue efficiency for high-performance revenue teams.
Cytidel — Cytidel helps security teams reduce breaches, save time, and stay secure. Vulnerability Management and Cyber Risk Management, and Threat Intelligence Specialists
Positive Carbon — Positive Carbon provides an innovative solution for businesses to track, manage, and reduce food waste. With real-time analytics, CO2 calculation, and a comprehensive learning platform, we help you save costs and achieve sustainability goals. Request a demo today to start making a positive environmental impact.

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.