Top 10 CleanTech Startup Investors in Ireland (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Enterprise Ireland
VC Fund
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2 | Ireland, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $399k–$12M |
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Lacerta Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Ireland | Series A | CleanTech, Industrial, Environmental Engineering | $34M–$34M |
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NDRC
VC Fund
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2 | Ireland, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | |
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Maurice O’ Gorman
Angel
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1 | Ireland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Energy, CleanTech, Clean Energy | |
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Kernel Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Ireland, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $531k–$12M |
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McWin Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Ireland, France | Series B, Series C, Series D | Biotechnology, AgTech, Farming | $42M–$175M |
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Justin Cullen
Angel
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1 | Ireland | Seed | B2C, CleanTech, Media and Entertainment | |
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Mercuria
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Japan | Debt Financing, Series A, Series B | Energy, Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas | $13M–$700M |
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Climate-KIC
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, Italy, Switzerland | Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed | CleanTech, GreenTech, Sustainability | $13–$1.8M |
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Keiretsu Forum Northwest
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Spain, Canada | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Software, Biotechnology | $209k–$8M |
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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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 870
- Round size: Seed $399k–$3.2M; Series A $2.2M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.2M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Foodcloud — We connect businesses that have surplus food with Charities and Community Groups that need it.
- Entity — Entity's purpose is shape the future of web gaming by leveraging emerging technologies and maximizing the browser's capabilities. Our next-generation gaming hub, scheduled to arrive in 2027, will be a global place for players to discover, connect, and play together.
- Adama Innovations — Sharp Conductive Single Crystal Diamond AFM Probes
Lacerta Partners is a family office-backed multi-strategy fund.
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- Industry: CleanTech, Industrial, Environmental Engineering
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Series A $34M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Exergyn — Exergyn is a pioneer in the commercial scale application of shape memory alloys. We develop game-changing product applications
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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 110
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Nory AI — Revolutionise your restaurant with Nory's restaurant management software. Streamline operations, boost profits, and enhance decision-making in one platform.
- Dataships — Dataships uses top level data privacy software to help your brand, no matter your location.
- Ceartas DMCA — Ceartas is the leader in piracy protection for creators, brands & enterprise. Powered by AI, we have the highest removal rate in the industry
Maurice O’ Gorman
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- Industry: Energy, CleanTech, Clean Energy
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fincovi — Powering Every Connection Purpose-built autonomous drones perform at record-setting inspection speed to minimize downtime while capturing the
- Luna Connect — Luna Connect provides easy online loan applications for alternative lenders. We replace expensive, manual, underwriting processes with automated data driven algorithms using alternative data and machine intelligence.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Ireland, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 96
- Round size: Seed $531k–$2M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.1M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $40M in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- Cirdan — Cirdan provides highly reliable, innovative LIS & imaging solutions for the acceleration & enhancement of diagnosis, optimized for pathology & clinical lab.
- preico — Preico Network empowers Web2 and Web3 developers to create, own, and monetize crypto-native AI models on a decentralized platform
- 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.
McWin is a private investment firm that focuses on Food Tech, Life Science, Clean Tech, Mobility Space Tech, Digitalization, and Fintech.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, AgTech, Farming
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series D
- Geography: United States, Ireland, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Series B $67M–$150M; Series C $42M–$175M; Series D $55M–$106M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $509M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Nuritas — Nuritas is revolutionising the discovery of novel, natural and scientifically proven active ingredients that can manage and improve human health. The company’s disruptive computational approach to discovery uses artificial intelligence and genomics to, for the first time ever, rapidly and efficiently predict and then provide access to the mosthealth-benefiting components hidden within food, called bioactive peptides.
- Ecorobotix — ecoRobotix contributes to an agriculture that respects the environment, focusing on soil and hydrological resources conservation and using a minimum amount of energy. ecoRobotix aims to offer precise, safe, reliable and affordable robotic solutions that simplify farmers’ life to produce healthy food. In particular, its revolutionary solar-poweredweeding robot offers a more sustainable use of herbicides while reducing farmers costs.
- The EVERY Company — The EVERY Company, Formerly Clara Foods making Protein | Vegan Egg Protein Ingredients.
Investment focus
- Industry: B2C, CleanTech, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Junk Kouture — Junk Kouture is an integrated media and entertainment company combining fashion with sustainability.
A world leading independent energy and commodity group
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- Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Series A $13M–$34M; Series B $30M–$150M; Debt Financing $106M–$700M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- El Espino — El Espino is owned by a joint venture between Pucobre (76.3%) and Resource Capital Funds (23.7%). The project involves the construction of a mid-sized open-pit copper-gold mine operation and associated facilities.
- Geotechmin — Civil construction and mining engineering company in Bulgaria.
- Element Critical — We are a leading U.S. data center service provider with strategic locations in Houston, Austin and Chicago, catering to diverse business and tech demands.
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.
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- Industry: CleanTech, GreenTech, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, Italy, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $259k–$1.8M; Grant $13–$99k; Pre-Seed $55k–$373k
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Afterwind — Afterwind® exists to preserve natural resources for future generations by recycling glass fibre assets into circular advanced materials with full traceability.We help asset owners and industrial manufacturers in Advanced Materials, Renewable Energy, and Construction recover and reuse end-of-life and byproduct materials without compromising theiroriginal properties, including glass and carbon fibres, PET and PVC foams, and resin powders.Team Afterwind is expanding across Europe, working on- or near-site to help our clients cut costs, CO2, and risks, while supplying stable, high-quality, circular advanced materials that deliver on EU Taxonomy and green targets.
- RECYCLLUX — RECYCLLUX is making use of the collected satellite Earth Observation data and applies machine-learning algorithms to identify the marine plastic litter problem spots, where actions need to be taken.
- GreenPow — GreenPow is The Adaptive Computing Platform. MAIZX, our continuously-deciding control plane, routes workloads across regions based on energy, carbon, cost, performance, and compliance signals - so infrastructure thinks, not just runs.
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.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Spain, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 120
- Round size: Seed $209k–$3M; Series A $500k–$8M; Venture - Series Unknown $650k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
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. Vartega develops alternative technology, processes, and equipment to provide low-cost carbon fiber for use in mass-market applications.Vartega's patented carbon fiber recycling process scales rapidly to fill a gap in thecomposites supply chain. The company’s carbon fiber is available in semi-continuous, chopped, and milled forms. It is ideally suited for use in thermoplastics, non-wovens, and molding compounds.
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