# Top 50 Climate Startup Investors in Ireland in June 2026

## Enterprise Ireland
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 19
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

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.

## Kernel Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

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.

## Enterprise Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dundalk, Louth, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

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

## Act Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Delta Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leopardstown, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Early stage VC investments and funding for start-ups / founders in Ireland.

## NDRC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

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.

## AIB Seed Capital Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical

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 €30m under managementwith AIB and Enterprise Ireland both committing €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 €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 €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 €250,000.

## Western Development Commission
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ballaghaderreen, Roscommon, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology

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

## SOSV
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Atlantic Bridge
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Growing Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Health Care

Growing Capital is an early-stage investment
firm specialized in supporting startups with their roots in Ireland.

## HBAN
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Medical Device

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. 

## SVG Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Gatos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Agriculture, Farming

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.

## Celtic House Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, Semiconductor, Manufacturing

Celtic House Venture Partners is an independent Canadian investment firm.Since 1994, Celtic House has been one of Canada’s most active investors in technology and innovation. Capitalizing on the deep domain expertise of its partners, Celtic House has consistently provided superior financial returns to its investors. Celtic House has collaboratedwith management teams and repeat entrepreneurs to develop technology companies from the inception phase through to exit, generating 25 initial public offerings and successful acquisitions.Celtic House has collaborated with management teams and repeat entrepreneurs to develop technology companies from the inception phase through to exit, generating 25 initial public offerings and successful acquisitions.From offices in Toronto and Ottawa, Celtic House manages in excess of $425 million across three funds. Celtic House is currently making new investments out of Celtic House Venture Partners Fund IV, which closed in 2012.

## Irrus Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology

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.

## The Yield Lab
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: Agriculture, Biotechnology, AgTech

The Yield Lab invests in AgriFood Tech companies with technologies focused on crops, animal health, digital agriculture, logistics, and food ingredients. Initial investments range from $100,000 – $1.5M.

## Barry Downes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Waterford, Waterford, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Barry Downes is an experienced technology investor, entrepreneur and technologist with extensive domain experience in Artificial Intelligence, Security Technologies and Immersive Technologies. Barry is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Sure Valley Ventures, which he founded in 2017. He is a software founder turned investor, having founded severaltechnology businesses throughout his career, including FeedHenry, a leader in mobile cloud technologies, which was sold to Red Hat/ IBM in 2014. Previously, Barry was CEO of the leading academic software research and futurist institute, the Walton Institute, which worked with many of the top Silicon Valley and European global software companies on advanced technology research and futurist projects. He is also an advisor to the European Commission’s European Innovation Council, which is focused on developing Europe’s next unicorns with an allocated budget of over €1 billion.Barry holds a BSc in Applied Computing from Waterford Institute of Technology, an MBA from Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin and executive qualifications from Henley Business School in the UK, Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkley, in Venture Capital. He is also a Certified Investment Fund Director (CIFD), awarded by the Institute of Banking (IOB) and is registered with the FCA.

## Maurice O’ Gorman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Energy, CleanTech, Clean Energy

Maurice O’ Gorman

## Focus Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Solar, Water

Focus Capital Partners
We are a highly committed outcome-focused group of professionals. We bring to each project a powerful combination of deep technical and financial expertise, extensive commercial experience, strong networks and an entrepreneurial attitude.  Learn More About Us  International Network

## Barclays Investment Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Barclays Investment Bank provides corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of strategic advisory, financing and risk management solutions.

## Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Photography, Solar

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 €17 million investment by Bank of Ireland, along with funding of €8 million from Enterprise Ireland and € 1million by the University of Limerick Foundation. It will be managed by 

## Aker Horizons
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Fornebu, Akershus, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Corporate Round
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Oil and Gas

Aker Horizons- a Leading planet-positive investment company

## Valentin de Torres-Solanot del Pino
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mining, Aerospace, Wind Energy

Valentin de Torres-Solanot del Pino

## Development Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Manufacturing, Telecommunications, VoIP

At Development Capital, they are aware of the significant growth opportunities available to mid-sized companies and understand the management teams’ unique requirement for not only finance, but also for a funding partner who will bring experience, expertise and international reach to assist secure and maximise the business growth opportunity.Development Capital provides investee companies with a unique and unprecedented partnership approach which will maximise the growth opportunity in the most prompt and efficient manner. In addition to their experienced Investment Directors, their partners include:High profile and experienced Industry Experts who will provide direction and support to investee companies; andMajor Irish Corporates who have committed not only funding but also their international experience.

## Capsa Vida
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Granda, Asturias, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Agriculture, Organic Food, Food and Beverage

Capsa Vida is a corporate venture capital firm of Alimentaria Peñasanta SA. It focuses on investments in innovative foodtech projects.

## 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.

## DeepIE Ventures Management Co.
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Agriculture, Machinery Manufacturing

DeepIE Ventures Management Co. operates as a venture capital firm.

## Apicap
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile

Apicap offers investment and co-investment solutions for managers, wealthy private clients and institutional investors.

## Climate-KIC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Sustainability, CleanTech, Energy

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.

## Volnay
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Renewable Energy

Volnay is an holding company of Dr. Eddie O’Connor’s.

## Business Growth Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies.

## AIB
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Convertible Note
- Focus: Men's, Energy, Wellness

AIB provides financial and banking services to individual, business and corporate customers.

## Zach
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Wind Energy, Renewable Energy

Mecelis

## Richard Wang
- Type: Angel
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, GovTech

Richard Wang - Partner @ DFJ DragonFund

## Jason Calacanis
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO.

## 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.

## Henry Bolger
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Water, Internet of Things, Water Purification

Henry Bolger

## NCB Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Sports, Internet

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

## Dolby Family Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

Investing in early-stage companies solving the biggest science and engineering challenges since 2014.

## Connecticut Innovations
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rocky Hill, Connecticut, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software

At Connecticut Innovations, we see venture capital the way you see your business. Like no one else. We invest in innovative biotech, IT, and other industries.

## Octopus Energy generation
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Finance

Transforming the world of renewable generation.

## Gokhan Guner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Advanced Materials, Artificial Intelligence

Venture Capital investor, Angel Investor,  Deep-tech startups, Technology commercialization, AI, Big Data/Analytics, IoT, Med-tech, Mobility, Electronics and Telecom.

## Consilience Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical

Consilience Ventures is an innovative, data-driven investment community built solely to encourage and stimulate rapid growth for early stage start-ups. It’s a new way of getting start-ups off the ground, more reliably, more profitably, and at a lower cost to both founders and investors.

## Astanor Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage

Astanor Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on entrepreneurs regenerating the food, blue ocean economy, and agriculture sector. The firm targeting technology-enabled companies across the agri-food value chain, leveraging disruptive technologies to bring about a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, trusted, and ultra-fresh. Itrings together capital, deep sector knowledge, and a strong network of entrepreneurs, impact investors, technologists, scientists, farmers, chefs, policymakers, and food lovers to give rise to a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, scalable, trusted, and delicious.

## Blue Parasol Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: GovTech, SaaS, FinTech

Blue Parasol Investments

## Tin Fu Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Other, Software, Financial

Tin Fu Fund

## McWin Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Praha, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C, Series D
- Focus: Biotechnology, AgTech, Farming

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

## Energy Capital Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Manama, Al Manamah, Bahrain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Wireless

Energy Capital Group (ECG) is an investment firm focused on generating long term profits for our investors by investing in the global energy sector. With our world-class team - and by leveraging our Middle East strategic shareholders - ECG is uniquely positioned to exploit our compelling investment opportunity.

## EdgeStone Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, Computer, SaaS

EdgeStone Partners is a private equity and venture capital arm of GMP Securities, specializing in direct investments and fund of funds investments. It seeks to make private equity, mezzanine, and venture capital investments in middle market, seed/startup, early venture, mid venture, late venture, industry consolidation, recapitalizations,roll-up strategy, management buy-in or buy-out, divestiture of non-core business and growth capital stages Within direct investments. EdgeStone Partners seeks to invest in venture capital funds and private equity funds within fund of fund investments. It specializes in investments in venture capital and buyout funds through its fund of funds. EdgeStone Partners manages and invests through its funds, Later Stage Equity (EdgeStone Capital Equity Fund); Mezzanine Debt; Energy Capital (EdgeStone Capital Energy Fund), and Venture Capital (EdgeStone Capital Venture Fund) funds. It prefers to invest in light manufacturing, business, and consumer and financial services. EdgeStone Partners seeks to invest in companies based in North America with a focus on Canada. It seeks to invest in Canada and focuses on primary investments, with a limited amount of capital allocated to secondary investments. It typically invests between $5 million and $15 million. EdgeStone Partners seeks to invest in companies with EBITDA range of $10- $50 million and Enterprise Value range of $50- $250 million. It seeks to invest in equity and equity related securities, and prefers majority ownership/control positions and active board involvement in its portfolio companies and targets an IRR of 20 percent to 25 percent per year. EdgeStone Partners exits an investment within a period of three to seven years. It preferred exit options include: sale to a strategic or financial buyer; share re-purchase by the company; initial or secondary public offering; and financial restructuring and targets an IRR of 40 percent. It prefers to invest between Cdn $25 million ($22.14 million) and Cdn $60 million ($53.15 million) and more through the Later Stage fund. EdgeStone Partners seeks to make subordinated debt, preferred share, and related equity investments in buyouts, going private transactions, growth capital financings, expansion capital, and acquisitions of middle market and later stage private and public companies through the Mezzanine Debt fund (EdgeStone Capital Mezzanine Fund). It seeks to invest in companies based in North America through the mezzanine fund. EdgeStone Partners typically invests between Cdn $10 million ($8.85 million) and Cdn $40 million ($35.43 million) in its portfolio companies and also considers higher investments. It seeks an IRR between 15 percent and 20 percent and exits its investment within a period of three to seven years. The fund also prefers to take a seat on the Board of Observers of its portfolio companies. Through its Energy Capital (EdgeStone Capital Energy Fund), the firm makes acquisition and organic growth investments in small and mid-sized public and private companies. The firm seeks to make equity and equity related investments in the exploration, production, and service sectors of the energy industry, oil and gas, and other energy-related sectors through the Energy Capital fund. EdgeStone Partners primarily invests in companies based in Western Canada. It prefers to invest $5 million to $10 million per transaction. EdgeStone Partners seeks to invest in common equity or equity-related securities, such as preferred shares or convertible debt. It seeks to exit its investments in three to five years; has an Observer attend at all the board meetings of portfolio companies. EdgeStone Partners seeks to invest in early and mid- stage technology companies through its Venture Capital fund (EdgeStone Capital Venture Fund). It seeks to invest in companies that sell technology solutions to the enterprise and where the intellectual property resides in the software. EdgeStone Partners typically invests between Cdn $3 million ($2.59 million) and Cdn $10 million ($8.65 million) in its portfolio companies. It typically holds its investments for three to five years, targets an IRR of 40%, and it also makes co-investments. EdgeStone Partners also seeks membership on the Board of Directors of its portfolio companies. It seeks to invest in the telecommunications and other high technology sectors. EdgeStone Partners began operation in February 1999. It has its headquarters in Toronto in Canada with additional offices in Montréal and Calgary in the same country.

## Peter Murphy
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Battery, Automotive, Wind Energy

Peter Murphy joined American Capital in January 2013.  Peter was President and CEO of Astrodyne Corporation, a power solutions company, from 2005 to 2013.  Prior to that, he was President and CEO of Parlex Corporation (PRLX:NASD) and President of Teledyne Electro-Mechanisms.  Peter was Chairman of the IPC, the world’s largest electronicsstandards organization, from 2002 to 2005.  Peter retired as a Captain in the United States Naval Reserves.Peter Murphy received his BS in Finance from Mt. St. Mary’s University.  He was designated an aviator by the USN Aviation Command and is a graduate of the Stanford University Engineering Executive Program.

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