Top 40 Community VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Ireland in November 2024
A list of 40 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Community startups based in Ireland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Community companies from Ireland. We update this investor list every month.Top 40 Community VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Ireland in November 2024
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Medical
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Ireland, United Kingdom, 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
- Zerve AI — Securely Unlock Gen AI & LLMs in Your Enterprise
- Retrograde — Talent agency of the future. Get early access now.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
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
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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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.
- Slick+ — Slick+ is a SaaS B2B Video-Based platform designed for enhance learning and collaboration in hybrid and remote working environment. By enabling teams to create, share, and discuss short, engaging knowledge videos, Slick+ fosters a culture of continuous learning and innovation. The platform makes it easy for employees to capture and preserveessential expertise, share best practices, and implement new ideas, all seamlessly integrated into their daily workflows. With a focus on bite-sized content, Slick+ empowers organizations to boost productivity, enhance team communication, and stay agile in a rapidly evolving work environment. Ideal for L&D and HR managers, Slick+ is the go-to solution for companies looking to optimize their onboarding, training, and knowledge-sharing processes in both hybrid and remote work setups.
- The Freebird Club — The social travel club for over 50s. Homestays, local events, travel advice and more.
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.
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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.
Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital fund that seeks to invest in the healthcare, semiconductors, software, hardware, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and gaming industries.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, Sweden, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- TrueLayer — We power faster and safer online payments with our open banking payments network. Onboard users, accept payments & make payouts in seconds. Learn more today.
- AirForestry — AirForestry thins forests in a completely new way, namely from the air. #Re-inventing Forestry
- Yonder — A modern lifestyle credit card packed with rewards, no foreign exchange fees, and loads more. Apply without needing a UK credit score.
Founded as an investment firm focusing on the most promising startups, we have evolved into a unique set of private market funds investing globally in equity and debt across complementary sectors and stages. We fuse traditional values with a contemporary approach and balance exacting processes with the agility to capture commercial opportunity andcompelling investment returns. Our continuous search for new opportunities has led us to create a balanced collection of complementary funds and relationships.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Financial Services
- Seed, Secondary Market, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- FullCircl — FullCircl is a Customer Lifecycle Intelligence (CLI) platform for customer-facing channels in B2B financial services. Better business, faster.
- Neuphonic — Neuphonic is developing the best ultra low latency text-to-speech system to enable the most lifelike and responsive discussions with AI conceivable. We are transforming AI engagement by rethinking what it means to have a voice. We're building a future in which interacting with AI feels natural and seamless, AI can act to make people'slives easier, and people will look at their phones less and communicate more.
- RevvedUp.ai — Effortlessly build engaging sales rooms that increase pipeline, accelerate deals and create a delightful buyer experience with our AI Sales Engine.
Frontline is the venture firm for globally ambitious B2B companies on both sides of the Atlantic. Frontline Seed speeds up ideas at inception across Europe. Frontline X is a growth-stage fund, for fast and frictionless US-Europe expansion.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Ireland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Melio — Pay and get paid for invoices quickly, simply, and without any of the usual costs. Increase cash-flow and reduce hassles with Melio Payments.
- Speckle — Teams around the world use Speckle for effective project delivery
- Deligo Vision Technologies — Simple and effective automation of checkout in contract catering.
We invest in entrepreneurs with the ambition to create world-class companies of scale.
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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
Redesdale Food Fund Invests in the Future of Food & Beverage by Providing Seed and Expansion Capital to Irish Entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- B2B, Internet, Snack Food
- Seed, Funding Round
- Ireland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Kwayga — Kwayga.com is the fastest sourcing engine for supermarket buyers to engage with perfectly matched suppliers of private label and trending food & drinks products across Europe. On Kwayga.com, supermarket buyers cut sourcing times, benchmark to improve margin and expand their market reach.
- Fiid — We create crave worthy vegan meals served in the most convenient way possible and delivered straight to your door. Vegan Ready Meals in 3 minutes. No Prep, no Mess, no Problems! 3 of your 5 a day I Made using ~50% vegetables I High in Protein I High in Fibre I No Additives or Preservatives I Gluten Free I Plant Based
- Thanks Plants — We are passionate about plant-based, vegan cooking, and wanted to come up with a product that was wholesome and flavourful. Once we started making my own meatless meats out of whole food ingredients, we never looked back
Executive Agency for SMEs
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Grant, Seed, Funding Round
- Spain, United Kingdom, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- AGADE — Esoscheletri Agade | Il primo esoscheletro intelligente per lavoratori progettato per ridurre il rischio di disturbi muscolari delle spalle nella movimentazione manuale dei carichi.
- BroadBit Batteries — BroadBit is a technology company developing revolutionary new batteries using novel sodium-based chemistries to power the future green economy.
- Aenitis Technologies — We develop innovative devices for cells therapy processing using Acoustic Radiation Forces.
Pulsar Venture Capital, a business acceleration program, offers financing and mentorship to clean tech, robotics, and electronics startups.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Russian Federation, United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Oyl — Oyl is a Bitcoin wallet designed to enable seamless trading of Ordinals, BRC-20 & Runes all within the wallet.
- Q Platform — Q Platform is a First globally connected fintech- multi-banking platform in Russia and CIS.Its platform for banks provides access to the whole ecosystem of fintech solutions available on the market with detailed analysis; allowing quick integration and management. The platform for Fintechs allows to enter new markets and works with new audiencesin different countries using interbank distribution model.The company was founded in 2017 and based in Moscow, Russia
- Beauty Tech — Beauty Tech is an application with a variety of consumer DNA tests, as well as personalized cosmetics, dietary supplements and nutrition kit
Norwest Venture Partners is a global venture and growth equity investment firm with over $15.5 billion in capital. Learn more about how Norwest helps CEOs and founders scale their businesses.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Series B, Series C, Series A
- United States, India, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Connect The Dots — Connect The Dots is a network intelligence platform that uses AI to map and manage career-long professional relationships. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
- Vridhi Home Finance — Vridhi Home Finance, is a Housing Finance Company (HFC) offers various affordable home loans at best interest rates for every individual.
- Third Wave Automation — Third Wave Automation brings people and autonomous systems together to improve throughput, efficiency, and safety beyond what people or automation could achieve alone.
Nestlé manufactures and sells food and beverage for several countries. It has generated more than CHF 90 billion in annual revenue. Its diverse product portfolio includes brands such as Nestlé, Nescafé, Perrier, Pure Life, and Purina. Nestlé also owns just over 23% of French cosmetics firm L'Oréal. It has a vast portfolio of global products,with 34 brands each achieving more than CHF 1 billion in sales annually and a geographic presence that spans 189 countries.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Health Care, Therapeutics
- Funding Round, Private Equity, Grant
- United States, United Kingdom, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Wonder — Introducing a new kind of home dining experience. Currently available in areas of New Jersey.
- GuateValley — GuateValley interconnects local guides with travelers to live experiences in little-known destinations.
- Sundial Foods — Sundial Foods utilizes a macro and microstructural engineering approach to create plant-based meat alternatives for conscious consumers.The company is passionate about making the affordable, accessible, and nutritional value of plant-based meats, made from ingredients that customers know and created using simple processes.It is headquartered inBerkeley, California in 2019.
QVentures sources, screens, and invests in top-tier start-ups from Seed to Series B. Our investors consist of Family Offices, Institutional Investors, UHNWIs, and Cashed-out Entrepreneurs. We look for disruptive companies with a proven product-market fit, set to scale from Seed to Series B. We focus on Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Tech,FinTech, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech and HealthTech and more. We look for quality management teams, large addressable markets, proven traction, sustainable business models, route to scale and quality investors.To apply for investment, please fill out this short form to be reviewed: https://qventures.typeform.com/to/zZPOWf
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- sqcdp — We work with manufacturing clients to make paper systems redundant, introducing smart, efficient systems to capture production data through your teams.
- PORTAIRE — Bring your team together and simplify your work from product discovery to procurement.
- Renewabl — Renewabl is the platform that allows companies to meet their decarbonisation targets quickly and efficiently by matching renewable energy certificates directly from hydro, wind and solar on a 24/7-hour basis.
Veddis is an investment advisory firm that seeks to create value through sourcing tailored investment decisions that meet the right criteria of asset class, risk profile, and geography. They currently manage a portfolio of carefully selected companies which specialise in technology, health & wellbeing and retail. Their sophisticated planningprocess provides their clients access to global investment vehicles free from bias, and has culminated in a longstanding record of superior returns. As a truly independent company, every decision they make is solely with the investors’ interests in mind.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Software, Consumer Electronics
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Hadean — Our spatial computing and AI-powered technology empowers leaders to simulate the unthinkable, grasp the competitive edge, and create without limits.
- Student.com — Book student housing with Student.com, the world's largest marketplace for international student housing. Find your perfect home in over 400 cities worldwide.
- Excite Foundry — Get the fastest deal for your Amazon brand from a brand aggregator founded by experienced Amazon entrepreneurs like you.
Foreword Ventures is an early-stage micro fund backing startups throughout their initial chapters. Foreword commits to adding value far beyond the small checks they write by devoting time, reputation, and capital to clients' success. Foreword typically invests in the pre-seed and seed stages, but can also invest in Series A and beyond whenthere is an existing relationship with the founder or co-investor.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- Desia — Desia provides advanced AI applications for productivity, automation, and analytics for financial services.
- Delphi — Delphi is digital cloning that scales time, monetizes knowledge, and interacts audience at scale.
- Lumen Orbit — Lumen Orbit provides in-orbit cloud computing and data relay for satellites.
Backing great companies when they're tiny
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- GlassFlow — GlassFlow is a serverless and production-ready setup that empowers everyone in your data team to build and transform event-based pipelines in minutes.
- Neuphonic — Neuphonic is developing the best ultra low latency text-to-speech system to enable the most lifelike and responsive discussions with AI conceivable. We are transforming AI engagement by rethinking what it means to have a voice. We're building a future in which interacting with AI feels natural and seamless, AI can act to make people'slives easier, and people will look at their phones less and communicate more.
- Round Treasury — Put your startup cash on autopilot. Maximise your runway with smart deposits and withdrawals from your account, safeguarded and administered by regulated brokers.
Backing great companies when they're tiny
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- GlassFlow — GlassFlow is a serverless and production-ready setup that empowers everyone in your data team to build and transform event-based pipelines in minutes.
- Neuphonic — Neuphonic is developing the best ultra low latency text-to-speech system to enable the most lifelike and responsive discussions with AI conceivable. We are transforming AI engagement by rethinking what it means to have a voice. We're building a future in which interacting with AI feels natural and seamless, AI can act to make people'slives easier, and people will look at their phones less and communicate more.
- Round Treasury — Put your startup cash on autopilot. Maximise your runway with smart deposits and withdrawals from your account, safeguarded and administered by regulated brokers.
Nomad Capital Partners is a provider of growth capital to seed and early stage startup enterprises. We are focused on working with innovative entrepreneurs and companies that have the potential to create moats in technology, product and branding. We understand the challenges of growing companies and
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Investment focus
- Apps, Software, EdTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- United States, Ireland, France
Portfolio highlights
- MyShell — The first AI consumer layer - build, share, and own AI Apps.
- BOND — Get closer to the people and products behind your screen than ever before. Step inside creator wardrobes. Shop their edits. Swipe their curations. Be inspired. We're bringing you a new way to discover.
- dappOS — dappOS a project aimed at developing an operating protocol to lower the barriers to entry for Web3 apps by developing solutions that increase their usability and accessibility.
The Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund is a €500 million fund established under Project Ireland 2040 and is run by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation with administrative support from Enterprise Ireland.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Therapeutics, Artificial Intelligence
- Grant, Series A, Funding Round
- Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Overcast HQ — Overcast is a leading cloud video management solution that simplifies video management, compliance and collaboration for all, securely. Effortlessly organise assets with quick searches, AI tagging, and categorization, ensuring swift access and utilisation across images, videos, documents, and more.
- Soapbox Labs — Award-winning speech recognition tech that actually understands kids. Privacy-first. High accuracy. All ages and accents. Try our API for free.
- Amara Therapeutics — Amara Therapeutics is passionate about empowering women and men to take control of their pelvic health. Amara Therapeutics use evidence based medicine and behavioural interventions supported by Amara Therapeutics platform of technologies to provide safe, convenient and non-invasive care pathways. At Amara Therapeutics mission is to fix the carepathway for pelvic health patients, connecting healthcare providers, patients and peers through our platform.
BIC Angels is an investment firm that provides venture capital for startups engaged in the internet sector. It is primarily focused on companies engaged in SaaS, location-based services, and mobile applications. The Company's early-stage investment ranges from $25,000 to $1,000,000. BIC Angels is based in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Investment focus
- Internet, SaaS, Software
- Angel, Seed, Funding Round
- Turkey, United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Doktorderki — Doktorderki is an online system that allows people to directly talk to doctors about their questions and problems regarding health. It aims to establish a scalable B2C growth model along with the investment it is taking and to do B2B work with pharmacists and mainly dermocosmetics companies.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered inIstanbul, Turkey.
- Kolay Randevu — Kolay Randevu is an online beauty booking marketplace and salon management software for salons.
- EvdekiBakıcım — EvdekiBakıcım empowers young generation so they can reach their full potential. EvdekiBakıcım aims to lead innovation in care, tutoring and activity categories.
Early stage VC investments and funding for start-ups / founders in Ireland.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Imvizar — Transform your buildings, office spaces, visitor attractions, and parks with an immersive and visual storytelling experience using augmented reality. Discover unique ways to tell your story at Imvizar.
- ZeroMission — ZeroMission is a technology focused provider of integrated data for intelligent fleet electrification planning, operations and reporting.
- MarketSizer — MarketSizer offers subscription-based competitive intelligence and market insights for SaaS vendors who want to strategically grow their business.
BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
- United Kingdom, Ireland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Shift Bioscience — Explore cutting-edge simulation-guided cell rejuvenation techniques aimed at combating aging-related diseases.
- Signify Research — Signify Research provides health tech market intelligence empowered by data.
- ER Productions — ER Productions is an innovative laser and SFX specialist providing cutting edge laser and special effects products and choreography to some of the largest shows on earth
Permanent TSB is a Retail shareholders company. PTSB offered the stock to retail shareholders at the same price as it had to the group private investors last month.
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Investment focus
- Fashion, Lifestyle, E-Commerce
- Debt Financing
- Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Chupi — Chupi is a multi award-winning fine jeweller specialising in unique Engagement Rings, Wedding Rings and Fine Jewellery. Made with 100% Recycled Solid Gold, Classic Diamonds, Lab Grown Diamonds and Coloured Gemstones. Visit us at our Dublin Store on Claredon Street or Shop Online.
Velvet Sea Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs turn their visions into reality. With more than 80 years of combined experience as founders and venture investors and more than $2.2 billion invested, the firm provides seed-to-growth stage capital investments coupled with strategic support across all sectors. Velvet Seaspartners’ past investments include such notable companies as Twitter (TWTR), Square (SQ), SpaceX, Snap Inc. (SNAP), Facebook (FB), Pinterest (PINS), Domo (DOMO), Buzzfeed, Namely, Eaze, Braze, and Map Anything (CRM).
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Investment focus
- Software, Marketplace, E-Commerce
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, Israel, India
Portfolio highlights
- Healthie — Healthie's HIPAA compliant telehealth platform gives health and wellness professionals EHR software and client tools they need for success.
- KarmaCheck — KarmaCheck has reimagined background checks with a tech-first, AI-driven approach that provides the fastest background check for employment needs. Employers and employees benefit from real-time, actionable notifications, so hiring decisions come sooner. Our mobile-first background check platform is easy to access, reliable, and compliant.
- Connect The Dots — Connect The Dots is a network intelligence platform that uses AI to map and manage career-long professional relationships. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
Business Venture Partners was founded in 2004 as a corporate finance adviser for SME/owner managed businesses. The investment team is comprised of Elliott Griffin, Ronan Smith, Edel Coen and Mark Ruane and the team skills combine deep industry knowledge with experience in venture investing, corporate finance and international expansion. Theteam works on behalf of its clients buying and selling companies, raising finances, working with start-ups and advising on strategic growth, business succession and owner exits.Since 2007, BVP has successfully raised and managed 10 Simple Green BES and EII Funds. They have invested, on behalf of their investors, in some of Ireland’s most innovative companies such as Celtic Bioenergy, EFT Controls, and UrbanVolt. Our investment strategy is to spread investments over project finance and a portfolio of high potential companies. Their philosophy is to work hard with each investment to deliver valuable support for the company promoters and build shareholder value for their investors.In 2016 BVP launched The 10th BVP Green EII Fund. The fund provides eligible investors with the opportunity to avail of up to 40% income tax relief and provides the investor access to a portfolio of cleantech companies and renewable energy projects. The 11th Green Fund will be launched in Q4 2017.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Information Technology, Medical
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- OOHPod — OOHPod, your new Out Of Home Flexible Address, will revolutionise the way you send and receive parcels
- 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.
- 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.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Ireland, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Causeway Sensors — The Affinity, is a compact, bench-top Biosensor providing accurate real-time analysis at an accessible price. The Affinity biosensor and accompanying Access Chip incorporate the latest advancements in Nanotechnology, providing the biochemistry researcher the perfect platform to explore the complex world of biomolecular interactions.
A privately owned financial service, Abbey international is financing the future by providing niche financial solutions to a variety of business sectors
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Investment focus
- Fashion, Lifestyle, Logistics
- Seed, Funding Round, Private Equity
- Ireland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Chupi — Chupi is a multi award-winning fine jeweller specialising in unique Engagement Rings, Wedding Rings and Fine Jewellery. Made with 100% Recycled Solid Gold, Classic Diamonds, Lab Grown Diamonds and Coloured Gemstones. Visit us at our Dublin Store on Claredon Street or Shop Online.
- Overhaul — Overhaul is the global leader of in-transit risk management and intelligence, safeguarding shippers and 3PLs against theft, delays, damage, and spoilage during transit.
Enterprise Ireland HPSU
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Investment focus
- Software, Audio, AgTech
- Seed
- Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- CropBiome — CropBiome sources its own plant & soil material from which we isolate, select, characterise and test microbes that are formulated into biological products
- TripAdmit — TipDirect is a first-to-market digital tipping and review solution for tourism guides. Developed by TripAdmit, it allows visitors to rate their experience and tip directly from their mobile devices.
- Soapbox Labs — Award-winning speech recognition tech that actually understands kids. Privacy-first. High accuracy. All ages and accents. Try our API for free.
At Outsized Ventures we partner with founders pushing the boundaries of science and technology to solve the world’s greatest challenges. Some call it deep tech, others frontier tech, tough tech, hard tech or high tech - for us, it is simply the future.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
- Emitwise — Empowering enterprises to achieve their Scope 3 reduction targets with accurate primary emissions data, powering procurement to decarbonise.
- JULIENNE BRUNO — Julienne Bruno made with naturally plant-based ingredients like fermented legumes & slow roasted vegetables.
Underline Ventures partners at the earliest stages with Eastern European founders building high-growth startups with global ambitions. Underline Ventures invest at the seed stage (pre-seed, seed, late seed) along with other investors, which we can also help you find. Our average cheque is €500k.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Romania, Serbia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Turneo — Inspire travelers to browse and book all of their holiday activities, directly on your website
- MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
- SaleSqueze — SaleSqueze visual CPQ helps you design visual product configurators and automate quote preparation so your customers can see what they are buying.
Astia Angels is a global network of both female and male angel investors that invest in high-growth companies. The angel investor network is actively engaged in the Astia community and screening process (Astia Expert Sift TM) and founded by experienced angel investors. All members are highly involved throughout the investment process and makeindependent investment decisions.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- ORNA — ORNA is a turn-key solution for cross-functional teams designed to take the guesswork out of cyber incident response with playbooks, process automation, reporting, and more.
- Ellevest — Money & career coaching, investing, and banking that gives you cash back.
- Ocon Healthcare — OCON Healthcare innovates, develops, manufactures, and commercializes cutting-edge women’s health products based on our patented IUB™ (Intra Uterine Ball) proprietary platform. The IUB™, made from a super-elastic alloy Nitinol, is an ideal carrier for multiple drugs to the uterus to treat a variety of conditions.In addition to our flagshipproduct, the IUB™ Ballerine®, OCON healthcare is developing an innovative pipeline of products utilizing the IUB™ frame for indications such as abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), heavy menstrual bleeding (HMS), myomas/fibroids, and infertility.
Uncommon Projects operates as an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Apps, FinTech, Insurance
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Captions — Say hello to Captions, the only camera and editing app that automatically transcribes, captions and clips your talking videos for you.
- Kota — Instant access to leading insurance and retirement providers globally, with flexible contributions, automated accounting and a delightfully simple employee app.
- Daylight — Discover new relevant things to do in crypto: mints, claims, votes, and more.
We are PROfounders. We are the proactive European early-stage venture fund.
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Investment focus
- Software, Apps, Travel
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- QA.tech — Our AI combines the skills of a QA engineer with the speed of automated testing for you. This shortens your time to market, cuts costs and improves the quality of your web apps.
- Carbonx — ClimeFi is your trusted carbon credits procurement and management partner for high-quality permanent carbon dioxide removals to reach your net zero targets.
- Scaleup Finance — Improve your financial management
Cloud Apps Capital Partners is a market-focused venture capital firm helping early stage companies in the cloud business applications sector. We know firsthand what it takes to build category-leading business application companies. We also recognize entrepreneurs need much more than capital which is why we differentiate and pride ourselves onthe guidance and support we give entrepreneurs to help accelerate and maximize their business potential during the critical early stage. Our firm is leading change in the venture market for early-stage companies with our market-focused Classic Series A approach which provides early stage investments of $2 to $10 million and full board support. This “classic” approach benefits entrepreneurs by giving them the right financial backing along with operational guidance from a seasoned, skilled and engaged investment firm.We are the leading investor in early stage cloud business applications companies. Cloud Apps Capital Partners has more direct operating, commercial and venture experience building great cloud business app companies than any other early stage VC firm. This translates into exceptional market and business insights, guidance grounded in expertise for our entrepreneurs, plus access to a world class network of cloud business application executives.
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- SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series C, Series B
- United States, Canada, Ireland
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- DataGrail — DataGrail provides businesses with a simple platform to manage compliance with GDPR, CCPA and similar data privacy regulations.
- Clearstory.build — Construction's leading Change Order Communication Platform. We help Subs, GCs, and Owners communicate T&M Tags and Change Order Requests in real-time.
- Connect The Dots — Connect The Dots is a network intelligence platform that uses AI to map and manage career-long professional relationships. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
Avalanche is the fastest smart contracts platform in the blockchain industry, as measured by time-to-finality, and has the most validators securing its activity of any proof-of-stake protocol.
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- Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Gaming
- Seed, Series A, Grant
- United States, Spain, France
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- homium — Homium makes home equity accessible for homeowners and creates a new institutional asset class that changes the way homes are financed.
- CCX — CCX's objective is to bridge the gap between traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralised finance (DeFi) by facilitating seamless transactions between stablecoins and CBDCs.
- Morning Line Club — Morning Line Club is a revolutionary platform that changes horse ownership and business.
Ageas Foundation strives to achieve social solidarity goals by bringing together individuals and partners.
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- Travel, Leisure, Tourism
- Pre-Seed
- Ireland
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- The Freebird Club — The social travel club for over 50s. Homestays, local events, travel advice and more.
All-in-one solution for fundraising, managing and trading equity. Explore promising tech startups and flexible funding opportunities with SeedBlink.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Romania, United States, United Kingdom
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- Pago — Managing and paying utility bills, insurance, mobile top-ups and taxes takes too much time for many households in Europe. Pago simplifies these payments by adding automation where possible, using integrations with billers, insurers and online platforms to dramatically reduce the time needed for all these payments. The service is available in theB2C app called Pago and through B2B integrations by embedding Pago features in partner apps through SDK or API. Pago's services are used by over 500k monthly active users in Romania, Poland and Italy.
- Brainactive — Brainactive is an AI-driven platform that streamlines the access to vital insights used by companies to make sound business decisions, by enabling them to directly interview their current and potential customers, regardless of their expertize in sociology, past experience with market research, size of their team, or their market research budget.Integrated with a pool of 300+ million vetted and engaged consumers around the world, the platform allows companies to get relevant answers to their questions in minutes, with assistance from advanced conversational and generative LLM trained on market research, available along the way.Putting businesses in direct contact with their customers essentially removes the need for any intermediaries in the process and brings the costs and time down to a mere fraction of what traditional market research typically requires. At the same time, companies get to keep sensitive concepts and prototypes tested entirely secured, since no one else is involved, at any stage.
- dotLumen - Empowering the Blind — .lumen builds glasses that help the blind live a better life.
TrueSight Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in pre-seed and seed deals.
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- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, Sweden, United States
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- Laced — Discover the latest sneaker releases with Laced. The UK and Europe's authentic sneaker marketplace, discover coveted styles from Nike, Air Jordan, Yeezy, New Balance and more. Buy and sell now with Laced.
- Cordless — Bridging the gap between voice and text
- Kashmir Intelligence — Cloud Beating, on-prem AI Infrastructure - powering downstream operations for enhanced efficiency, cost savings, and security.
Blockstack is a decentralized computing network that puts users in control of their data and login. It’s the easiest way to build decentralized apps that can scale. Blockstack enables engineers to build secure, privacy-focused applications: users are in control of their data instead of storing it with large tech companies.Over 120 independentdeveloper teams have built apps on Blockstack.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, Ireland
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- Stackswap — Stackswap is a decentralized exchange (DEX) that issues and exchanges tokens on the Stacks blockchain, thus settling transactions on the Bitcoin Network.
- Tontine Trust — Our tontine pensions enable savers, providers & govts. to enjoy safe lifetime pensions which the OECD confirms 'allow higher retirement income' with less risk.
- HeyLayer — Try Layer and start your NFT business or grow an existing one. Get more than NFT minting to manage every part of your business.
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