Top 50 Consumer VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Ireland in January 2026

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Molten Ventures is a venture capital company. They invest in software, telecoms, electronics, the internet, MedTech, and cleantech services. They support visionary entrepreneurs who will invent the future.

Investing in technical and repeat founders across Europe & US. Seed and early investors in Hopin, Pitch, MetaMap, Manna, Zapp, Crossbeam, Nothing, Standard and more.

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

Anamcara invests in B2B software enabling small and medium-sized businesses, leading the next revolution of commerce.

We are an early-stage VC fund investing in tech companies that meet future generation needs

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.

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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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.

Rocktop Partners is an alternative investment manager that specializes in distressed consumer credit markets, in particular, the acquisition of large pools of performing and nonperforming first lien residential mortgage loans with title defects, compliance issues, or other collateral defeciences. Rocktop has advised the Rocktop Funds in connectionwith the investment of over $3 billion in more than twenty-eight portfolio loan pool acquisitions. Rocktop is managed by a team of mortgage professionals with decades of trading, legal and servicing experience in the consumer debt and residential mortgage markets.

ff Venture Capital (ffVC) is a technology venture capital firm investing in some of the strongest growth areas to date, including cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, drones, enterprise cloud software, and crowdfunding. The firm identifies and invests in technology and technology-enabled companies at its inception acrossgeographies and emerging industries. With three partners and an acceleration team of 20+ investment and operations professionals, ffVC actively participates with founders to develop products, target markets, and accelerate growth. Since 2008, ffVC has invested in over 100 companies and has helped to create companies with an aggregate market value exceeding $6 billion.

Sure Valley Ventures is an entrepreneur-led Venture Capital Fund that invests in early-stage software companies. Working in partnership with Shard Capital, a specialist broker and asset manager based in the City of London, Sure Valley Ventures specializes in investing in Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), Financial Technology(FinTech), and the Internet of Things (IoT) Sectors.

We invest in extraordinary founders building startups in supply chain and mobility. We are equipped to support founders through the seed stage in their effort to transform global trade and commerce.

At SEP we specialise in investment for high growth companies across a range of technology sectors. Partnering with you to fuel growth.

LVP is a venture capital seed fund with a difference - they're operating experts in the games sector, and they only ever invest in the games ecosystem. That means they bring real experience and deep understanding. They speak the same language, share the same references, understand the same challenges - and they believe in the same vision.They know instinctively where the opportunities lie; where there are strengths to be harnessed and exposures to be covered. In fine-grain, no-hiding, straight-talking detail. They know when to bide time, when to iterate and when to go wide. And how.They invest in people. That means founders with the potential to build the best in the world; teams with terrific, creative games development skills, or fantastic ideas for revolutionary games technology or services… and a vision that sets them apart.

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.

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.

The best companies, off the beaten path.

We connect, support and invest in the world's top technologists.

Swisscom Ventures is an venture capital arm of Swisscom AG, that specializes in early stage tech investments founded in 2007.Swisscom Ventures invests in growth companies with emerging business models and technologies of strategic relevance to Swisscom's core business. As a value-add investor, Swisscom brings its investees the technicalexpertise and strategic insights of an incumbent telecom operator. We act as a bridge to Swisscom's operational business units, which portfolio companies can also leverage as a test environment for their products and services.Swisscom Ventures seeks minority stakes in companies related to the information/communications/entertainment space.

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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We are a relationship driven early stage VC investor. We invest in and form close partnerships with the founders we back.We make initial investments at Seed to Series A stage in highly ambitious, born global Irish software and medtech companies. We are hands-on and support teams across key strategic areas to accelerate growth.In addition toproviding institutional investment at an early stage, we reserve significant capital for following on in subsequent rounds. We go the journey with founders.

Workday Ventures helps accelerate innovation by connecting next-generation enterprise technology companies with Workday, customers, and the broader community. Learn more

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Lux Capital manages over $5 billion in assets focused on founding, seed, early-stage, and growth investments at the intersection of technology and the sciences. Lux takes an active role in helping entrepreneurs build successful businesses in high-growth sectors. Its investment team has built over 20 companies from scratch. Lux's investmentstrategy ensures portfolio companies are better connected, have a deeper insight, and command industry leadership faster than their competitors.

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We are an early-stage focused Venture Capital and Startup advisory firm. We support and invest in entrepreneurs with the passion, drive and focus needed for success

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.

ZhenFund (Chinese: 真格基金) is a seed stage focused venture fund with over $1 billion under management since founded in 2011 by Bob Xu and Victor Wang, in collaboration with Sequoia Capital China. Bob and Victor previously co-founded New Oriental (NYSE: EDU), one of the world's largest education conglomerates. Three of Bob's seed investmentshave IPOed in NYC: Shiji Jiayuan (Nasdaq: DATE) (世纪佳缘, website), LightInTheBox (Nasdaq: LITB) (website), and Jumei (NYSE: JMEI) (聚美, website). Bob was named to the Midas List four years in a row (2016-2019) and was last ranked at #11.ZhenFund currently dominates China’s early stage venture capital scene, and is rapidly expanding its U.S. practice based in Palo Alto, CA. Its portfolio has over 750 high-growth companies, including 17zuoye, OFO, VIPKID, RED, Hero Entertainment, and Urwork. ZhenFund’s mission is to support, educate, and inspire the next generation of global entrepreneurs.

Sisu Game Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund focused 100% on games. We set up shop in 2014 to support the most promising founders in the industry. Sisu has deep roots in the Nordic region, but our network of founders is fully global.The Sisu team consists of Samuli, Paul, Erik, Kalle, Moaffak, Kadri, and Jere - all of whom haveextensive backgrounds in the game industry and startup circles, both as entrepreneurs and investors. We've founded and built sixteen game companies since the early 90s and had several successful exits. Apart from funding companies, the team uses their expertise to act as a studio builder. Individual founders are supported in building their team, honing their product strategy and in gathering the right group of investors.

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.

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.

Unilever Ventures is the venture capital and private equity arm of Unilever. We support forward-thinking founders who are crafting brands for the modern consumer.

Goodbody Capital Partners invest in companies with strong management teams looking to achieve their strategic growth ambitions.

Bioverge is a venture capital firm specializing in emerging healthcare startups. The firm operates Bioverge.com, an investment platform that aims to democratize access to startups solving healthcare’s biggest challenges and accelerate their progress.

Backing engineers building awe, wonder, speed.

Castlegate Investments is a private equity and family office firm.

Accel-KKR is a private equity firm specializing in growth and middle-market investments. It also makes mezzanine investments. The firm seeks to invest in buyouts of divisions of larger companies, divisional carveouts, subsidiaries, and business units or operating assets from public companies; acquisitions and recapitalizations of closely heldprivate companies; and going-private transactions of small and micro-cap public companies. In buyouts, the firm specifically targets assets that are considered or are likely to be considered non-core assets that will typically include businesses with business models that are inconsistent or are incompatible with the parent and may have been under-invested in for some period. It pursues acquisition and recapitalization of private companies that prefer to remain private or which currently do not have the scale and/or growth profile to access the public markets but whose shareholders desire liquidity and/or access to growth capital including acquisition financing including founder and family-owned businesses. The firm pursues going-private transactions in public companies that are either subscale for the public markets or whose management teams have a business plan that is most appropriately executed as a private company. It primarily invests in the technology industry including software, Internet technologies, and IT-enabled services as well as in various sub-segments including enterprise and infrastructure software, vertical market application software, technical software, networking software, enterprise computing, and data storage, storage networking, data communications, telecommunications equipment, Internet services, business process outsourcing, supply chain, and professional IT services. It seeks to invest globally. The firm commits a wide range of capital, from less than $10 million to over $100 million, and typically invests in companies with annual revenues between $10 million and $200 million. It prefers to acquire majority ownership positions, control investments, and minority growth investments. The firm is an affiliate of Accel Partners and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Accel–KKR LLC was founded in February 2000 and is based in Menlo Park, California with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia, and London, United Kingdom.