# Top 20 EdTech Angel Investors in Ireland in June 2026

## Ciaran Lee
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, Sustainability

Ciaran Lee - Co-Founder @ Intercom

## Des Traynor
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Des is the Co-Founder of Intercom, the platform for all customer interaction needs from marketing to support to product development. Previously he worked as User Experience Lead at web app development agency Contrast, and he was a Co-Founder of popular social networking search engine Bigulo.

## Connor Murphy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Analytics, Machine Learning

Connor is an experienced Technology Entrepreneur, Board Director and Mentor.As an Entrepreneur, Connor has originated and closed $5.5M in venture capital, recruited and built teams from 0 to 30, and identified and closed 6 figure sales deals with leading global brands.  As a Management Consultant, Connor has advised Fortune 500 companies,Governments and startups across the Middle East, Caribbean, Europe, and the United States on Digital Strategy and Innovation.Connor is an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, a Gartner ‘Cool Vendor’ winner, a Web Summit startup winner, and Best European Enterprise Startup winner. He has featured in the New York Times, FT, BBC, Forbes, Inc, Wired and the Irish Times and is a regular speaker, mentor and adviser to early stage start-ups. Connor graduated with a First Class honors degree in Computer Science from University College Cork in Ireland. He currently lives in Berlin Germany with his wife and two daughters.

## Declan Kelly
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech

Founder of Foreword.vc, an early-stage micro fund backing startups throughout their initial chapters. Also advisor at Web Summit and EiR at Seedcamp. 
Previously covering Europe for Techstars Ventures and founding member of Web Summits venture fund, Amaranthine.

## Mehmet Onarcan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Internet, Social Media

Mehmet Onarcan is the Founder of Mentors Network Turkey. He previously worked at Project House as an Advisory Board Member - Digital Transformation. Mehmet Onarcan attended Yildiz Technical University.

## Stephen Langan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Secondary Education

Stephen Langan

## Shane Glynn
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Secondary Education

Shane Glynn

## Jordan Larmour
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Secondary Education

Jordan Larmour

## Caelan Doris
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Secondary Education

Caelan Doris

## Brian O'Driscoll
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Employment, Web Development

Brian O'Driscoll

## Sean Cunningham
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Secondary Education

Sean Cunningham

## Chris Murphy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Chris Murphy is a Venture Partner at MS&AD Ventures. He previously cofounded SaaStock and was an early Web Summit employee.

## Exited Founders
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, Secondary Education

Exited Founders

## Sean Tai
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Retail, Education, E-Commerce

Sean Tai is the Exited fintech CEO founder, Board member & Investor at Debtdomain . Sean Tai attended University of Sydney.

## Brian Caulfield
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Apps

Brian Caulfield is based out of Dublin, Dublin and is the Venture Partner at Molten Ventures and also serves as the Chairman at Barespace. Brian previously worked at Graphcore as Board Oberver. Brian Caulfield attended Trinity College Dublin. Brian has received the Irish Software Association's "Technology Person of the Year" award.

## Peter Csillag
- Type: Angel
- Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, EdTech, Software

Peter is the founder of Starchema.

## Stephane Gantchev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, EdTech, Internet

Stephane is partner at LAUNCHub Ventures, one of the leading Seed Stage funds in Central/Eastern Europe. LAUNCHub invests in the best entrepreneurs and startups in the digital space from the region, as well as founders originating from the region, but now based in the biggest startup hubs (Valley, London, etc. LAUNCHub Ventures has beeninvesting actively in Blockchain since 2014.Stephane is also Co-organizer of DigitalK, a leading European Digital/Tech/Startup conference, happening every year around end of May in Sofia, Bulgaria. Prior to joing the VC space Stephane's background includes 15 years in IT and Telecom with positions held at IT service providers, mobile operators (Orange), vendors, startups.

## Jesper Brok
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Learning, Recruiting, Communities

Jesper Brok is the Founder of Tjommi and Legalfinder.com.

## Walter Walsh
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, Software

Walter Walsh

## Aaron Verstraete
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Albany, Ohio, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Health Care

Aaron Verstraete is the VP of Strategic Alliances at Forethought. He has 20 years of working across company boundaries as a product manager, consultant, and partnerships specialist. Aaron started his career at Microsoft before joining Bain & Company as a consultant in their Chicago, São Paulo, and San Francisco offices. Since then, he hasfocused on enterprise SaaS as a PM and partner leader at Box, DataFox, unitQ, and Zendesk. While at Zendesk, he spearheaded partnerships with tech giants like Amazon Web Services and others.

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