# Top 20 Education Angel Investors in Ireland in June 2026 ## 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. ## Ciaran Lee - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: EdTech, Education, Sustainability Ciaran Lee - Co-Founder @ Intercom ## 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. ## 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. ## 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. ## Exited Founders - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: EdTech, Education, Secondary Education Exited Founders ## Brian O'Driscoll - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Employment, Web Development Brian O'Driscoll ## 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. ## 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. ## 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. ## Caelan Doris - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Secondary Education Caelan Doris ## Stephen Langan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Secondary Education Stephen Langan ## Walter Walsh - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports, Software Walter Walsh ## Sean Cunningham - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Secondary Education Sean Cunningham ## 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. ## Shane Glynn - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Secondary Education Shane Glynn ## 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. ## Jordan Larmour - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Secondary Education Jordan Larmour