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Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Ireland in November 2024

Last updated: Nov 2024 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Food and beverage startups based in Ireland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Food and beverage companies from Ireland. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Ireland in November 2024

Investor	Food and Beverage Ireland investments
Enterprise Ireland	10
NDRC	6
Elkstone Capital Partners	5
SOSV	4
Frontline Ventures	4
WI Harper Group	4
HBAN	4
Anamcara Capital	3
Tapestry VC	3
Act Venture Capital	3
Atlantic Bridge	3
Playfair Capital	3
Sinovation Ventures	3
Eamonn Quinn	3
Cavalry Ventures	3
VTF Capital	3
Growing Capital	3
ff Venture Capital	2
Grosvenor Food & AgTech	2
CircleRock Capital	2
Business Venture Partners	2
Triple Point Ventures	2
PCH Capital	2
First Analysis	2
Business Growth Fund	2
Sure Valley Ventures	2
Oyster Capital Partners	2
Amaranthine	2
Samaipata	2
Dynamo	2
Paul McGreevy	1
Omega Venture Partners	1
Alsop Louie Partners	1
Id4 ventures	1
Stefano di Blasi	1
Epicure Wines	1
Mauricio Lorca	1
Accel	1
Alabaster	1
Stage 1 Ventures	1
Amelia Aragon	1
Grands Vignobles en Mediterranee	1
Nestlé	1
Global Founders Capital	1
Keith Weed	1
Benjamin Darnault	1
Bord Iascaigh Mhara	1
Alpha Edison	1
Enterprise Equity	1
MML Capital Partners	1

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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and early expansion investments in Mainland China, Taiwan and Silicon Valley.It was founded in 1993. Made 300+ investments with 80+ exits. Manages 9 funds and over $1B in capital through 19 dedicated investment professionals located in Beijing, Taipei and San Francisco.Thefirm's focus is technology, clean technology and healthcare. Its track record includes

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Taiwan, China

Portfolio highlights

GDMC — GDMC is a pharmaceutical company that engages in manufacturing and designing genetic medicines.
Bitmark — Bitmark develops technology that secures the property rights of unique digital assets, without relying on trusted third parties.
Blackpanda — Asia's premier digital forensics and cyber incident response firm.

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

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.
Educatly — We help you get into the University of your dreams. We are the only platform with all the information you need to Study Abroad
Quantmatix — Improve the quality, efficiency and timing of your investment decisions. Quantmatix is a systematic tool for professional investors to evaluate instruments, dynamically shape portfolios and drive performance.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, B2B
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Germany, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Nory AI — Revolutionise your restaurant with Nory's restaurant management software. Streamline operations, boost profits, and enhance decision-making in one platform.
Ameba — Supercharge your supply chain from production to delivery.
trumpet — Create beautiful, personalised, trackable and interactive digital sales pods in a few clicks with trumpet

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Oleria — Meet Oleria, a new security approach that adapts to your organization and enables you to achieve business outcomes without compromising innovation.
Tracebit — Tracebit generates and maintains bespoke decoy resources in your cloud environments, closing gaps beyond stock protection without time- and cost-intensive detection engineering
Relay — Relay (Relay Financial), is an all-in-one business banking and money management platform helping businesses understand what they're earning, spending & saving.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

GridBeyond — Endeco's Energy ManagementSystem (EMS) provides wirelessenergy management and controlsystems for retail, commercial andindustrial users. Applications includebuilding control, refrigeration control,demand management, priceresponse, energy efficiency, anddemand response. Our automatedwireless systems seamlesslyintegrate intoyour existingoperations and/or BuildingManagement System (BMS) withoutany training of retail staff required.
CitySwift — CitySwift is a data-driven scheduling and planning technology for urban bus networks. It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict journey times and passenger demand, making routes more efficient. Schedulers can create optimized timetables that take into account traffic, events, and hundreds of other external factors, ensuringon-time performance and increased passenger satisfaction.CitySwift was established in 2016 and is operating in Galway, Ireland.
Mavarick AI — Explore Mavarick AI's Carbon Accounting Software Platform. Get accurate carbon emissions accounting data and generate auditable reports with ease.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Ireland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Neurobell — NeuroBell develop novel EEG medical devices for early detection and monitoring of neonatal seizures.
Vertigenius — Vertigenius designs and deploys customized exercises using an easy-to-use clinician portal and even uses a Vertigenius head sensor to consult and manage patients with dizziness and imbalance.
Cambridge Mechatronics — Cambridge Mechatronics (CML) is a high technology design and engineering company based in Cambridge, UK. We specialise in pioneering and developing cutting-edge mechatronic platform technology from concept to mass production. We achieve this through technology licensing or partnerships with global manufacturing corporations. Our intellectualproperty portfolio consists of over 100 granted patents that we can exploit.

Playfair is a generalist VC fund with a contrarian approach to pre-seed technology investing. Based in London, Playfair invests across the UK and Europe with an intentionally high conviction, low volume approach: making 6-8 investments a year and preserving time, capital and resource to help companies post-investment. Playfair has backed 70+companies across two funds including Thought Machine, Andela, Mapillary, Recycleye and Orca AI.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Recurse ML — Streamline your development with Recurse, enabling seamless code maintenance with just a single command.
NetFabric — NetFabric is developing a next-gen network observability platform
Passionfruit — Join hundreds of the best startups around the world and use Passionfruit to hire freelance marketing specialists on-demand.

Sinovation Ventures is a full-service venture capital firm that actively invests in the Chinese technology market.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Noematrix — Noematrix is an embodied intelligence company that specializes in innovative general robotic intelligence solutions and services.
Anage Technology — Anage Technology is a software company focused on providing artificial intelligence-driven charging solutions for electric vehicles.
HPC-AI Technology — HPC-AI Technology provides a cloud-based platform to enhance AI computations by increasing CPU and GPU processing speeds.

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Investment focus

Grocery, E-Commerce, Food Delivery
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Buymie — Buymie is a same-day grocery delivery company focused on reducing the environmental impact of grocery shopping.

Cavalry is an early-stage venture capital investor focused on European technology companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Nory AI — Revolutionise your restaurant with Nory's restaurant management software. Streamline operations, boost profits, and enhance decision-making in one platform.
VoiceLine — VoiceLine is AI-powered field sales revenue intelligence. Document any customer interactions in seconds, get actionable insights and boost sales performance. Start today!
Companion.energy — Software to manage industrial energy flexibility in the age of renewables.

We Invest In The Future of Commerce

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Fashion
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Ross & Snow — Alexia Fashion Clothing
The/Studio — Manufacture high-quality custom products in small batches with fast turnaround and free shipping online from The/Studio. Browse our custom products, here.
ZenBusiness — Start a new business today for $0 or grow your existing business with the ZenBusiness platform. Get to your first dollar faster without the stress.

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

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Lua Health — We believe the future of well-being is in prevention and early detection. Getting the right help, at the right time.
Protostars — Protostars is a regulatory technology business. It is the creator of a cyber risk and compliance program meant for secure code reports on audits.
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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Poland

Portfolio highlights

ForActive — ForActive The Best App for Sport & Wellness Service Providers
Tilta — Provide a financial service, drive your GMV, and add a new revenue stream without the hassle of being a financial servicer provider.
PrivacyHawk — PrivacyHawk is a Personal Data Protection service that makes opting out, unsubscribing, and deleting your data from thousands of companies easy.

We are an active investor in companies that are reshaping food and agriculture around the world for the better.We identify entrepreneurs and businesses rethinking how food is produced, distributed, and consumed, supporting their growth as lead investors and highly engaged board members.We actively manage a portfolio of over 25 companies,helping them lead positive change in a way that enhances human health and the natural environment, enabling the economic sustainability of farming and food production.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Biotechnology
Funding Round, Series C, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

AgriWebb — Livestock management software for farmers and ranchers ready to move forward. Run your most profitable, efficient and sustainable business.
Meati — Meati Foods is a consumer goods company that offers carbon materials, bioengineering, and filtration. It focuses on using proprietary, clean technologies to provide nutrient-dense, plant-based meat alternatives that everyone can enjoy and feel good about eating every day.
Oxbury Bank — At Oxbury, we lend only to farmers while helping every saver support British farming. Find out more about our Farm loans and savings accounts

CircleRock Capital aim to be the leading European, multi-stage co-investor of choice for exceptional technology companies, investing primarily in Seed, Series A and Series B opportunities.We invest alongside the leading global VC firms, so that founders can have both a leading VC and us on their cap table. We don’t lead deals and we don’t takeboard seats.Our ticket sizes range from €500k to €5 million +.Our LP’s include exited entrepreneurs, leaders at global tech companies, venture-backed founders, family offices, leading angels, CEO’s & board members of public companies.We fight to win allocation based on our reputation for fundraising expertise and our valuable network – consisting of both commercial customers and access to our global network of industry leaders.CircleRock Capital have a successful history as both Investors and Operators. Conor was previously nominated for both UK Angel Investor of the Year and Exit of the Year. Barry built FCA regulated fintech Clear Treasury from inception to a multi-million pound turnover business, with over 2,500 clients across all industry sectors, exiting in 2020.Offices in Dublin and London.Are you an Angel Investor or Family Office? Sign up here to receive our curated deal flow:https://www.circlerockcapital.com/investor-registration

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Nory AI — Revolutionise your restaurant with Nory's restaurant management software. Streamline operations, boost profits, and enhance decision-making in one platform.
Yonder — A modern lifestyle credit card packed with rewards, no foreign exchange fees, and loads more. Apply without needing a UK credit score.
Retrograde — Talent agency of the future. Get early access now.

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.

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.

Triple Point Ventures is an early stage VC based in London, investing in promising start-ups across multiple sectors including ecommerce, AI, platforms and wider tech. TP's team offers entrepreneurs something a bit different - a fusion of funding and operational expertise, helping investee companies fulfil their growth plans at speed whileensuring teams themselves reach their full potential as they expand.Triple Point has funded many companies, including Skin Analytics, LendInvest, Contis Group, Capital on Tap, Payment Sense, Flatfair and MWS Technology. Several TP-backed companies have featured in start-up charts such as The Sunday Times Tech Track 100. TP recently began raising its second £30 million venture fund to invest in early stage companies who are addressing identified challenges in the B2B or B2B2C world.Triple Point Ventures is the venture capital arm of the wider Triple Point Investment Management group. The Triple Point Group manages over £1.5 billion in assets across multiple strategies including debt, infrastructure, real estate and venture capital. The group was established in 2004 as a UK venture capital trust manager and has continued to provide strong risk-adjusted returns to investors throughout this time.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Nory AI — Revolutionise your restaurant with Nory's restaurant management software. Streamline operations, boost profits, and enhance decision-making in one platform.
trumpet — Create beautiful, personalised, trackable and interactive digital sales pods in a few clicks with trumpet
Visibly — Visibly developing technology to bring about the change our built environment requires by providing businesses with the tools they need to reduce the industry's skills gap and ensure our infrastructure can meet the needs of the population.

PCH Capital is a private advisory and investment group that manages private equity funds and offers financial consultancy services to the capital market. It also advises in obtaining capital and in investor relations, as well as the management of properties of corporate and individual customers. It carries out investment projects directly, and itis controlled and managed by stock exchange or private funds, which are operated in the markets of the state-of-the-art technologies, real estates, as well as in the venture capital businesses.PCH Capital is based in Warsaw.

Investment focus

Apps, Cooking, Hardware
Seed, Pre-Seed
Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Drop — Discover how easy it is to make food more with Drop. Through the Drop Recipes app; the connected Drop Scale; and partnerships with top kitchen brands, Drop is dedicated to bringing delicious and wholesome home-cooking back to your kitchen.
Fresco — Unlock the value of your kitchen appliances, get to market fast, and build a community of happy home cooks.

Venture capital investor and transaction adviser for fast-growing B2B technology companies

Investment focus

Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series A, Series C
United States, Germany, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Sware — Sware will automate your validation enabling you to release more products, accelerate implementation, and ensure compliance. Discover the Res_Q platform.
CSA Medical — RejuvenAir System aims to treat Chronic Bronchitis. The SPRAY-CB trial is evaluating the safety of the device and is currently recruiting in the USA.
Dina — Dina provides benefits and care coordination solutions to support health plans and providers as they extend care management into the home.

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

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

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.

Investment focus

Software, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Ireland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Stylus — Stylus automates the assessment and feedback procedure in schools by using artificial intelligence.
PHINXT Robotics — PHINXT Robotics enables warehouses of any size to deploy autonomous robots as needed, with no expertise required.
Purple Transform — Purple Transform operates as an artificial intelligence company. Purple Transform improves decision accuracy with digital intelligence.

Oyster Capital Partners, an Irish private equity firm, specializes in the energy technology, IT, and healthcare sectors.

Investment focus

Software, Medical Device, Enterprise Software
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Inclusio — The inclusio diversity and inclusion platform is designed to measure and positively shift the culture of your organisation. Contact us for more information.
Ooodles — The service platform to get premium tech products for you, your business and your employees
&Open — For businesses that gift to give back, share joy, or show they care. All you need is an email.

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

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

EqualTo — EqualTo is the NO CODE sales commission operating system for high-growth sales teams.
Hour One — Hour One AI is a next-generation video creation and management platform uniquely built for the world of work. Hour One harnesses computer-generated AI people in photo-real quality to digitize and optimize the traditional video production process, enabling a novel - and fully scalable - means of creating and deploying live-action video forprofessional use cases, the first of which is presenter-led video. All of Hour One’s video creation is located in the cloud, making it possible for any business to create and use high-quality presenter videos at a fraction of the cost, in minutes, in any language, self-serve, and at high scale. Hour One counts global market-leading companies as its customers and is backed by leading venture capital funds. Hour One is headquartered in New York City and Tel Aviv.
Cloudsmith — Cloudsmith is the only universal, cloud-native solution for software artifact management and software supply chain security. Start your free trial today.

Samaipata is a specialized and pan-European venture capital fund investing in digital platforms with network effects at the early stage across Europe. With over $160M of assets under management, we start with investments of $750k to $2.5m and reserve up to $10m for future rounds, from pre-seed to Se

Investment focus

Information Technology, Real Estate, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
Spain, France, 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.
retraced — The future of fashion is transparency
Veremark — A leading online background checking platform that is scalable, secure and fast. Featured Checks - Criminal Record Check, Reference Check, Employment Check.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Logistics, Supply Chain Management
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

ionobell — They are a battery R&D company with expertise in battery material development and cell development. They bring a combined several decades of energy storage, Li-ion, and fabrication knowledge and experience, in both academia and industry alike. They have found a way to build the greenest battery in the world by using unwanted materials aroundus. We have a mission of minimizing environmental impact while continuing to power our lives.
Bonx — Bonx a startup studio focusing on operations (supply chain, construction, and industry), reinvents ERP for French SMEs. Bonx is a no-code ERP that can be deployed in a matter of weeks and readily adjusts to the difficulties unique to each manufacturer.
Celadyne Technologies — Celadyne Technologies develops membranes for use in electrolyzers and fuel cells that require minimal heat and water management. The company is founded in 2018 and based in Chicago, IL

Paul McGreevy

Investment focus

Energy, Fitness, Nutrition
Private Equity
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Revive Active — Revive Active health supplement is the only brand that unlocks your abundant natural energy to maximize the lifestyle you want because it’s a supplement that does not compromise on amount or quality but is abundant with fantastic ingredients. Revive Active Health Supplement is a high quality blend of 26 ingredients delivered in one convenientsachet. The unique blend of vitamins and minerals combine to provide a multitude of health benefits including natural sustained energy without the use of sugar and caffeine. The revolutionary product also brings two key Nobel prize-winning ingredients together for the first time. The combined inclusion of Coenzyme Q10 and L-Arginine further improves Revive Active’s ability to enhance energy and vitality and support a healthy immune system in regular consumers all for as little as a cup of coffee per day.Unlike traditional fish oil supplements, Revive Krill Oil is an extremely bioavailable source of EPA and DHA. Key to the enhanced absorption is the unique structure of the omega-3s. Fish oil omega-3s are found in a triglyceride form, which repel water impairing absorption in the digestive tract. Krill oil is found in a phospholipid form which attracts water promoting fast and efficient absorption. This helps deliver the essential omega-3s to the places you need it most.

Omega invests in Intelligent Software for the Enterprise breakout companies that leverage Artificial and Machine Intelligence to deliver best-of-breed solutions and new revenue streams. The firm strives to be the partner of choice for rapidly growing and consequential companies that can benefit society-at-large and help maximize human potentialthrough technology.

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, Advertising
Series B, Series C, Series D
United States, France, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Centaur Labs — Centaur Labs offers accurate and scalable medical data labeling across a variety of modalities and data formats including CT, ultrasound, image, video, text and many more.
Language I/O — Powered by AI, Language I/O delivers real-time, accurate translations for you and your customers in 150+ languages through seamless integrations with Salesforce, Zendesk, Oracle, ServiceNow, and more.
Forward Networks — Forward Networks' flagship software, Forward Enterprise, delivers the best digital twin technology to the world's largest networks. Multi-vendor fully-scalable

Alsop Louie Partners is an early-stage, risk-oriented technology venture capital firm in San Francisco.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Security
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Tern — Looking for an IoT investor for your start up or early stage company? Tern PLC is a venture capitalist working alongside ambitious entrepreneurs in the Internet of Things (IoT) space to deliver strategic IoT investment to grow your company.
ZeroFox — ZeroFox provides enterprises protection, intelligence and disruption to identify and dismantle external threats in one comprehensive platform.
Aerospike — Aerospike provides organizations with a real-time, multi-model database that fits their needs to scale, manage cloud services, and reduce cost.

Id4 is an asset manager, designed for family offices and private investors, committed to unearth valuable and outstanding tech opportunities in Europe

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
France, United Kingdom, Latvia

Portfolio highlights

Gensyn — The Gensyn protocol provides hyperscale, cost efficient, compute capacity for all deep learning workloads.
Amalia.io — Streamline Sales Compensation. Incentive & Compensation Management platform that accelerates your business while uniting your team.
AYES — AYES provides the leading AI service to create accessible mobility for blind and visually impaired people.

Stefano di Blasi

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

WineSpark — Created by Eamon FitzGerald, formerly of Naked Wines, WineSpark is changing the wine club model, putting you in touch with the best wines in the world.

Epicure Wines is a supplier of wines.

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

WineSpark — Created by Eamon FitzGerald, formerly of Naked Wines, WineSpark is changing the wine club model, putting you in touch with the best wines in the world.

Mauricio Lorca

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

WineSpark — Created by Eamon FitzGerald, formerly of Naked Wines, WineSpark is changing the wine club model, putting you in touch with the best wines in the world.

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Dash0 — Dash0 is modern OpenTelemetry Native Observability, built on CNCF Open Standards such as PromQL, Perses and OTLP with full cost control
Billy — At Billy, we believe that artists, producers and events creators have the power to create moments we'll remember forever. Founded in 2022, Billy is dedicated to provide event organizers with the best event platform to grow their brands and engage their communities. Our advanced SaaS solutions enable event organizers to transform websitesinto event shops to easily sell tickets, merchandising, bundles, experiences, fan-pack and boost their revenues.
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.

Alabaster is a start-up investor in founders to help them grow breakthrough companies that will make a positive, planet-level impact.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Fitness
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, Israel, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Cyabra — We break down social media so you can understand narratives, detect authenticity and reach true audiences.
Muse — Muse is an immersive meditation device that provides real-time feedback on your mental activity, heart rate, breathing, and body movements to help you build a consistent meditation practice.
Fluid Biomed Inc. — Fluid Biotech is a Calgary based company that aims to develop the next generation of stents to improve patient well-being and realise better health and quality of life through innovation.

Stage 1 Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that is seeking to build partnerships with great entrepreneurs that are flexible and who want to build meaningful companies. They want to assist you with their global network of relationships as well as provide the capital you need to fuel the growth of your company.Their market focus todayis in Mobile, the Executable Internet or Software as a Service (SaaS) , IPTV and Internet Video, Pay-For-Performance Marketing and Advertising, and Security.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Spain, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

LandTrust — Find recreation experiences or discover farms and ranches for your next great outdoor adventure. Landowners, host recreators and start earning income from your private land.
Freight Farms — Freight Farms create access to food in areas of the world where the climate cannot support traditional farming methods. The Freight Farms' system brings a high volume of fresh, quality, and affordable food within reach of everyone along the food supply chain. By enabling high-yield crop production in any climate, Freight Farms offer animmediate foundation to grow a local food economy and sustainable food system.It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Senda Biosciences — We work at the frontier of programmable medicines. We power our bioplatform and product candidates by harnessing evolution and AI. We operate with purpose and urgency on behalf of people everywhere. We aim to generate life-changing impact for the world.

Amelia Aragon

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

WineSpark — Created by Eamon FitzGerald, formerly of Naked Wines, WineSpark is changing the wine club model, putting you in touch with the best wines in the world.

Grands Vignobles en Mediterranee is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

WineSpark — Created by Eamon FitzGerald, formerly of Naked Wines, WineSpark is changing the wine club model, putting you in touch with the best wines in the world.

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.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Health Care, Therapeutics
Private Equity, Grant, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

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.
Origin Materials — Origin is a new kind of chemical company, focused on the future of materials science.

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Zocks — The Meeting Assistant made for Financial Advisors
Simplify — Simplify is a common application for jobs & internships. Autofill job applications anywhere on the web, get notified when new jobs open, & seamlessly track your applications.
Smartpay — Smartpay is the first free of charge BNPL payment option for Japanese consumers who have credit cards. There are no sign-up fees, interest fees, settlement fees, or late charges. The payment experience is also Japan’s first cross-merchant, cross-platform, and single-click checkout BNPL service, allowing consumers to checkout in as little as 10seconds. The BNPL payment solution is simple to understand, structured on 3 equal installments over 8 weeks. This means that unlike the existing BNPL services in Japan, customers do not need to go to the convenience store to make payments or pay any bank transfer fees.

Keith is responsible for the Marketing, Communications and Sustainable Business functions, a role which has seen him lead the creation of the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, direct significant advances in digital marketing and through Unilever’s #Unstereotype initiative, create the #Unstereotype Alliance with UN Women, bringing together 24companies to remove the portrayals of unhelpful stereotypes from their advertising by 2020.Prior to this, he was Chairman of Lever Fabergé before becoming Executive Vice President for Global Home Care & Hygiene, covering fabric cleaning, fabric conditioning, household cleaning products, oral care and potable water.Keith has worked for Unilever in the UK, France, the US and globally and regionally in a variety of general management and marketing roles.Outside Unilever, he is Chairman of Business in the Community International and a Business in the Community Board Trustee, President of the History of Advertising Trust, an Effie Board Director and Trustee of Grange Park Opera. He is also a Fellow of The Marketing Society, and as an engineering graduate, a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.

Investment focus

Grocery, E-Commerce, Food Delivery
Series B, Funding Round
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Buymie — Buymie is a same-day grocery delivery company focused on reducing the environmental impact of grocery shopping.

Benjamin Darnault

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

WineSpark — Created by Eamon FitzGerald, formerly of Naked Wines, WineSpark is changing the wine club model, putting you in touch with the best wines in the world.

An Bord Iascaigh Mhara supports and enables the development of the Irish Seafood Industry by providing technical expertise, business support, funding, training and promoting responsible environmental practice.

Investment focus

Restaurants
Corporate Round
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Misunderstood Heron — The Misunderstood Heron Food Truck is located in Connemara serving up fresh, local and tasty seafood, Meat, vegetarian and vegan meals with the spectacular views of Killary Fjord. A unique Food and Cafe Experience in County Galway.

Helping entrepreneurs to build a better world.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Ireland, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

Quoherent — Quoherent develops a portable quantum computer processor using qubits made from topological insulators.
CoPilot — CoPilot pairs you with a 1:1 coach to make long-term positive changes for a healthier life.
Kin Insurance — Protect what you love. Kin Insurance offers easy, affordable homeowners insurance designed for your needs. Call today at 855-717-0022 or get an online quote now!

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Medical Device
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Phorest — Join 8000+ spas, barbers, hair, beauty and nail salon owners using the #1 management, scheduling, POS and appointment booking system. Try Phorest now!
SurgaColl — SurgaColl Technologies is a medical device company developing novel tissue regeneration products for the surgical treatment of diseases of the bone, cartilage and other human tissue. Based on technology developed at the Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG) of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), headed by Professor Fergal O’Brien,the company aims to become a leader in the field of regenerative medical devices.
Metabolomic Diagnostics — https://metabolomicdiagnostics.com/ A deep-tech company specialized in the development of biomarker-based diagnostic solutions

MML Capital Partners is an independent investment firm, with over twenty years of history, focused on providing capital to businesses for expansion/acquisitions, management-led equity deals, recapitalisations and buy-outs.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Packaging Services, Food and Beverage
Private Equity, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, France, United States

Portfolio highlights

SCPACK GROUP — SCPACK GROUP is a packaging and containers manufacturing company for wine, cosmetics and more.
Ross-shire Engineering — Trusted water technology solutions and products for purifying drinking water, recycling effluent and cleaning water in industrial processes.
Virginia International Logistics — Virginia International Logistics provides temperature controlled, dry freight, and containerized logistics across Ireland, UK and Europe.

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