Top 10 Local Startup Investors in Ireland (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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SparkLabs Global Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, South Korea, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Information Technology | |
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Enterprise Ireland
VC Fund
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2 | Ireland, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $494k–$12M |
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Act Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Ireland, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $823k–$13M |
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Per Brilioth
Angel
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1 | Sweden, United Kingdom, The Netherlands | Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Apps, Software, Health Care | $106k–$100M |
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Colin Wiel
Angel
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1 | United States, Ireland, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | iOS, Communities, Location Based Services | |
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Bobby Healy
Angel
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1 | Ireland | Angel, Series A | Travel, Local, Guides | |
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Bloom Equity
VC Fund
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1 | Ireland, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Sustainability | |
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Colm Lyon
Angel
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1 | Ireland | Seed, Angel | Local, Guides, Travel | |
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HBAN
VC Fund
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1 | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Medical Device | $623k–$9.2M |
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Matthew Le Merle
Angel
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1 | Ireland, United States | Seed, Series A | iOS, Apps, Local | |
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SparkLabs Global Ventures is a venture capital firm that offers seed-stage investment services to firms in the SaaS, healthcare, education, IoT, fintech, mobile, commerce, HR, gaming, security, and VR industries. It was founded in Dec 2013 and is based in California.Exceptional entrepreneurs, that are building strong, category defining companiesat highly advantageous valuations – can be found anywhere. The company has a team that is highly experienced in finding such talent and helping our entrepreneurs to develop, grow, network, and scale into other markets throughout the world.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, South Korea, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 80
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Splab — Grow your influence and expand your network with events.
- Nitra — Nitra offers expense management software that integrates with the banks to provide innovative loan products.
- Tella — Service
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 664
- Round size: Seed $494k–$3.3M; Series A $2.2M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Oncomark — OncoMark is a UCD spin-out that develops companion diagnostic tests to support cancer drug development. Companion diagnostics allow pharmaceutical companies to select patients for which a drug may be particularly effective (patient stratification).The test can also be used during clinical trials to help reduce the numbers of patients required tocomplete a clinical trial and its duration, while also increasing the likelihood that the trial will be successful. The end result is improved outcome for cancer patients.The company has a portfolio of diagnostic tests in development, covering some of the key cancer types (breast, colorectal, prostate, melanoma), supported by €3.9m in EU R&D funding. There are currently 12 employees funded through 6 grants.The company was founded by Prof. William Gallagher in UCD and is led by Dr. Mairin Rafferty, the CEO/COO. The company has a strong advisory board, which includes Prof. John Crown and Prof. Bryan Hennessy.
- Foodcloud — We connect businesses that have surplus food with Charities and Community Groups that need it.
- Finovation Limited — Finovation Limited
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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 160
- Round size: Seed $823k–$5M; Series A $2.3M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $164M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- SiriusXT — SiriusXT is transforming cell and tissue imaging with the SXT-100, the first commercial, laboratory scale soft x-ray microscope.
- Fresco — Fresco powers connected cooking experiences for appliance brands, enabling faster launches, lower R&D costs, and continuous innovation.
- Engage-EHS — EcoOnline's easy-to-use software system is helping companies to transform their approach to health & safety, chemical safety & learning data reporting.
Per Brilioth - CEO @ VNV Global
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- Industry: Apps, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Sweden, United Kingdom, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $106k–$5.7M; Series B $6.4M–$100M; Venture - Series Unknown $11M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Arro — Discover the shared daily operating system that helps you get more from life and work. Get to Day Zero together.
- Surfboard — Get Dialpad Workforce Management (WFM) software for accurate forecasting, demand-driven scheduling, fair shift planning, and more.
- Supernormal Greens — Supernormal Greens uses vertical cultivation powered by 100 percent renewable energy and LED lighting, enabling year-round production without pesticides. The company grows plants hydroponically in water, anchored by sterile coconut-fiber pods, and circulates nutrients in response to plant needs. Its system recycles water to achieve significantreductions in water use, and it applies data-driven optimization via AI and machine learning to improve its processes.
Colin Wiel is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Mynd. He attended the University of California, Berkeley.
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- Industry: iOS, Communities, Location Based Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Ireland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Quilt — Quilt is a feminine-forward audio social network
- Arro — Discover the shared daily operating system that helps you get more from life and work. Get to Day Zero together.
- PlushCare — PlushCare provides online doctor care for primary, urgent care, mental health and therapy. Affordable, convenient teleheath visits and same day online doctor appointments available now.
Bobby Healy is an experienced inventor and technology entrepreneur specialising in booking engine software. He joined CarTrawler in 2005 having begun his career building computer games for Nintendo at 16 years of age. Prior to joining CarTrawler, Bobby founded Eland Technologies which he later sold to airline technology giant SITA and remained asCTO until 2005. His booking solutions are now in use by 80% of the world's top 20 airlines. Bobby continues to be an avid computer programmer and is a frequent speaker on the international circuit on subjects related to technology in the airline industry, ancillary revenue and online distribution.
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- Industry: Travel, Local, Guides
- Stage:Angel, Series A
- Geography: Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Roomex — Want to make business travel easier? Search, book, manage, and pay for all your business hotel bookings in one place.
- Coindrum — Coindrum provides coin machines to spend your coin jars. No more manual counting, sorting or bagging!
- LikeWhere — LikeWhere's service helps travel brands identify the individual interests of their customers, so they can personalise their digital engagement, generating more revenues. LikeWhere utilises ‘affinity-marketing’ techniques deployed by brands including Amazon, Spotify & Netflix (‘others like you also liked this’), enabling travel brands tooptimise their retail strategy.
Bloom Equity is a group of experienced entrepreneurs who invest as a type of angel network in early stage Irish Technology companies.The members of the group have already successfully founded, developed and exited from technology companies and try to bring this experience as a value add to their investee companies often in the form of a boardseat.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Ireland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Umba — With an Umba account, you have everything you need from your bank. Spend, pay bills, get loans, and cashback all from your phone.
- Payslip — Payslip is a Global Payroll Management Platform, leveraging AI-powered automation to harmonize payroll operations for multinational organizations.
- Iconic Translation Machines — Iconic Translation Machines is a language technology software company. Iconic specialises in developing best-in-class Neural Machine Translation solutions.
Colm Lyon - Founder and CEO @ Fire Financial Services
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- Industry: Local, Guides, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Axe — Axe provides modern logistics solutions for businesses of all sizes. Streamline your logistics process with our innovative platform.
- LikeWhere — LikeWhere's service helps travel brands identify the individual interests of their customers, so they can personalise their digital engagement, generating more revenues. LikeWhere utilises ‘affinity-marketing’ techniques deployed by brands including Amazon, Spotify & Netflix (‘others like you also liked this’), enabling travel brands tooptimise their retail strategy.
- Pundit Arena —
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.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $623k–$3.5M; Series A $1.2M–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Movetru — Movetru a wearable device that aims to reduce injury and enhance rehabilitation.
- FoodMarble — Your personal breath tester to identify food intolerances and reduce digestive symptoms. Ideal for managing IBS and SIBO, all from the comfort of home.
- Glitch Ads — Launch AI Powered Google Ad Campaigns in Minutes. Think of us like an agency in a box. Built for speed. Priced for scaling companies. Powered by AI.
Matthew Le Merle is a Managing Partner of Keiretsu Capital and Fifth Era (www.fifthera.com). Matthew was formerly the Co-President of Keiretsu Forum in San Francisco and is an expert on digitization having advised leading technology companies including eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft and PayPal on how to drive and benefit from emerging digital valuepropositions.
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- Industry: iOS, Apps, Local
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Ireland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Soundwave — The Global Premium Domain SoundWave.com + @SoundWave Twitter (X) Handle is currently available for acquisition. Contact us now for details.
- Concept Art House — Concept Art House powers Web3 projects for the biggest brands and IP in the World.
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