Top 10 Local Startup Investors in Ireland (September 2026)

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• 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

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• Foodcloud — We connect businesses that have surplus food with Charities and Community Groups that need it.
• Entity — Entity's purpose is shape the future of web gaming by leveraging emerging technologies and maximizing the browser's capabilities. Our next-generation gaming hub, scheduled to arrive in 2027, will be a global place for players to discover, connect, and play together.
• Adama Innovations — Sharp Conductive Single Crystal Diamond AFM Probes

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• Ubotica — Live Maritime Intelligence (LMI) predicts risk, tasks satellites, and delivers verified intelligence to protect critical infrastructure and expose dark vessels.
• Entity — Entity's purpose is shape the future of web gaming by leveraging emerging technologies and maximizing the browser's capabilities. Our next-generation gaming hub, scheduled to arrive in 2027, will be a global place for players to discover, connect, and play together.
• Fresco — Fresco powers connected cooking experiences for appliance brands, enabling faster launches, lower R&D costs, and continuous innovation.

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• Movetru — Movetru a wearable device that aims to reduce injury and enhance rehabilitation.
• Glitch Ads — GlitchAds intends to democratize advertising by "leveraging" adverts and artificial intelligence.
• Change by Degrees — Change by degrees supports individuals and organizations in developing sustainable competencies and gaining self-assurance to achieve sustainability goals, expand their businesses, and adhere to legal requirements.

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• Soundwave — Soundwave was founded by Brendan O’Driscoll, Aidan Sliney and Craig Watson in 2012, and was acquired by Spotify in January 2016. Backed by Mark Cuban and ACT Venture Capital, Soundwave is a mobile music-discovery co. Soundwave tracks what songs people are listening to on their smartphones and where in real time.Before being acquired bySpotify, Soundwave scaled its Android and iPhone app to over 1.5 million users across 190 countries in 14 languages, tracking over 150 million song plays. Since launch, the Soundwave product has been voted by Apple as "Best Innovation in Music” and has been permanently positioned globally by Google in the Android "Editors Choice" sections alongside only 50 other apps out of over 1.5 million.
• Concept Art House — Concept Art House powers Web3 projects for the biggest brands and IP in the World.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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 —

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• 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.

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• 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.