Top 50 Media (entertainment) VC Funds in Ireland

Investor	Media (entertainment) Ireland investments
Enterprise Ireland	28
Act Venture Capital	11
NDRC	10
AIB Seed Capital Fund	8
Kernel Capital	7
Tribal.vc	6
Elkstone Capital Partners	6
Frontline Ventures	4
Delta Partners	3
Sure Valley Ventures	3
Business Venture Partners	3
Atlantic Bridge University Fund	3
Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity fund	2
Meridian Growth Capital	2
Salica	2
SparkLabs Global Ventures	2
Social Starts	2
Western Development Commission	2
Enterprise Equity	2
Furthr	2
EIIS Investment	2
The Associated Press	2
Boys and Girls	1
Greycroft	1
Finaves	1
Visionplus	1
Boost Heroes	1
Norwest Venture Partners	1
Bloom Equity	1
Polaris Partners	1
Velvet Sea Ventures	1
Northstar Ventures	1
Flight Ventures	1
SeedBlink	1
Boom 22	1
Veddis	1
Irelandia Aviation	1
Astia Angels	1
Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund	1
Upside VC	1
Frontline	1
EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs	1
BIC Angels	1
SVG Ventures	1
Alpama	1
SVG Ventures	1
Crosspoint Capital Partners	1
Lerer Hippeau	1
ZenStone Venture Capital	1
Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund	1

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

Xocean — Using unmanned surface vessels (USVs), XOCEAN offers turnkey data collection services to Surveyors, Companies and Agencies.
Lua Health — We believe the future of well-being is in prevention and early detection. Getting the right help, at the right time.
MarketSizer — MarketSizer offers subscription-based competitive intelligence and market insights for SaaS vendors who want to strategically grow their business.

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 — Mavarick helps manufacturers to achieve sustainability breakthroughs with AI-Driven Carbon Reporting & Management across their operations & entire supply chain

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 — All of your restaurant operations managed in one platform, powered by AI. Tools that fuel better decision making and fatter profit margins.
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

The AIB Seed Capital Fund was established in 2007 to provide venture capital for companies at the seed and early stages of development across a range of sectors throughout the Republic of Ireland. The Fund was established under the Enterprise Ireland Seed and Venture Capital Programme 2007-2012.The Fund has a total of â‚¬30m under managementwith AIB and Enterprise Ireland both committing â‚¬15m. It is managed by experienced managers with extensive expertise in making seed and early stage investments, adding value and facilitating business success.The Fund managers are empowered to make seed investments of up to approximately â‚¬500,000. Furthermore, the Fund has the capacity to make investments in later rounds to support the continued growth of investee companies.The Fund will be managed by Enterprise Equity Venture Capital and the Dublin Business Innovation Centre. This unique partnership brings together extensive regional and investment expertise.Enterprise Equity will evaluate and manage all investments outside the city and county of Dublin, as well as investments that require in excess of â‚¬250,000 from the fund within the city and county of Dublin.Dublin Business Innovation Centre (DBIC) will evaluate and manage all investments within the city and county of Dublin when the initial investment amount required from the Fund does not exceed â‚¬250,000.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

NewsWhip — The only real-time media monitoring platform that predicts the stories and topics that will matter in the hours ahead.
Offr — Offr is the new way to buy and sell property, quickly and transparently.
Metabolomic Diagnostics — Metabolomic Diagnostics is a deep-tech company specialized in the development of novel biomarker based diagnostic solutions for complex diseases. The company has developed an effective pipeline to firstly identify diagnostic biomarker panels and then translate these panels into clinical assays ready for application in the clinical laboratory.Thispipeline combines the biomarker multiplexing capabilities of Mass Spectrometry, a powerful analytical technology, with the company’s own informatics and statistics solutions to deliver diagnostic innovation. This is reflected in Metabolomic Diagnostics’ strong and versatile IP portfolio of technical innovations and biomarkers.Our VisionMetabolomic Diagnostics’ primary vision is to develop a portfolio of diagnostic solutions which can determine, early in a woman’s pregnancy,her risk of developing major complications much later in her pregnancy and thus enabling personalized care, adapted to each woman’s individual needs. Pregnancy complications like preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, preterm birth, and in-uterine growth restriction, all have the potential to severely impact on the well-being of mother and child.The company’s innovative diagnostic solutions will assist clinicians in re-imagining how these conditions are managed: our novel risk assessment tools are specifically developed in conjunction with prenatal care providers to ensure they make a difference that really matters. This in turn will enable clinicians to improve pregnancy outcomes globally.Our solutions will empower pregnant women: accurate pregnancy risk information will allow a pregnant woman, in partnership with her care provider, to determine what prenatal care is best for her pregnancy.

Kernel Capital is the independent manager of The Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Venture Funds, one of the largest and most active sources of equity finance on the island of Ireland. Kernel leverage their extensive network to enable their portfolio companies recruit the highest caliber people, to break into new international markets and to generaterevenues of scale. It is the only investment firm with venture capital Funds dedicated to both jurisdictions on the Island. Kernel have raised over €210M from investors which including their strategic partner Bank of Ireland, Invest NI, Enterprise Ireland, Galway University Foundation, The University of Limerick Foundation, The New York State Common Retirement Fund and undisclosed Family Offices. Consistently delivering strong financial returns for their investors Kernel have led more than 20 substantial trade sales to NASDAQ, NYSE, and LSE listed corporations.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ireland, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Pretto — Pretto is the only truly transparent online real estate price comparator.Pretto accompanies you until the signing of your loan, free of charge and without commitment.
Pilot Photonics — Welcome to Pilot Photonics, a laser product development company in Dublin, Ireland. We provide optical frequency combs and tunable lasers.
Causeway Sensors — The Affinity, is a compact, bench-top Biosensor providing accurate real-time analysis at an accessible price. The Affinity biosensor and accompanying Access Chip incorporate the latest advancements in Nanotechnology, providing the biochemistry researcher the perfect platform to explore the complex world of biomolecular interactions.

We are a venture firm that empowers entrepreneurs on their own unique path to success. We invest early and with conviction, using our experience and networks to help guide founders and their teams as needed. Our investment experience includes; Seed investment in Boxever, acquired by SiteCore.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Conjura — The eCommerce Analytics platform
GREYSCOUT — Need brand protection? Our best brand protection software monitors & removes unauthorized listings, helping businesses fight online counterfeiting.
&Open — For businesses that gift to give back, share joy, or show they care. All you need is an email.

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, Funding Round, Series A
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Numra — Numra is an artificial intelligence automation for financial operations.
Jamango — Create and play for free in Jamango! Play with our block-based tools to make anything or explore a library of games and worlds instantly. No downloads.
Wellola — Wellola connects clinics & their own clients, anywhere, anytime. It is designed for the forward-thinking healthcare professional. Our cloud-based platform offers secure video-consultation software combined with simple payment/practice management facilities.

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
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

StrongDM — Manage access to any server, database, or Kubernetes instance in minutes. Fully auditable, replayable, secure, and drag-and-drop easy.
DUDE CHEM — DUDE CHEM is a leading company in green chemical manufacturing based in Berlin.
JustParent — Parental leave insurance for businesses

Early stage VC investments and funding for start-ups / founders in Ireland.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Jamango — Create and play for free in Jamango! Play with our block-based tools to make anything or explore a library of games and worlds instantly. No downloads.
inspeq ai — Inspeq AI uses metric-based evaluation and improves model performance, helps detect responses with low factual accuracy, and prevents them before serving to the end-users.
MarketSizer — MarketSizer offers subscription-based competitive intelligence and market insights for SaaS vendors who want to strategically grow their business.

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

Ittybit — Ittybit is a API that enables users to handle rich media in applications. It provides developers with basic techniques for uploading, storing, transforming, and extracting data from video, music, and image files.
inspeq ai — Inspeq AI uses metric-based evaluation and improves model performance, helps detect responses with low factual accuracy, and prevents them before serving to the end-users.
Vortex IQ — Vortex IQ employs proprietary AI algorithms to detect and analyze data for merchants. It removes the guesswork from data analysis by delivering actionable recommendations and safely implementing it on a staging site, allowing businesses to test before going live.

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 — Self service parcel lockers for personal and business customers. Choose from a range of plans to suit you. Pay As You Go, Monthly and Premium Subscriptions available. Find your nearest OOHPod parcel locker and start using your out of home flexible address today.
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.

We invest in entrepreneurs with the ambition to create world-class companies of scale.

Investment focus

Medical Device, Health Care, Big Data
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Ireland, 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
ProVerum Medical — ProVerum Medical is an early stage medical device startup for the treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).
Tympany Medical — Tympany Medical is a Needs-driven, Innovative MedTech StartUp based in the West of Ireland

The Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity fund is a joint fund built with contributions from the Bank of Ireland, the University of Limerick Foundation, and government-backed The seed fund will invest in export-oriented high potential firms that operate in the technology, food and financial services sectors, inaddition to supporting patent and patent pending projects within Irish universities, targeting investments between EUR 100K-500K. The new fund comprises of a â‚¬17 million investment by Bank of Ireland, along with funding of â‚¬8 million from Enterprise Ireland and â‚¬ 1million by the University of Limerick Foundation. It will be managed by

Investment focus

Software, Photography, Solar
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Pulsate — Engage digitally banked customers effectively with Pulsate: tools for deeper, impactful relationships beyond branch interactions.
LegitFit — LegitFit is there to help you from first sale to scale! Our leading software solution is everything you need to run & grow a successful business. It's easy to use, affordable, and integrates powerful tools for bookings, payments, and communication!
Certification Europe — Certification Europe offers ISO Certification, Inspection and ISO Training solutions to drive compliance for our clients!

Meridian Growth Capital Ltd: Leading PE firm. Explore investments: Elecon, Blis, loveholidays, StorMagic, NewsWhip. Learn more from case studies.

Investment focus

Software, Insurance, Digital Media
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Dream Doors — Dream Doors operate a kitchen refurbishment franchise with over 80 stores throughout the UK.
Stewart Signs — Livery, Signage and Outdoor Media for passenger transport, commercial vehicles and buildings. Call 023 8025 4781 for information.
Four Tees Engineers — Four Tees offers a complete range of services in fabrication and site work assisting in project management and offering solutions to clients engineering problems.

Hambro Perks partner with founders and entrepreneurs to support growth businesses at all stages of investment cycle. Hambro Perks has specialised and dedicated investment teams, working across a number of funds. In addition to their flagship Venture, EIS and co-investment funds, Hambro Perks offers a number of specialist differentiated investmentstrategies, including Hambro Perks Environmental Technology, Special Situations, and Access, which invests in venture secondaries.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Financial Services
Seed, Secondary Market, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

SUPERHOG — SUPERHOG is a digital trust platform with embedded insurance
My Emissions — London tech start-up for companies to measure food product emissions and report their total Scope 3 emissions from food. They've assessed 15,000+ food products, are the carbon labelling partner of Just Eat Takeaway.com, and aim to standardize UK emissions reporting with Defra. Founders Matthew and Nathan made Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2024.
SURI (Sustainable Rituals) — A world-class clean that doesn’t cost our planet. SURI is the new, sustainable electric toothbrush. Delivering an effective clean with innovative plant-based materials.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, South Korea, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Splab — Manage communities and events and enjoy them like never before. Umoh is a super-connector for participants and provides a powerful dashboard full of insights for event and community managers.
Nitra — Nitra offers expense management software that integrates with the banks to provide innovative loan products.
Tella — Service

Social Starts is a $60M+ venture capital partnership with a uniquely data-driven approach to investing in moment-of-inception and Series A financing rounds.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Hey Jane — Get safe, effective and affordable abortion pills delivered fast to your home. Hey Jane is the first digital abortion clinic, connecting you to licensed providers in your state through telemedicine.
Mae Health — Mae is a maternal health platform that connects expectant mothers with critical resources to drive positive pregnancy outcomes.
Wayfinder Biosciences — We design RNA for next generation biomanufacturing and smart therapeutics.

Supporting communities to grow, investing in businesses to scale and planning for the future of the western region.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

FeelTect — Connected health technology for disruptive improvements to wound care
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.
Amara Therapeutics — Amara Therapeutics is passionate about empowering women and men to take control of their pelvic health. Amara Therapeutics use evidence based medicine and behavioural interventions supported by Amara Therapeutics platform of technologies to provide safe, convenient and non-invasive care pathways. At Amara Therapeutics mission is to fix the carepathway for pelvic health patients, connecting healthcare providers, patients and peers through our platform.

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 — Metabolomic Diagnostics is a deep-tech company specialized in the development of novel biomarker based diagnostic solutions for complex diseases. The company has developed an effective pipeline to firstly identify diagnostic biomarker panels and then translate these panels into clinical assays ready for application in the clinical laboratory.Thispipeline combines the biomarker multiplexing capabilities of Mass Spectrometry, a powerful analytical technology, with the company’s own informatics and statistics solutions to deliver diagnostic innovation. This is reflected in Metabolomic Diagnostics’ strong and versatile IP portfolio of technical innovations and biomarkers.Our VisionMetabolomic Diagnostics’ primary vision is to develop a portfolio of diagnostic solutions which can determine, early in a woman’s pregnancy,her risk of developing major complications much later in her pregnancy and thus enabling personalized care, adapted to each woman’s individual needs. Pregnancy complications like preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, preterm birth, and in-uterine growth restriction, all have the potential to severely impact on the well-being of mother and child.The company’s innovative diagnostic solutions will assist clinicians in re-imagining how these conditions are managed: our novel risk assessment tools are specifically developed in conjunction with prenatal care providers to ensure they make a difference that really matters. This in turn will enable clinicians to improve pregnancy outcomes globally.Our solutions will empower pregnant women: accurate pregnancy risk information will allow a pregnant woman, in partnership with her care provider, to determine what prenatal care is best for her pregnancy.

Furthr provides long-term support to startups and SME businesses in Ireland. We support Irish entrepreneurs who excel in innovation and international trading.

Investment focus

Software, Web Development, Analytics
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Ireland, United States, Luxembourg

Portfolio highlights

NewsWhip — The only real-time media monitoring platform that predicts the stories and topics that will matter in the hours ahead.
CroíValve — CroíValve is a developed a safe, effective, easy to use, percutaneous solution for treating all patients with severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
VideoElephant — VideoElephant offers ready-to-monetize video content solutions to advertising technology providers, publishers, and advertisers. Its online marketplace enables users to access a library of video contents comprising various short and long-form videos, such as TV shows, movies, documentaries, and short videos. the company was founded in 2012 and isheadquartered in Dublin.

EIIS Investment is a joint venture company owned by Goodbody and Baker Tilly.

Investment focus

Music, Media and Entertainment
Funding Round
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Dublin Vinyl — Dublin Vinyl is a brand new, state-of-the-art record pressing plant based in Glasnevin, Dublin and servicing the world.

Discover a world of unbiased journalism, in-depth analysis, and real-time updates from every corner of the globe.

Investment focus

SaaS, Video, News
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Trint — Trint™ is what happens when technology meets opportunity. Jeff Kofman (veteran journalist) and Mark Boas (seasoned web developer) met at the Mozilla Festival in 2013, and quickly realized that the work Mark and his team were doing on media and transcripts could solve a problem that Jeff had long encountered: painstaking transcription of interviews.
Stringr — Stringr combines a powerful cloud-based video software suite with a videographer network for on-demand video sourcing. On the same platform you can leverage Stringr's editing and enhancement tools, asset managent and sharing and streaming features to create video content faster and easier than ever before.
Data.world — data.world makes it easy for everyone—not just the “data people”—to get clear, accurate, fast answers to any business question. Our cloud-native data catalog maps your siloed, distributed data to familiar and consistent business concepts, creating a unified body of knowledge anyone can find, understand, and use.data.world is also home to theworld’s largest collaborative data community. It’s where people team up on everything from social bot detection to award-winning data journalism. We use what we learn from this community to improve the enterprise product and vice versa. Our team co-created the Manifesto for Data Practices, the most effective, ethical, and modern approach to data teamwork. More people signed the Manifesto for Data Practices in its first year than signed the Agile Manifesto in its first two years combined. In 2019 DataPractices.org became a Linux Foundation Project. The vendor-neutral community features new, open courseware to help people and organizations improve data practices through inclusion, experimentation, accountability, and impact.We are a Public Benefit Corporation. Most corporations are required to prioritize shareholder returns above all else. Not us. We are legally structured as a Public Benefit Corporation so we can pursue our mission and shareholder value with equal vigor. This ability is rare, powerful, and sustaining.

Boys and Girls is a Marketing Communications company.

Investment focus

Content, Marketing
Corporate Round
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Circle Content — Circle Content operates as a social-first content agency, using craft, cunning and creativity to make your content a-cut-above the competition.

Venture capital and technology investments

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Pika — The idea-to-video platform that sets your creativity in motion.
Stability AI — AI for Humanity. Stability AI is a solution studio dedicated to innovating ideas. By using collective intelligence principles and augmented technology we design and implement feasible solutions to seemingly intractable problems.
Thoughtly — Thoughtfully assists companies in creating and implementing AI speech agents that mimic humans.

Finaves brings together IESE expertise, investors and entrepreneurs to foster new enterprises.

Investment focus

Software, Recruiting, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Spain, Argentina, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Taclia — We help companies manage all their repair and maintenance
Apartool — housing supplier with accommodation for staff
Ixoriguè Technologies — Ixoriguè Technologies are into livestock business.

WE HELP YOU TO GROW FASTER!

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Finland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Pebble — Pebble is a electric vehicle manufacturing startup.
Transfluent — Professional translations for all business needs. Fast. Easy.
BetterDoctor — BetterDoctor helps validate and deliver accurate provider data to health plans, health systems, and hundreds of other companies via its API — from startups to publicly traded ones. This ultimately helps achieve the mission of helping consumers find the healthcare they need.Today, BetterDoctor's data platform and APIs power 9 health plans,350 companies, 1,500 developers, helping millions of people find the right doctor each month. Health Plans BetterDoctor uses multi-modal outreach to drive providers to attest their information on BetterDoctor's online portal. API PartnersBetterDoctor brings transparency to doctor data. Their real-time platform, master database and API services enable everyone to add doctor data to their systems, websites and applications. Today, BetterDoctor API and data tools power health insurance companies, healthcare startups and doctor search tools. https://betterdoctor.com/developers

Boost Heroes is an Italy-based holding company focusing on seed and early stage investments.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Apps
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Italy, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Cosaporto — Cosaporto is a home delivery service bringing users goods from upmarket and premium shops in Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, and London. The startup carefully selects the best independent shops, producers and artisans, delivered directly to the user’s doorstep within hours of ordering. The service can be used to send beautiful gifts, or forevents, as well as surprises. Currently, Cosaporto operates in several Italian cities, including Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence and last year it launched a London branch of the business.
Ricehouse — Ricehouse uses organic residues, such as rice straw, husk and chaff, from the rice industry and creates natural construction materials.
Babaco Market — Babaco Market is a subscription with which you receive out-of-the-ordinary fruit and vegetables at home. Products that do not exceed the beauty contests organized by traditional channels and which risk being wasted. We deliver them to your home, in a box. Bring all the goodness of nature to the table and reduce food waste!

Growing together every step of the way. We empower great leaders throughout the journey of growth.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Anomalo — Anomalo allows users to continuously inspect and validate the data coming into their warehouses.
tvScientific — tvScientific is the first performance platform for CTV. It combines the power of television with the precision of digital marketing.
Route 92 Medical — The official website for Route 92 Medical.

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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Sustainability
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Ireland, United States

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.

Polaris Partners invests in healthcare and biotechnology companies. Their healthcare portfolio companies' care delivery models include digital health, consumer-centric businesses, patient-provider solutions, data science, and analytics. Their life sciences and biotechnology portfolio companies focus on molecules and platforms, therapeutics,and genomics.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, Ireland, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Nomad Health — Search travel nurse jobs nationwide. Earn more money, haggle-free. Receive expert support without the pushy tactics of a traditional recruiter.
Vico Therapeutics — Vico Therapeutics is a developer of ribonucleic acid (RNA) modulating therapies for rare neurological disorders. The company discovers, develops, and delivers therapies for CNS disorders. Its initial focus is on SCA which is a subgroup of hereditary ataxia, HD which is a neurodegenerative disorder, and RTT-a neurodevelopmental disorder primarilyaffecting girls that enable clients with providing therapy for it.Vico Therapeutics was founded in 2019 by Luc Dochez, Josh Mandel-Brehm, Judith van Deutekom, and Gail Mandel and it is headquartered in Leiden, The Netherlands.
Tectonic Therapeutic — Tectonic and AVROBIO have completed their anticipated merger.Please follow this link to our press release for additional information.

Velvet Sea Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs turn their visions into reality. With more than 80 years of combined experience as founders and venture investors and more than $2.2 billion invested, the firm provides seed-to-growth stage capital investments coupled with strategic support across all sectors. Velvet Seaspartners’ past investments include such notable companies as Twitter (TWTR), Square (SQ), SpaceX, Snap Inc. (SNAP), Facebook (FB), Pinterest (PINS), Domo (DOMO), Buzzfeed, Namely, Eaze, Braze, and Map Anything (CRM).

Investment focus

Software, Information Services, Marketplace
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
United States, Israel, India

Portfolio highlights

LeoLabs — LeoLabs' network of ground-based, phased array radars produces high-resolution data on objects in LEO, supporting satellite service industries.
KarmaCheck — KarmaCheck has reimagined background checks with a tech-first, AI-driven approach that provides the fastest background check for employment needs. Employers and employees benefit from real-time, actionable notifications, so hiring decisions come sooner. Our mobile-first background check platform is easy to access, reliable, and compliant.
Splash Sports — Splash Sports is the leading skill-based sports gaming platform built for friends to use their knowledge to compete for real money. Learn more and get started.

Northstar Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in innovative solutions to help solve the most pressing societal issues we have today. Our ticket sizes range from £100k to £500k into early stage tech companies. We provide added value in leveraging our network of university partners, funders, non-executive directors and talent to supporteach investment.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Lightox — Lightox has developed a unique range of molecular tools for use in imaging, therapeutics and assay development. These unique probes are smaller than any other commercially available fluorescent product. They offer the option of using our technologies as freely-moving probes that readily incorporate into cells or with a range of flexible linkers togive specificity to your unique applications and research needs.
DayaTani — DayaTani supplies farmers with comprehensive services to increase their productivity.
Circadacare — Circadacare helps elderly people and people with dementia live independently for longer with an integrated circadian lighting and home health monitoring system.

Flight Ventures is the first fund that was built by leveraging AngelList syndicates. They operate some of the top syndicates on AngelList, as well as the Flight Ventures Expansion fund (offline). Flight Ventures includes 25 partners with exceptional operational and entrepreneurial accolades, all whom actively engage with our portfolio companies.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

TaxGPT — Looking for instant tax help? Meet TaxGPT, your AI-powered tax assistant. We simplify tax processes and maximize deductions. Try TaxGPT today!
Elude — Search by your budget. Find out where you could fly. Leave your normal far behind.
Feel Therapeutics — Feel develops Biomarkers and Digital Therapeutics to bring objective data and measurement in the way we diagnose, manage and care for Mental Health.

Explore startup tech-investments, a digital secondary market for early liquidity, and an optimised portfolio management solution. One-stop for smart investors.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Romania, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

SoCyber — SoCyber provides services in the field of Information and Communication Technology, specializing in Cybersecurity services. The main business lines are security as a service, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and IT audits. After being a successful service company for several years, SoCyber developed a holistic vulnerability managementsolution "Kikimora.io" that makes the vulnerability management process centralised, transparent and easy to follow and understand. It enables companies to prioritise the remediation of vulnerabilities and address their security issues in a timely manner. The solution saves companies time and money by eliminating the need for repeated security testing that shows the same vulnerabilities.
Kikimora — Kikimora.io is an information technology company that focuses on monitoring and controlling significant risks related to cybersecurity.
Affirma Biotech — Affirma Biotech develops new orally available immunotherapeutic drugs for the treatment of severe infections and cancer

Boom 22 Technologies Ltd is a creative digital marketing agency with a passion for design & development of websites, apps and everything online. Boom 22 had the privilege to work with some of the largest names in the business and have established a reputation for always getting their clients a return on their digital investments.

Investment focus

Art, Music, Video
Seed, Angel
Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

WAMbloc — WAMbloc is an online platform that enables musicians, writers, and musicians to collaborate on new work.
Rouge Reel — Rouge Reel is an interactive marketplace where beauty companies, YouTube beauty vloggers, & their fans come together on one platform and engage in live streaming video product reviews, and tutorials. The platform enables viewers to instantly purchase beauty products while participating and watching videos. Rouge Reel was founded by

Veddis is an investment advisory firm that seeks to create value through sourcing tailored investment decisions that meet the right criteria of asset class, risk profile, and geography. They currently manage a portfolio of carefully selected companies which specialise in technology, health & wellbeing and retail. Their sophisticated planningprocess provides their clients access to global investment vehicles free from bias, and has culminated in a longstanding record of superior returns. As a truly independent company, every decision they make is solely with the investors’ interests in mind.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, Consumer Electronics
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Hadean — Our spatial computing and AI-powered technology empowers leaders to simulate the unthinkable, grasp the competitive edge, and create without limits.
Student.com — Student.com is the world’s leading marketplace for international student housing, helping students find their perfect home abroad. Student.com has been six years in the making and their international team has already helped thousands of students find their home.They have the widest and most carefully selected range of rooms that were built andare managed specifically for students. This gives you the power to explore and compare a variety of rooms across different neighbourhoods so that you can make the right choice. Choosing the right home provides a safe and inspiring foundation. It helps you to grow and make the most of your journey.
Excite Foundry — Get the fastest deal for your Amazon brand from a brand aggregator founded by experienced Amazon entrepreneurs like you.

Irelandia Aviation initiate, develop and deliver successful low cost carriers (LCCs) in partnership with airline management and investors.

Investment focus

Travel, Aerospace, Hotel
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Ireland, Spain, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

Ayenda Hotels — Ayenda is the fastest-growing hotel chain in Latin America, with a presence in Mexico, Colombia, and Peru. Ayenda franchises independent hotels in main cities to ensure quality on the basics needs for travelers.Ayenda is a tech-based company that enables run the chain by proprietary software in all areas, from hotel software, pricing algorithms,and user-facing experience.
AERDRON — AERDRON is an innovative aerospace company that specializes in the development, and manufacturing of unmanned aerial vehicles. It specializes in designing prototypes, turnkey solutions, and finished commercial products to their clients requirements. They work with their clients through all stages of product development, and offer training and postsales support.AERDRON focuses on developing aerospace technology innovations for the unmanned aerial vehicle industry. They collaborate with both private, and public entities to further our R&D projects to the commercial market. AERDRON can also help other companies outsource development, and prototype manufacturing.
Skyports — Connecting the world through our skies by owning and operating infrastructure for urban aviation and managing end to end drone deliveries.

Astia Angels is a global network of both female and male angel investors that invest in high-growth companies. The angel investor network is actively engaged in the Astia community and screening process (Astia Expert Sift TM) and founded by experienced angel investors. All members are highly involved throughout the investment process and makeindependent investment decisions.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

ORNA — ORNA is a turn-key solution for cross-functional teams designed to take the guesswork out of cyber incident response with playbooks, process automation, reporting, and more.
Ellevest — Money & career coaching, investing, and banking that gives you cash back.
Bone Health Technologies — Bone Health Technologies specializes in developing medical devices designed for low bone mass. Its solution is a gentle mechanical stimulation that mimics weight-bearing exercise, providing an effective non-drug intervention. It offers the OsteoBoost device that relies on safe, natural, and effective whole-body vibration technology usingvibrational energy to turn stem cells into the bone using the same mechanisms as physical exercise. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Based in Dublin, Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund supports management teams that need capital to expand their businesses into new markets.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Personalization
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

StitcherAds — Kargo Commerce's retail and eCommerce-centric platform is designed to drive performance with ease across Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, and TikTok.
HeyStaks — Mobile operators and online publishers can earn massive revenues from their first-party data with HeyStaks AI Marketing Platform.
Accuris Networks — Accuris Networks is a leading provider of convergence, roaming and interworking solutions . The AccuROAM platform is designed to enable Communication Service Providers to have integrated and disruptive solutions by connecting current and emerging mobile broadband networks such as GSM CDMA, LTE and Wi-Fi , which includes smartphone client software,access server/gateway technology and billing integration.This gives their subscribers a seamless and secure user experience for data, voice and messaging services on all of these technologies both internationally and domestically.

Venture capital and investment services for the creator economy

Investment focus

SaaS, Web Apps, Legal Tech
Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

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

Frontline is a fortnightly English magazine from the stable of The Hindu that offers in-depth reporting and analysis of issues and events at the regional, national, and international levels. It covers topics such as politics, economics, social, environment, nature, culture, and cinema. Frontline is published in Chennai, India.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Cooking
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Baserow — Baserow allows you to create databases and applications without code. Streamline your data management, collaborate in real-time, and scale with maximum flexibility. Self-host for unlimited rows and storage. Try for free today!
PageFair — Blockthrough is the market leader in adblock revenue recovery. With adblock rates of 10-40%, we recover revenue from blocked inventory.
Fresco — Unlock the value of your kitchen appliances, get to market fast, and build a community of happy home cooks.

Executive Agency for SMEs

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Grant, Seed, Funding Round
Spain, United Kingdom, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

AGADE — Esoscheletri Agade | Il primo esoscheletro intelligente per lavoratori progettato per ridurre il rischio di disturbi muscolari delle spalle nella movimentazione manuale dei carichi.
BroadBit Batteries — BroadBit is a technology company developing revolutionary new batteries using novel sodium-based chemistries to power the future green economy.
Aenitis Technologies — We develop innovative devices for cells therapy processing using Acoustic Radiation Forces.

BIC Angels is an investment firm that provides venture capital for startups engaged in the internet sector. It is primarily focused on companies engaged in SaaS, location-based services, and mobile applications. The Company's early-stage investment ranges from $25,000 to $1,000,000. BIC Angels is based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Investment focus

Internet, SaaS, Software
Angel, Seed, Funding Round
Turkey, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Doktorderki — Doktorderki is an online system that allows people to directly talk to doctors about their questions and problems regarding health. It aims to establish a scalable B2C growth model along with the investment it is taking and to do B2B work with pharmacists and mainly dermocosmetics companies.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered inIstanbul, Turkey.
Kolay Randevu — Kolay Randevu is an online beauty booking marketplace and salon management software for salons.
EvdekiBakıcım — EvdekiBakıcım empowers young generation so they can reach their full potential. EvdekiBakıcım aims to lead innovation in care, tutoring and activity categories.

We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the agtech and foodtech industries.

Investment focus

AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

scoutlabs — We're building the world's densest digital trap network to accurately gauge insect pest pressure. This helps millions of farmers in precisely combating crop-eating insects, accelerating a transition to more sustainable methods. Good for the farmer, the environment and for our food security
Cynomys — Soluzioni IOT di monitoraggio ambientale per allevamenti e aziende
Verdi Expeditions — Verdi is building the world's first truly scalable platform for farm automation. We work with the world's largest food brands to grow better and more sustainable crops.

Alpama is an investment firm

Investment focus

Tourism, Mobile Apps, Augmented Reality
Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Imvizar — Imvizar focuses on life-size, location-based experiences that allow users to feel as if they've gone back in time, meeting renowned individuals and witnessing historical events all from the comfort of their own phone. Imvizar was founded by Michael Guerin and is located in Dublin, Ireland.

We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the agtech and foodtech industries.

Investment focus

AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

FarmWise — FarmWise provides technology-based services that allow farmers to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency.
Napigen — We are the genome editing company specialized for mitochondrial engineering. We address unmet needs of future food supplies by creating hybrid crop plants to boost their yields to an unprecedented level. The company’s technology creates robust male sterile lines that are ideal over conventional lines because of their stability and elitebackgrounds. This allows the production of non-GM hybrid seeds in crop plants that are currently mostly non-hybrid such as wheat. Our technology solution is expected to fulfill the highest level of public acceptance and aspiration.
Iamus Technologies — Iamus Technologies Limited is an Artificial Intelligence & Robotics company based in Ireland that has developed poultry specific robotic technology that empowers poultry farmers to make better and safer production decisions. Over the last 2 years we have been working globally with poultry processors in identifying KPIs that our robots cancontinuously gather on the ground in poultry sheds and feedback instantly to both producer and the relevant personnel back at the processing plant. Results to date are impressive with automatic and accurate data recovery from the birds on every part of the floor and analysis with real-time intervention now possible. These factors are key in addressing the growing demands of modern, intensive broiler production with the Iamus robot & platform meeting these requirements.

Crosspoint Capital Partners is a newly formed private equity investment firm focused on the cybersecurity and privacy industries. The firm has assembled a group of highly successful technology visionaries, investors and operators to partner with foundational technology companies, transform the cybersecurity and privacy industries and drive outsizedreturns.

Investment focus

Cyber Security, Security, Mobile
Series A, Private Equity, Seed
United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

DigiCert — DigiCert, Inc. provides high-assurance SSL certificates to government agencies, financial institutions, educational and medical institutions, and companies worldwide. It offers standard and wildcard SSL certificates, extended validation certificates, and unified communications certificates; and code signing certificate solutions that include Adobe,Apple, Java, and Microsoft code signing certificates. The company also provides managed public key infrastructure solutions that allow organizations to take control of SSL certificate management, including issuing new certificates and reissuing, replacing, and revoking existing SSL certificates. DigiCert, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Lindon, Utah.
Everseen — The world's leading retailers trust and rely on Everseen's Visual AI™ solutions to improve their bottom line by minimizing shrink, streamlining operations, and helping to deliver a better customer experience. As technology innovators, our best-in-class AI and computer vision deliver unmatched value at global scale. Whether it's atcheckout lanes, in aisles, or at the receiving door, Everseen helps retailers see the unseen.
alphaMountain.ai — Get domain and IP reputation scores from alphaMountain's AI-powered threat intelligence engine with leading freshness, factors and fidelity.

Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital fund based in New York City. As founders and operators ourselves, we see returns in relationships

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Expressable — Expressable is an online speech therapy practice for everyone with a communication disorder. It has pioneered a parent-focused care model that uses technology and education to integrate speech therapy techniques into children's daily lives, improving outcomes and experiences.The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Austin,Texas.
Footprint — The last identity verification you'll ever need
Teleskope — Teleskope is a modern data protection platform that automates data security, privacy, and compliance at scale.

Introduction of the investment thesis of ZenStone Venture Capital: Investing in passionate founders with extraordinatry vision and execution at post seed and early venture stages.

Investment focus

FinTech, Real Estate, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Brazil, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Bolt — Bolt makes Ecommerce better with One-Click Checkout and CheckoutOS. See how Bolt checkout boosts your sales today.
EquityZen — EquityZen's mission is to improve the way startup employees are paid by unlocking the value of their equity compensation in a way that benefits all key players: the shareholder, the company, and the investor.
DecorMatters — Discover home decor ideas and interior design inspiration. Shop your favorite furniture stores and socialize with other interior designers.

The Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund is a €500 million fund established under Project Ireland 2040 and is run by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation with administrative support from Enterprise Ireland.

Investment focus

Health Care, Therapeutics, Artificial Intelligence
Grant, Series A, Funding Round
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Soapbox Labs — Award-winning speech recognition tech that actually understands kids. Privacy-first. High accuracy. All ages and accents. Try our API for free.
Signum Surgical — Founded in 2014 by Eoin Bambury and Moshe Zilversmit, Signum Surgical is a medtech platform striving to develop technology that could cure perianal fistula. Bambury and Zilversmit, who met on the BioInnovate Ireland programme at NUI Galway, recognised a lack of innovation surrounding the treatment of perianal fistulas (small tunnels that developbetween the end of the bowel and the skin near the anus). The device developed by Signum Surgical is implanted post-surgery to prevent reinfection and to allow a faster healing process.
Amara Therapeutics — Amara Therapeutics is passionate about empowering women and men to take control of their pelvic health. Amara Therapeutics use evidence based medicine and behavioural interventions supported by Amara Therapeutics platform of technologies to provide safe, convenient and non-invasive care pathways. At Amara Therapeutics mission is to fix the carepathway for pelvic health patients, connecting healthcare providers, patients and peers through our platform.