Top 10 Music Startup Investors in Ireland (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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EIIS Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Ireland | Music, Media and Entertainment | ||
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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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Enterprise Ireland
VC Fund
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2 | Ireland, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $439k–$12M |
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Karl McEneff
Angel
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1 | Ireland | Music, Media and Entertainment | ||
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NDRC
VC Fund
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1 | Ireland, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | |
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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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Irelandia Aviation
VC Fund
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1 | Ireland, Spain, Colombia | Series A, Seed | Travel, Aerospace, Hotel | $851k–$8.7M |
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Per Brilioth
Angel
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1 | Sweden, United Kingdom, The Netherlands | Series B, Seed | Apps, Software, Transportation | $106k–$100M |
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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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Polaris Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Ireland, Singapore | Series B, Series A, Series C | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $4.5M–$105M |
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EIIS Investment is a joint venture company owned by Goodbody and Baker Tilly.
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- Industry: Music, Media and Entertainment
- Geography: Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
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.
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: 152
- 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
- Deciphex — Deciphex - Transforming Digital Pathology - we are focussed on the development of applications for clinical and veterinary pathology that improve productivity
- SiriusXT — SiriusXT is transforming cell and tissue imaging with the SXT-100, the first commercial, laboratory scale soft x-ray microscope.
- Bounce Insights — Bounce Insights is a digital consumer research platform. It provides a direct link between brands and any consumer they needed to speak to by maintaining a community of active, engaged respondents on their mobile app.
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, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 485
- Round size: Seed $439k–$3.3M; Series A $2.2M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Tirlan — Tirlan is an agricultural company that supplies agri-food and farm input materials to the framing sector.
- Lakeland Dairies — Lakeland Dairies, a major dairy processing co-operative, operates within a fifteen county catchment area across the northern half of the island of Ireland. The Group processes about one billion litres of quality milk annually into a range of value added dairy foodservice products and functional dairy food ingredients.
- Ulysses Neuroscience — We are your vanguard CRO and translational partner, dedicated to advancing clinical and preclinical research for neuropsychiatric, neurodegenerative, and rare neurological disorders.
Karl McEneff is a independent Non Executive Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust.
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- Industry: Music, Media and Entertainment
- Geography: Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 110
- Lead/follow: no public data
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
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.
Irelandia Aviation initiate, develop and deliver successful low cost carriers (LCCs) in partnership with airline management and investors.
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- Industry: Travel, Aerospace, Hotel
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Ireland, Spain, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $851k–$8.7M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
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.
Per Brilioth - CEO @ VNV Global
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- Industry: Apps, Software, Transportation
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: Sweden, United Kingdom, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $106k–$5.3M; Series B $6.4M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- memmo.me — memmo.me provides a webpage for offering and distributing personalized video messages from actors, athletes, musicians, and other talent.
- 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.
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.
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.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, Ireland, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 447
- Round size: Series A $4.5M–$80M; Series B $7M–$100M; Series C $10M–$105M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $182M in 1998
Portfolio highlights
- Jibe — ICIMS is a leading talent acquisition platform offering AI-powered applicant tracking, candidate engagement, onboarding, employer branding, and career site software to help organizations hire top talent at scale.
- Thirty Madison — Thirty Madison is a human-first healthcare company, powering access to affordable specialized healthcare through brands like Keeps and Cove.
- Hydra Biosciences — Hydra Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, develops novel drugs to treat pain, inflammation, cardiovascular and other diseases using its expertise in novel ion channels. Hydra's proprietary high throughput screening platforms enable the company to identify and develop drug candidates that addresssignificant unmet medical needs.Hydra's ion channel drug discovery program is currently focused on channels implicated in pain, inflammation, and cardiovascular disease. Hydra's intellectual property portfolio, significant ion channel expertise, and flexible screening systems set it apart from other biopharmaceutical companies. Unlike classical sodium, calcium, or potassium voltage-gated channels Hydra's novel ion channels provide the potential to develop selective and safer ion channel drugs.Hydra has raised significant financing from blue-chip investors since its inception. This prominent group of investors includes Abingworth Ventures, Advanced Technology Ventures, Polaris Ventures, Lilly Bio Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, BioVentures Investors, Biogen Idec, Boston Medical Investors, and MedImmune Ventures.
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