Top 10 Non Profit Startup Investors in Ireland (August 2026)

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• ItsOn — How Does The Casino Make Money Through Slot Machines
• ChangeX — <p>Find and start ideas that will transform your community. ChangeX provides everything you need to jumpstart projects you are passionate about!</p>
• GoodData.AI — GoodData is a leading composable data and analytics platform. Build, embed, and scale analytics on demand, with zero vendor lock-in.

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• Brale — One regulated system for stablecoin issuance, custody, payments, and compliance. 75+ programs in production across 45 US jurisdictions. SOC 2 Type II. Book a demo.
• Terra.do — Learn about climate change and start working on climate change solutions today with the Terra.do community.
• Phlair — Carbon Atlantis is producing energy-efficient approach for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal.

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• 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

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• Cofense — Cofense provides phishing threat management for organizations concerned about human susceptibility. Cofense’s intelligence-driven platform turns employees into an active line of defense by enabling them to identify, report, and mitigate spear phishing, malware, and drive-by threats.Cofense’s customers include the defense industrial base, energy,financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing industries, as well as other Global 1000 entities that understand changing user security behavior, will improve security, aid incident response, and reduce the risk of compromise.
• Dam Secure — Dam Secure replaces noisy, after-the-fact scans with real-time guidance inside your IDE. Built for devs. Trusted by AppSec. Backed by experience.
• Stanhope AI — Stanhope AI is a deep-tech startup based in London with a strong background in neuroscience, robotics and fintech. We are bringing Active Inference to market as a novel framework for autonomous decision-making. To contend with the challenges of contemporary AIs, our distinct approach aims to offer

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• WrxFlo — WrxFlo deliver real time data insights and software solutions to allow business achieve greater levels of supply chain efficiencies
• Danalto — Simple, cost-effective, high-accuracy Location Services for large open environments, both indoor and outdoor. Asset Tracking made simple!
• Neurobell — NeuroBell develop novel EEG medical devices for early detection and monitoring of neonatal seizures.

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• Coroflo — The world's first accurate breastfeeding monitor
• Cicero Networks — Cicero Networks is at the forefront of the wireless Internet revolution, developing solutions for the delivery of Voice over Wireless IP. Cicero’s mission is to harness the power of VoIP to enable the delivery of wireless voice services while maintaining mobility and flexibility for end users at a lower cost.Cicero Networks has focused onbuilding platform-independent solutions which offer operators and service providers a means of delivering high-quality voice services over both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth networks. Its innovative use of wireless technology enables operators to terminate calls to fixed-line or hotspot locations at least cost to subscribers.Cicero Networks was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Cicero Networks is a privately held company.
• Clavis Insight — Grow faster, smarter, and more efficiently with Flywheel's suite of digital commerce solutions, purpose-built for the world's leading brands.

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• Sock Finance — Sock is a mobile finance app that is the easiest way in the world to earn interest (yield) on your crypto. With Sock, you can send crypto, invest, and earn with crypto anywhere in the world while maintaining self-custody.
• VIZTA DGTL — VIZTA is an innovative gaming studio at the forefront of significant technology shifts and increasing demands from new generations and various consumers.
• Sunnyside — Sunnyside is the #1 alcohol moderation app helping 600,000+ people drink less through tracking, coaching, and optional naltrexone via telehealth. Start your free 15-day trial.

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• Appital — Real-time visibility, full transparency and maximum control over the bookbuilding and deal distribution process in publicly listed equities.
• ChangeX — <p>Find and start ideas that will transform your community. ChangeX provides everything you need to jumpstart projects you are passionate about!</p>
• Linked Finance — LinkedFinance offers a new and painless way for Irish businesses to borrow money from a large group of real people, including their own customers. Crowd Funding is the new way for companies to borrow, bankers get bypassed, the wheels of business keep turning and everyone wins!Person to Person (P2P) lending or Crowd Funding is simple. Peoplewith money to lend can lend it directly to people who need it. With LinkedFinance lenders can lend directly to small businesses looking for funding. Crowd Funding provides complete transparency to both the lender and borrower and it brings lending back to basics where a lender simply deposits funds and when there are enough funds available loans can be made to credit worthy borrowers.How it Works - Businesses looking for a loan can apply at Linkedfinance.com for funding. The loan required and full details of the business are posted in their market. Potential Lenders can participate in an auction process where they bid on how much of the loan they are prepared to fund and the interest rate they require. The lowest rate bids are accepted so the borrower secures the best interest rate possible.

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• ChangeX — <p>Find and start ideas that will transform your community. ChangeX provides everything you need to jumpstart projects you are passionate about!</p>
• Signifyd — Put CX at the heart of ecommerce operations. Strike the perfect balance between conversion and fraud prevention.
• Bitnet Technologies — Bitnet provides a digital commerce platform enabling enterprise-scale merchants to accept bitcoin payments. Bitnet’s engineering, product, and business development team help in building and managing the world’s largest payment gateway, CyberSource (NASDAQ: CYBS), which was sold to the world’s largest payment network, Visa (NYSE: V), for $2billion in 2010.

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• ChangeX — <p>Find and start ideas that will transform your community. ChangeX provides everything you need to jumpstart projects you are passionate about!</p>
• Agilis Systems — Linxup offers affordable GPS tracking devices and software for fleets, vehicles and equipment that is reliable, powerful and easy to use.
• ExamSoft — ExamSoft helps academic institutions improve student learning with secure assessment tools and software that provide valuable data, insights and reports.