# Allen Martin

> Allen Martin is a funding round investor at Techstart Ventures (Belfast) backing Software and CRM. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Techstart Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstart-ventures)
- Location: Belfast, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 73%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allen-martin-2710b91a

Allen Martin is a funding round investor at Techstart Ventures in Belfast focused on Software and CRM. Allen Martin - Investment Director @ Techstart Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 27% |
| CRM | 1 | 9% |
| Fuel | 1 | 9% |
| Mining | 1 | 9% |
| Sports | 1 | 9% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 4 | 36% |
| Seed | 2 | 18% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 36% |
| Ireland | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Datactics | Datactics specialises in self-service data quality and fuzzy matching software with connectivity to a wide range of internal and external data sources. Our solutions are designed to enable business users who know the data to visualise and fix the data, rather than rely on a coded, IT-resourced solution. Our experienced data scientists help banks,fund and asset managers, and major government departments easily report on and fix their data to ensure compliance with financial regulations, aid AML & KYC functions, and eliminate roadblocks common in data management. Ultimately, we help the people who know the data to fix the data. Typically, data quality is left to the technology side of a financial firm, and IT quickly becomes a bottleneck for the wide range of business projects requiring measured, cleaned and perfected data for analytics projects, regulatory reporting, and AML / KYC activities. Our tools easily integrate with off-the-shelf visualisation tools and help business teams to identify breaks and fix broken data as part of business as usual tasks. |  |  | May 05, 2021 |  |
| Datactics | Datactics specialises in self-service data quality and fuzzy matching software with connectivity to a wide range of internal and external data sources. Our solutions are designed to enable business users who know the data to visualise and fix the data, rather than rely on a coded, IT-resourced solution. Our experienced data scientists help banks,fund and asset managers, and major government departments easily report on and fix their data to ensure compliance with financial regulations, aid AML & KYC functions, and eliminate roadblocks common in data management. Ultimately, we help the people who know the data to fix the data. Typically, data quality is left to the technology side of a financial firm, and IT quickly becomes a bottleneck for the wide range of business projects requiring measured, cleaned and perfected data for analytics projects, regulatory reporting, and AML / KYC activities. Our tools easily integrate with off-the-shelf visualisation tools and help business teams to identify breaks and fix broken data as part of business as usual tasks. | $2.8M | Series A | May 05, 2021 |  |
| Kairos Sports Tech | Kairos exists to maximise elite sports performance through excellent planning. The live and powerful platform brings together all scheduling and communications for staff and players. | $2.1M | Seed | Mar 15, 2021 |  |
| Silform Technologies | Silform Technologies is a customised clean burning Solid Fuel Systems. | $2.4M |  | Aug 22, 2019 |  |
| ChangeOver Technologies | ChangeOver Technologies focuses on providing each of our customers with a tailored technology that will clean up legacy waste and reduce CO2. |  |  | Aug 22, 2019 |  |
| Automated Intelligence | Automated Intelligence (AI) provides information management software and services that enable organisations to easily transition to, and make the most of, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Azure and Office 365.Using their proven solutions, organisations can analyse and optimise their existing data holdings to aid in the transition to SharePointfrom legacy data repositories, reducing costs and increasing data quality. Their technology further enables organisations to exploit their Microsoft platform to comply with legal, government and internal policy obligations, whilst improving user experience, user acceptance, information discovery and data quality. |  | Private Equity | Aug 01, 2019 |  |
| Datactics | Datactics specialises in self-service data quality and fuzzy matching software with connectivity to a wide range of internal and external data sources. Our solutions are designed to enable business users who know the data to visualise and fix the data, rather than rely on a coded, IT-resourced solution. Our experienced data scientists help banks,fund and asset managers, and major government departments easily report on and fix their data to ensure compliance with financial regulations, aid AML & KYC functions, and eliminate roadblocks common in data management. Ultimately, we help the people who know the data to fix the data. Typically, data quality is left to the technology side of a financial firm, and IT quickly becomes a bottleneck for the wide range of business projects requiring measured, cleaned and perfected data for analytics projects, regulatory reporting, and AML / KYC activities. Our tools easily integrate with off-the-shelf visualisation tools and help business teams to identify breaks and fix broken data as part of business as usual tasks. |  | Series A | May 14, 2019 |  |
| Datactics | Datactics specialises in self-service data quality and fuzzy matching software with connectivity to a wide range of internal and external data sources. Our solutions are designed to enable business users who know the data to visualise and fix the data, rather than rely on a coded, IT-resourced solution. Our experienced data scientists help banks,fund and asset managers, and major government departments easily report on and fix their data to ensure compliance with financial regulations, aid AML & KYC functions, and eliminate roadblocks common in data management. Ultimately, we help the people who know the data to fix the data. Typically, data quality is left to the technology side of a financial firm, and IT quickly becomes a bottleneck for the wide range of business projects requiring measured, cleaned and perfected data for analytics projects, regulatory reporting, and AML / KYC activities. Our tools easily integrate with off-the-shelf visualisation tools and help business teams to identify breaks and fix broken data as part of business as usual tasks. |  | Seed | May 14, 2019 |  |
| Datactics | Datactics specialises in self-service data quality and fuzzy matching software with connectivity to a wide range of internal and external data sources. Our solutions are designed to enable business users who know the data to visualise and fix the data, rather than rely on a coded, IT-resourced solution. Our experienced data scientists help banks,fund and asset managers, and major government departments easily report on and fix their data to ensure compliance with financial regulations, aid AML & KYC functions, and eliminate roadblocks common in data management. Ultimately, we help the people who know the data to fix the data. Typically, data quality is left to the technology side of a financial firm, and IT quickly becomes a bottleneck for the wide range of business projects requiring measured, cleaned and perfected data for analytics projects, regulatory reporting, and AML / KYC activities. Our tools easily integrate with off-the-shelf visualisation tools and help business teams to identify breaks and fix broken data as part of business as usual tasks. |  |  | Jun 21, 2018 |  |
| Automated Intelligence | Automated Intelligence (AI) provides information management software and services that enable organisations to easily transition to, and make the most of, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Azure and Office 365.Using their proven solutions, organisations can analyse and optimise their existing data holdings to aid in the transition to SharePointfrom legacy data repositories, reducing costs and increasing data quality. Their technology further enables organisations to exploit their Microsoft platform to comply with legal, government and internal policy obligations, whilst improving user experience, user acceptance, information discovery and data quality. |  |  | Sep 12, 2017 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Par Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/par-equity) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Clarendon Fund Managers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clarendon-fund-managers) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Co-FundNI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/co-fundni) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Techstart Ventures

VC Fund · Belfast, United Kingdom

Techstart Ventures is a first-cheque investor for extraordinary founders pursuing uncapped global opportunities.

5 contacts available at Techstart Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Allen Martin | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-martin |
| Audrey Casciere Osborne | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audrey-casciere-osborne |
| Hal Wilson | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hal-wilson |
| Jamie Andrews | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jamie-andrews |
| Julie Curran | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julie-curran |

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## FAQ

### What does Allen Martin invest in?

Allen Martin invests primarily in Software, CRM and Fuel startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Allen Martin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Allen Martin closed in May 2021. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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