# Barry Napier

> Barry Napier is a seed investor at Cubic Telecom backing Beauty, Software and Business Development. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cubic Telecom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cubictelecom)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Barry Napier is a seed investor at Cubic Telecom focused on Beauty and Software.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Business Development | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Barespace | Barespace provides end-to-end solutions that manage, market, and grow your beauty business. | $3.4M | Seed | Sep 18, 2025 |  |
| Fresco | Fresco is the only technology that seamlessly brings appliances, home cooks, and recipes together. Partnering with the world's biggest appliance makers like BOSCH, Electrolux, GE Appliances, Instant Brands, Kenwood, LG Electronics, Panasonic, and Thermomix, Fresco knows that almost no kitchen has appliances from a single brand. TheKitchenOS–Fresco's neutral, cross-brand platform–is the seamless way consumers interact with their kitchen through whatever interface or appliance they choose. Fresco delivers an effortless cooking experience by connecting dots in the kitchen. Founded in 2012, Fresco currently operates globally and has offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Zaragoza, Spain. To learn more visit: https://kitchenos.com/ | $17.6M | Series C |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Act Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ae-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alsop Louie Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alsop-louie-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dogpatch Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dogpatchlabs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elkstone Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elkstone-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Cubic Telecom

VC Fund · Dublin, Ireland

Cubic Telecom delivers innovative IoT connected software solutions to Automotive, Agriculture, and Transport manufacturers. Its ecosystem of revenue-generating services combines real-time analytics with global connectivity in 190 countries, always aligned to regional regulatory requirements.   Its global connected software platform PACE is usedby leading companies around the world including Audi, Microsoft, Kymeta, Panasonic Automotive, Volkswagen, CNH Industrial, Skoda, e.GO Mobile and Arrival.   Headed by CEO Barry Napier, the company is privately held with over €110 million in funding by Audi Electronics Venture GmbH, Qualcomm, Valid, the European Investment Bank, Enterprise Ireland, and the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, among others.

5 contacts available at Cubic Telecom.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BARRY HIGGINBOTHAM | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barry-higginbotham |
| Barry Napier | CEO & Executive Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barry-napier |
| David McManamon | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-mcmanamon |
| Gerry McQuaid | EVP Commercial & Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gerry-mcquaid-2 |
| Gillian French | Chief People Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gillian-french |

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## FAQ

### What does Barry Napier invest in?

Barry Napier invests primarily in Beauty, Software and Business Development startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Barry Napier last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Barry Napier closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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