# Bloom Equity

> Bloom Equity is a VC fund in Dublin backing Software and SaaS. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bloom-equity
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bloomequity
- Website: http://www.bloomequity.com

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $439k–$1.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 56% |
| SaaS | 3 | 33% |
| Local | 1 | 11% |
| Travel | 1 | 11% |
| FinTech | 1 | 11% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland | 6 | 67% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anthony Bermingham | Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-bermingham |
| Caoimhin O'Laoi | Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caoimhin-olaoi |
| Ian Shearer | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-shearer |
| Pat Garvey | Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pat-garvey |
| Paul Kavanagh | Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-kavanagh |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Umba | Umba is an African digital bank, offering free bank accounts and financial services to our customers in Kenya and Nigeria We provide an ecosystem of connected financial services that allows the customer complete control of their finances all in one App. |  | Series A | Dec 03, 2023 |  |
| Umba | Umba is an African digital bank, offering free bank accounts and financial services to our customers in Kenya and Nigeria We provide an ecosystem of connected financial services that allows the customer complete control of their finances all in one App. |  | Pre-Seed | May 06, 2019 |  |
| Payslip | Payslip provides Automation & Integration technology for global payroll management. We help multinationals standardize their global payroll process, centrally manage their payroll with visibility & control and scale into new countries easily. | $1.1M | Seed | Feb 28, 2018 |  |
| Iconic Translation Machines | Iconic Translation Machines develops and delivers cloud-based machine translation (MT) solutions for the language services industry.The company’s products include IPTranslator, a solution for the patent and legal translation industry that delivers machine translation for patents and filings, researches and search reports, and e-discovery andlitigation applications; and domain-adapted MT solutions for specific technical areas, including intellectual property, financial services, pharmaceutical, medical, life sciences, and more.The company also provides post-edited machine translation, MT for information purposes, customization, languages, file and document format, and data security solutions. In addition, it offers Iconic API, an application programming interface that allows its users to connect directly with services and retrieve translations from the cloud; and Iconic Workflow which provides access to MT through a web-based interface, enabling its users to upload files across various formats and retrieve translations. It serves clients in Europe, Asia, and the United States. | $439K | Seed | Jul 23, 2015 |  |
| Phorest | Phorest was founded by Ronan Perceval and is one of the leading online booking providers to the hair and beauty industry in the UK and Ireland. Phorest operates a web based salon management tool for salons and an online booking service for consumers called zanadoo.me. In 2010, Phorest processed 6.4m salon bookings for 500,000 people. |  |  | Jan 01, 2013 |  |
| Boxever | Boxever is a digital optimization platform that uses data and AI to help the world’s biggest brands make every customer interaction smarter and deliver a game-changing customer experience. Recognized by analysts as a leading player in personalization and ranked by Forbes alongside Google, Apple, and Amazon as one of the most powerful examples of AIin use today. The Boxever platform provides CDP, decisioning, and experimentation capabilities at an unrivaled scale and works with brands including Emirates, Ryanair, Vodafone, and Allied Irish Bank (AIB) to revolutionize how they engage customers. | $1M | Seed | Apr 01, 2012 |  |
| Accuvio Sustainability Software | Accuvio is a progressive and innovative developer of sustainability software, with a focused specialisation in designing clear, simplified solutions for the most complex problems. In the short five years since its establishment, Accuvio has become a market leader in the sustainability software sector in the UK. Accuvio has been independentlytested and verified by global leaders in the carbon and sustainability market. |  |  | Feb 23, 2012 |  |
| Fantom | Fantom is an on-line trading cards game aimed at tweens, teens and young adults, merging social media with the traditional schoolyard game and then adding a twist in terms of a virtual and actual rewards system. At one level this is a game, but it is also a marketing vehicle, allowing brands to interact and connect with their audience.Fantom’sbusiness model is “freemium”, offering a basic service for free and charging a premium for advanced features. The “card” collected is a virtual card behind which has been stacked the social media and licensed content. Players buy packs of online cards and trade with each other to complete sets and decks. A rewards culture has been built into the game, with virtual and actual rewards for completing sets and decks. | $600K | Seed | Dec 23, 2011 |  |
| Phorest | Phorest was founded by Ronan Perceval and is one of the leading online booking providers to the hair and beauty industry in the UK and Ireland. Phorest operates a web based salon management tool for salons and an online booking service for consumers called zanadoo.me. In 2010, Phorest processed 6.4m salon bookings for 500,000 people. | $1.4M | Seed | Aug 18, 2011 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Enterprise Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-equity-limited) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Frontline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frontline-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [HBAN](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/halo-business-angel-network) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tribal.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tribal-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Bloom Equity invest in?

Bloom Equity invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Local startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bloom Equity's check size?

Bloom Equity typically joins rounds of $439k–$1.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bloom Equity participates in.

### How do I contact Bloom Equity?

Public channels for Bloom Equity include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Bloom Equity?

The team at Bloom Equity includes Anthony Bermingham (Chairman), Caoimhin O'Laoi (Member) and Ian Shearer (Founder), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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