Brian Martin
Managing Partner @ Venturewave Capital
Brian Martin is a Director and Board member of Venturewave Group and a Managing Partner of Venturewave Capital, where he leads capital allocation, portfolio construction, and governance across the Group’s global investments. He manages the full investment lifecycle, from sourcing high-growth, impact-driven opportunities to negotiating terms anddriving value through active board engagement.Within the Group, Brian serves as a non-executive director of Venturebeam Limited, Rochtaine Limited and Venturewave Partners Limited, aligning each subsidiary with the Group’s strategy and rigorous compliance standards. His expertise spans regulated financial services, digital innovation and measurable-impact investing.Previously, Brian was Senior Vice President and Director at unified communications provider Blueface, where he scaled commercial operations throughout Europe, MENA, and Asia, heading sales, marketing, and customer success functions. Earlier, as Director of software-development firm eCeltic, he helped steer the company onto Deloitte’s Fast-Tech 50 list.Brian graduated as Business Student of the Year from Trinity College Dublin, receiving a BBS and founding the university’s Dragon’s Den entrepreneurship competition. He later completed executive programmes in Digital Platforms at Harvard Business School and Private Equity at Bocconi University.Active in international entrepreneurial networks, Brian brings deep experience in scaling businesses, strategic market entry, and talent acquisition, which are capabilities he now deploys to fuel sustainable growth and impact across the Venturewave portfolio.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries Brian Martin invests in
Stages Brian Martin invests in
Countries Brian Martin invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Cooking 1 (50%)
- Fitness 1 (50%)
- Grocery 1 (50%)
- Education 1 (50%)
- E-Commerce 1 (50%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (50%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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PepTalk
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Real-world, holistic wellbeing your employees will thank you for. We are obsessed with delivering fun, engaging wellbeing programmes to workplaces to help take care of busy humans. Our holistic wellbeing philosophy is simple. We believe that small daily changes + layer over time = transformational change. Our focus? Fitness, nutrition andmindset. Our mission is to change your world, one PepStep at a time! | $3.2M / Seed / Dec 11, 2022 | |
DropChef
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DropChef reinvents mid-week dinner by making it incredibility simple to cook a delicious meal. It delivers all the ingredients the customers need to cook a tasty dish along with an easy to follow step by step recipe.Aside from providing food serveices, DropChef also wanted to have a positive social impact. That's why for every mealpurchased through DropChef, the company donates one meal to a child in need. | $2.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 06, 2020 |
Co-Investors
About Venturewave Capital
VentureWave Capital is an actively managed venture private equity organization that invests in and creates outstanding companies with the goal of maximizing financial potential by utilizing proven tools and methodologies to assist great entrepreneurs in scaling and growing their businesses.
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FAQ
What does Brian Martin invest in?
Brian Martin invests primarily in Cooking, Fitness and Grocery startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown 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 Brian Martin last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Brian Martin closed in Dec 2022. 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.
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