# Business Venture Partners

> Business Venture Partners is a VC fund backing Health Care. See 34 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Total investments: 34
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 59%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1514759/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/bvp_irl
- Website: http://www.bvp.ie/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bvpirl

Business Venture Partners is a VC fund in Dublin focused on Health Care and Information Technology. Business Venture Partners was founded in 2004 as a corporate finance adviser for SME/owner managed businesses. The investment team is comprised of Elliott Griffin, Ronan Smith, Edel Coen and Mark Ruane and the team skills combine deep industry knowledge with experience in venture investing, corporate finance and international expansion. Theteam works on behalf of its clients buying and selling companies, raising finances, working with start-ups and advising on strategic growth, business succession and owner exits.Since 2007, BVP has successfully raised and managed 10 Simple Green BES and EII Funds. They have invested, on behalf of their investors, in some of Ireland’s most innovative companies such as Celtic Bioenergy, EFT Controls, and UrbanVolt. Our investment strategy is to spread investments over project finance and a portfolio of high potential companies. Their philosophy is to work hard with each investment to deliver valuable support for the company promoters and build shareholder value for their investors.In 2016 BVP launched The 10th BVP Green EII Fund. The fund provides eligible investors with the opportunity to avail of up to 40% income tax relief and provides the investor access to a portfolio of cleantech companies and renewable energy projects. The 11th Green Fund will be launched in Q4 2017.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $658k–$4.7M |
| Series A | $2.3M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 7 | 21% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 12% |
| Medical | 3 | 9% |
| Software | 3 | 9% |
| Medical Device | 3 | 9% |

63 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 47% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 35% |
| Series A | 2 | 6% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland | 25 | 74% |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 6% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elliott Griffin | Director | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elliott-griffin |
| Edel Coen | Investment Executive | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edel-coen |
| Mark Ruane | Finance and Investment Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-ruane |
| Ronan Smith | Investment Executive | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ronan-smith |
| Stephen Burdock | Director | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-burdock |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oranda Therapeutics | Oranda Therapeutics focuses on developing and commercializing innovative medicines to improve the lives of patients. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2026 |  |
| The Corporate Governance Institute | The Corporate Governance Institute is an educational provider. Founded in 2020. | $3.4M | Seed | May 21, 2025 |  |
| Advise | RecommenderX is an A.I. company, specialising in developing cutting-edge data analytics and recommender systems solutions for the enterprise market. We leverage our Recommendation as a Service (RaaS) cloud platform to convert data into actionable insights, measurably improving business value.With a background in AI academic research, the techteam at RecommenderX have extensive experience combining techniques and technologies from the areas of Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, User Modelling, Information Retrieval, Personalisation and Human-Computer Interaction.We design, develop and deploy cutting-edge solutions for MNCs in various enterprise verticals including, FinTech, Travel and Telecommunications. We develop data and visualisation applications for companies that are looking to digitally transform their currently manual processes. We also have a range of API-Platform products which can be integrated into and augment a company's current solution. | $1.6M | Seed | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| Novus Diagnostics | Novus Diagnostics are developing a revolutionary sample-to-answer sepsis diagnostic device that can rapidly detect and classify pathogens in whole blood. | $4.7M | Seed | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| Advise | The Advise cloud-based solution uses cutting-edge AI, automatically combines data, and provides real-time actionable insights. | $1.6M | Seed | Jan 09, 2025 |  |
| Advise | The Advise cloud-based solution uses cutting-edge AI, automatically combines data, and provides real-time actionable insights. | $1.6M |  | Jan 09, 2025 |  |
| MyGug | MyGug is a new Micro Scale Anaerobic Digester a food waste solution that gives you abundant renewable energy for cooking and growing. | $975.3K | Seed | Mar 25, 2024 |  |
| Coindrum | Coindrum provides self-service units in airports that passengers use to convert leftover coins into airport shopping vouchers.Coindrum allows airline passengers to spend unwanted coin currency before departing into different currency jurisdictions. Our machines are placed before retail areas of airport departure gates for travelers to deposittheir coins and immediately receive printed vouchers worth 110% of the deposited value, which can then be spent in airport retail shops. The solution solves the foreign coin inconvenience for travellers, increases footfall penetration for airport retailers and also offers a charity function. | $870.3K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| OOHPod | OOHPod offers Smart Parcel Locker service. | $5.9M | Seed | Jan 08, 2024 |  |
| Invert Robotics | Invert Robotics develops robotic NDT inspection technologies for the maintenance of industrial equipment in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas industries. Invert Robotics highly skilled team of engineers have developed a world leading modular inspection platform suitable for use across a range of industries and applications. | $2.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 07, 2023 |  |

10 of 34 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland) — VC Fund, 16 deals together
- [Haatch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haatch) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Act Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Elkstone Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elkstone-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Cantor Fitzgerald](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cantor-fitzgerald) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FST Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fst-growth) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Business Venture Partners invest in?

Business Venture Partners invests primarily in Health Care, Information Technology and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 34 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Business Venture Partners's check size?

Business Venture Partners typically joins rounds of $658k–$4.7M at Seed and $2.3M–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Business Venture Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Business Venture Partners?

Public channels for Business Venture Partners 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 Business Venture Partners?

The team at Business Venture Partners includes Elliott Griffin (Director), Edel Coen (Investment Executive) and Mark Ruane (Finance and Investment Associate). 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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