Des Traynor
Angel Investor
Dublin, Ireland
Des Traynor is a seed investor in Dublin focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Des is the Co-Founder of Intercom, the platform for all customer interaction needs from marketing to support to product development. Previously he worked as User Experience Lead at web app development agency Contrast, and he was a Co-Founder of popular social networking search engine Bigulo.
- Total investments:
- 49
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 2%
Last updated:
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Industries Des Traynor invests in
Stages Des Traynor invests in
Countries Des Traynor invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $2M–$8.3M
- Series A
- $6M–$20M
- Series B
- $25M–$57M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 22 (45%)
- Artificial Intelligence 13 (27%)
- SaaS 10 (20%)
- Information Technology 7 (14%)
- B2B 6 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 20 (41%)
- Series A 16 (33%)
- Series B 7 (14%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (4%)
- Secondary Market 1 (2%)
Country
- United States 19 (39%)
- United Kingdom 6 (12%)
- Ireland 5 (10%)
- Denmark 3 (6%)
- Germany 3 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cargofy it's a mobile assistant, kind of a "Siri" but for truck drivers. We help truckers access to high paying loads through our app, and receive discounts on fuel, maintenance, and truck parts. | $6M / Series A / Jun 18, 2026 | ||
| Cargofy it's a mobile assistant, kind of a "Siri" but for truck drivers. We help truckers access to high paying loads through our app, and receive discounts on fuel, maintenance, and truck parts. | $5M / Secondary Market / Jun 17, 2026 | ||
| Seapoint is a fintech company that offers a business account that automates payroll, expenses, invoice payment, reporting. | $8.8M / Seed / Apr 21, 2026 | ||
| Slashwork is reimagining professional communication through clarity, context, and human connection. | $3.5M / Seed / Feb 04, 2026 | ||
| Create offers a platform that converts plain-language descriptions into fully functional websites, mobile apps, internal tools, and full-stack applications. The platform generates UI components, page structures, integrations, backend logic, and databases from conversational prompts. It supports a wide array of integrations, including AI models likeGPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Stable Diffusion, payments, APIs, and custom REST endpoints, and allows users to preview, iterate, deploy, and export code in one flow. | Series A / Aug 14, 2025 | ||
| Create offers a platform that converts plain-language descriptions into fully functional websites, mobile apps, internal tools, and full-stack applications. The platform generates UI components, page structures, integrations, backend logic, and databases from conversational prompts. It supports a wide array of integrations, including AI models likeGPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Stable Diffusion, payments, APIs, and custom REST endpoints, and allows users to preview, iterate, deploy, and export code in one flow. | $5.5M / Seed / Aug 14, 2025 | ||
| SimpleStudy focused on the topics that matter, the study solution combines digital classroom features with audio-visual learning material and self-evaluation timed exam papers. They are an all-in-one study solution for every student's digital backpack as every teacher requires in the classroom. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Mar 31, 2025 | ||
| Paper is an digital canvas designed to help designers create and organize their work. | Seed / Feb 25, 2025 | ||
| ZeKju provides Messenger Communication for Supply Chains. Leading shippers and logistics service providers rely on ZeKju for efficient transport execution, yard communication and fleet management. With ZeKju, drivers use their favorite messenger (e.g. WhatsApp or Telegram) for everyday tasks while benefiting from features such as auto-translation. | Seed / Aug 22, 2024 | ||
| SimpleStudy focused on the topics that matter, the study solution combines digital classroom features with audio-visual learning material and self-evaluation timed exam papers. They are an all-in-one study solution for every student's digital backpack as every teacher requires in the classroom. | $823K / Pre-Seed / Feb 04, 2024 | ||
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FAQ
What does Des Traynor invest in?
Des Traynor invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 49 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Des Traynor invest in?
Des Traynor typically joins rounds of $2M–$8.3M at Seed, $6M–$20M at Series A and $25M–$57M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Des Traynor's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Des Traynor took part in.
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When did Des Traynor last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Des Traynor closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 49 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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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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