# Des Traynor

> Des Traynor is a seed investor at Intercom (Dublin) backing Software and SaaS. See 49 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Intercom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intercom)
- Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Total investments: 49
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 2%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/destraynor
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/destraynor
- Website: https://destraynor.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/destraynor

Des Traynor is a seed investor at Intercom in Dublin focused on Software and SaaS. 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$8.3M |
| Series A | $6M–$20M |
| Series B | $25M–$57M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 22 | 45% |
| SaaS | 9 | 18% |
| Internet | 7 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 12% |

64 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 19 | 39% |
| Series A | 15 | 31% |
| Series B | 7 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 35% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 10% |
| Ireland | 4 | 8% |
| Denmark | 3 | 6% |
| Germany | 3 | 6% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cargofy | 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 | 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 | Seapoint is a fintech company that offers a business account that automates payroll, expenses, invoice payment, reporting. | $8.8M | Seed | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| Slashwork | Slashwork is reimagining professional communication through clarity, context, and human connection. | $3.5M | Seed | Feb 04, 2026 |  |
| Anything | 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 |  |
| Anything | 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 | 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 | Paper is an digital canvas designed to help designers create and organize their work. |  | Seed | Feb 25, 2025 |  |
| ZeKju | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 49 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Frontline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frontline-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [LocalGlobe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/localglobe) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Craft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craft-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Intercom

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Intercom is a Conversational Relationship Platform (CRP) that helps businesses build better customer relationships through personalized, messenger-based experiences. It’s the only platform that delivers conversational experiences across the customer journey, with solutions for Conversational Marketing, Conversational Customer Engagement andConversational Support.Intercom is bringing a messenger-first experience to all business-to-customer communication, powering 500 million conversations per month and connecting 4 billion unique end users worldwide across its more than 25,000 paying customers, including Atlassian, Sotheby’s and New Relic.The company was founded in 2011 in San Francisco by Eoghan McCabe, Des Traynor, Ciaran Lee and David Barrett, with the mission to make internet business personal. Intercom was valued at $1.275 billion in 2018 and has secured $241 million in funding from investors including Kleiner Perkins, Bessemer Venture Partners and Social Capital.

5 contacts available at Intercom.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Des Traynor | Founder & Chief Strategy Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/des-traynor |
| Stan Massueras | Director and EMEA Sales | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stan-massueras |
| Ben McRedmond | Director of Growth | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-mcredmond |
| Byron Deeter | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/byron-deeter |
| Dan Griggs | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-griggs |

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## FAQ

### What does Des Traynor invest in?

Des Traynor invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Internet 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 is Des Traynor's check size?

Des Traynor typically joins rounds of $2M–$8.3M at Seed, $6M–$20M at Series A and $25M–$57M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Des Traynor participates in.

### 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.

### 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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