# IrishAngels

> IrishAngels is a VC fund in Chicago backing Software and SaaS. See 185 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 185
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 6%
- Fund size: $16M
- Last fund: Oct 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/irishangels
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/IrishAngels
- Website: http://irishangels.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/irishangelsND

IrishAngels is an early-stage venture firm focused on funding the most promising startups across the US. We invest in pre-seed and seed stage startups and leverage our active network to add value to the companies we fund. All investors have a link to the University of Notre Dame but we do not exclusively fund founders with Notre Dame connections.We invest in B2B SaaS, consumer, and medical companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $792k–$4M |
| Series A | $750k–$9.5M |
| Series B | $3.6M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 29 | 16% |
| SaaS | 15 | 8% |
| Analytics | 14 | 8% |
| E-Commerce | 13 | 7% |
| Health Care | 11 | 6% |

170 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 64 | 35% |
| Series A | 27 | 15% |
| Series B | 16 | 9% |
| Convertible Note | 15 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 3% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 93 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Caroline Gash | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-gash |
| Craig Chval | Senior Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-chval-7188 |
| John McNelis | Angel Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-mcnelis |
| Julie Moylan | Manager, Operations & Investor Relations | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julie-moylan-b570 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Q-rounds | Q-rounds is a real-time, virtual queue that patients, families, and providers can access while in the hospital to ensure that everyone is aware of when rounds are scheduled. Q-rounds has telehealth technology through which it takes the responsibility of caring. This relieves the patient's burden of sharing information by ensuring that othershear directly from the provider and can ask questions in real-time. | $1.8M | Seed | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| Nichefire | Nichefire is an AI-power marketing analytics company. | $2.6M | Seed | Jan 07, 2025 |  |
| Laws of Motion | Laws of Motion is an AI sizing technology on a mission to reduce apparel returns to 1%. Combining state-of-the-art AI with concierge service, Laws of Motion provides product-specific size recommendations sitewide, invites customers to choose how they engage, and utilizes in-cart prompts that prevent size sampling. | $6.2M | Seed | May 15, 2024 |  |
| Elevate K-12 | Elevate K-12 is an instructional services company that provides live streaming instruction to K-12 classrooms. The company offers a platform that provides instruction in a school's classroom by using its live stream technology to deliver a live class into a physical classroom through a multi-location stream and LMS.Elevate K-12 was foundedin 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $25M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 15, 2024 |  |
| Last Gameboard | Last Gameboard is a technology company that is building the world's first board game console. It is a 3D capture device using our patented SenseScreen Touch technology. Its 16” x 16” screen allows players to use their own dice, cards, minis, and play anyone anywhere. Gameboard establishes meaningful in-person and online connections throughgameplay. |  | Convertible Note | Feb 27, 2024 |  |
| Avive Solutions | Avive Solutions develops a next-generation Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and software solutions. Avive's AED enables anyone to positively impact the outcome of a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) rescue by building a more robust solution that addresses the problem of SCA in its entirety. The AED will remove barriers to respond to a SCAscenario. It will be easy to purchase, easy to access in an emergency, easy to keep maintained, and most importantly easy to use effectively when it matters most.Avive Solutions is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $56.5M | Series B | Feb 14, 2024 |  |
| TeamSense | TeamSense is empowering organizations to better engage and enable their hourly workers. |  | Seed | Feb 12, 2024 |  |
| ICHOR Vascular | ICHOR Vascular develops a percutaneous arterial embolectomy system for the treatment of critical limb ischemia. The company transforms the outcomes and the economics in treating vascular occlusions. ICHOR Vascular was founded in 2013 and is based in Miramar, Florida. | $2.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 05, 2024 |  |
| Automotus | The Automotus team is on a mission to transform urban mobility by helping cities, airports, fleets, and small businesses manage the unprecedented rise in congestion and emissions from commercial vehicle traffic. We’ve developed first-of-its-kind computer vision technology that helps our customers make smarter policy decisions using comprehensive,real-time curb activity data; fully automate payment for commercial vehicle (un)loading and parking; automate enforcement of curbside violations; make accessible real-time curb availability data for drivers; and incentivize adoption of electric vehicles. From cities to residents and small businesses, our solutions are meant to benefit everyone by making our communities safer, healthier, and more efficient places to live and move. Our technology supports cities across the US and in Europe, including the nation’s first zero-emissions delivery zones in Santa Monica and Los Angeles. | $7M | Series A | Dec 04, 2023 |  |
| Automotus | The Automotus team is on a mission to transform urban mobility by helping cities, airports, fleets, and small businesses manage the unprecedented rise in congestion and emissions from commercial vehicle traffic. We’ve developed first-of-its-kind computer vision technology that helps our customers make smarter policy decisions using comprehensive,real-time curb activity data; fully automate payment for commercial vehicle (un)loading and parking; automate enforcement of curbside violations; make accessible real-time curb availability data for drivers; and incentivize adoption of electric vehicles. From cities to residents and small businesses, our solutions are meant to benefit everyone by making our communities safer, healthier, and more efficient places to live and move. Our technology supports cities across the US and in Europe, including the nation’s first zero-emissions delivery zones in Santa Monica and Los Angeles. |  | Series A | Nov 27, 2023 |  |

10 of 185 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does IrishAngels invest in?

IrishAngels invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 185 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 IrishAngels's check size?

IrishAngels typically joins rounds of $792k–$4M at Seed, $750k–$9.5M at Series A and $3.6M–$25M 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 IrishAngels participates in.

### How do I contact IrishAngels?

Public channels for IrishAngels 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 IrishAngels?

The team at IrishAngels includes Caroline Gash (Managing Director), Craig Chval (Senior Associate) and John McNelis (Angel Investor). 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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