# Irrus Investments

> Irrus Investments is a VC fund backing Health Care and Medical Device. See 34 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Limerick, Ireland
- Total investments: 34
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.irrusinvestments.com/

Irrus Investments is a VC fund in Limerick focused on Health Care and Medical Device. Irrus Investments will invite you to present and discuss the company details.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $713k–$4.7M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $1.2M–$24M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 9 | 26% |
| Medical Device | 9 | 26% |
| Biotechnology | 7 | 21% |
| Medical | 6 | 18% |
| Health Diagnostics | 4 | 12% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 41% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 6 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 12% |
| Series A | 3 | 9% |
| Series B | 2 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland | 18 | 53% |
| Sweden | 2 | 6% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emily Ryan | Executive Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-ryan-a425 |
| Leonard Patrick Kiely | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leonard-patrick-kiely |
| Mike Ryan | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-ryan-dfb0 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vertigenius | Vertigenius designs and deploys customized exercises using an easy-to-use clinician portal and even uses a Vertigenius head sensor to consult and manage patients with dizziness and imbalance. | $3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Deciphex | Founded in 2017, Deciphex aims to transform diagnostic workflows through AI-powered digital pathology to improve patient outcomes worldwide. Its two flagship platforms target distinct markets: Diagnexia connects global subspecialty pathologists for rapid diagnostics and backlog reduction, while Patholytix accelerates drug development throughoptimized preclinical safety assessments. By automating routine tasks, these platforms enable pathologists to focus on complex cases while delivering faster, more reliable diagnoses. Through this combination of AI innovation and clinical expertise, Deciphex is advancing both healthcare delivery and therapeutic development. | $32.1M | Series C | Jan 07, 2025 |  |
| Bounce Insights | Bounce Insights is a digital consumer research platform. It provides a direct link between brands and any consumer they needed to speak to by maintaining a community of active, engaged respondents on their mobile app. | $4.5M | Seed | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| Ovagen | Ovagen is a biotechnology company that has developed the process of producing germ free (GF) chicken eggs and GF birds in commercial quantities for use primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. Ovagen can also provide a Contract Research Service and has extensive expertise in SPF poultry & rodent housing & husbandry, in specific poultry& rodent research technologies to GMP standards and in avian transgenics. | $2.2M | Series A | Oct 29, 2024 |  |
| SymPhysis Medical | SymPhysis Medical's goal is to develop innovative technologies that treat a range of chronic diseases, putting the patient experience at the forefront of our design solutions to improve quality of life.About SymPhysis MedicalSymPhysis Medical's emergent technology, releaze, is a drainage technology to treat a common complication oflate-stage cancers, malignant pleural effusion (MPE). MPE causes significant shortness of breath and chest pain in up to 15% of patients with cancer. | $2.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 07, 2024 |  |
| CroíValve | CroíValve is a developed a safe, effective, easy to use, percutaneous solution for treating all patients with severe Tricuspid Regurgitation | $16M | Series B | Aug 07, 2024 |  |
| SymPhysis Medical | SymPhysis Medical's goal is to develop innovative technologies that treat a range of chronic diseases, putting the patient experience at the forefront of our design solutions to improve quality of life.About SymPhysis MedicalSymPhysis Medical's emergent technology, releaze, is a drainage technology to treat a common complication oflate-stage cancers, malignant pleural effusion (MPE). MPE causes significant shortness of breath and chest pain in up to 15% of patients with cancer. | $1.7M | Seed | Dec 21, 2023 |  |
| FeelTect | FeelTect’s technology, Tight Alright, is a pressure sensing, connected-health device for measuring and monitoring sub-bandage pressure during compression therapy, primarily for the millions of people worldwide with venous leg ulcers (VLUs). Compression is a proven therapy for VLUs, however if it’s applied too loose, it’s ineffective, and if it’stoo tight, it’s dangerous. | $1.6M |  | Dec 20, 2023 |  |
| FeelTect | FeelTect’s technology, Tight Alright, is a pressure sensing, connected-health device for measuring and monitoring sub-bandage pressure during compression therapy, primarily for the millions of people worldwide with venous leg ulcers (VLUs). Compression is a proven therapy for VLUs, however if it’s applied too loose, it’s ineffective, and if it’stoo tight, it’s dangerous. | $1.6M | Seed | Dec 20, 2023 |  |

10 of 34 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland) — VC Fund, 16 deals together
- [Western Development Commission](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/western-development-commission) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [HBAN](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/halo-business-angel-network) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [HBAN Medtech Syndicate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hban-medtech-syndicate) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Boole Investment Syndicate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boole-investment-syndicate) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Act Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Irrus Investments invest in?

Irrus Investments invests primarily in Health Care, Medical Device and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown 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 Irrus Investments's check size?

Irrus Investments typically joins rounds of $713k–$4.7M at Seed and $1.2M–$24M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Irrus Investments participates in.

### How do I contact Irrus Investments?

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### Who are the partners at Irrus Investments?

The team at Irrus Investments includes Emily Ryan (Executive Director), Leonard Patrick Kiely (Co-Founder) and Mike Ryan (Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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