iSME
VC Fund
Dublin, Ireland
iSME is a VC fund in Dublin focused on Software and Music. ISME, the Irish SME Association, is the only independent representative association for Small and Medium Enterprises and currently has in excess of 10,500 members nationwide. Uniquely in Ireland, ISME is independent of big business, big banks and government and gives voice to the issues facing SME owner-managers. ISME is a not-for-profit membershiporganisation whose National Council is made up of elected owner-managers of SMEs from all over Ireland and from a variety of sectors.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
Last updated:
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Industries iSME invests in
Stages iSME invests in
Countries iSME invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Series A
- $2.6M–$5.4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (43%)
- Music 2 (29%)
- E-Commerce 2 (29%)
- Apps 1 (14%)
- SaaS 1 (14%)
Stage
- Series A 5 (71%)
- Seed 1 (14%)
- Series B 1 (14%)
Country
- China 1 (14%)
- Canada 1 (14%)
- France 1 (14%)
- Lebanon 1 (14%)
- United States 1 (14%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podeo is the Arab world's largest podcasting platform, dedicated to managing, distributing, and producing audio podcasts. Podeo owns the largest Arabic podcast catalog in the world and distributes audio to millions of listeners. | $5.4M / Series A / Sep 30, 2024 | ||
| Healthy Smiles. Convenient, doctor-directed and affordable dental alignment service. | $3M / Series A / Jun 15, 2021 | ||
| Roadie Music is a brand of innovative tools carefully designed for musicians and music enthusiasts. It was created by the leading music-technology startup Band Industries. The company was founded by Hassane Slaibi and Bassam Jalgha and has offices in both Seattle and Beirut. Slaibi and Jalgha decided to combine their passions for music and tech bydeveloping the company’s first award-winning product, the Roadie Tuner, in 2013. It garnered worldwide attention and accolades, including the TechCrunch Disrupt 2014 Audience Choice Award. In 2017 and 2018, they successfully released their more advanced products, Roadie 2 and Roadie Bass. The company continued its success with Roadie 3 in 2020 and is now moving into the space of music education with a brand new hardware solution currently in the works and the release of their first guided teaching app Ukulele by Roadie. | $2.8M / Series A / Jun 24, 2020 | ||
| ecomz is a cutting-edge, end-to-end, and easy-to-use eCommerce platform that is all about strengthening business online presence, driving sales, and reducing the complexity to achieve it. ecomz technologies leverage on the unique qualities of the internet and capitalize on the growing revenue streams of online shopping. ecomz make it easy for ourmerchants to manage multiple appealing and successful online stores. | $4M / Series A / Jul 03, 2019 | ||
| Moodfit is the first online interior design platform in the MENA region that offers a hassle-free online home furnishing and decoration service from carefully selected professional interior designers | $420K / Seed / Mar 12, 2018 | ||
| TreasuryXpress is a SaaS company that offers treasury management solutions and cash forecasting solution. It services includes MS suite, C2Treasury, and C2Treasury Lite that allows its users to control and secure their financial actions through the use of its interface. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Paris. | $5M / Series B / Nov 27, 2017 | ||
| Among developers of MMO games targeting the Middle East, Falafel Games has sold the most virtual items for the web browser (more than $1m) and has the most games in the top 100 grossing charts there (3/3, 100% hit rate).Rather simple: We're the only developer of MMO games targeting the Middle East on the web browser, and one of ahandful of MMO developers targeting the Middle East on mobile.We do games with a heavy flavor of authentic Middle Eastern content; along with our distribution channels, makes us poised to dominate the Middle East.Are you interested in taking advantage of the underserved Middle East gaming market? Join us! | $2.6M / Series A / Oct 11, 2016 |
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FAQ
What does iSME invest in?
iSME invests primarily in Software, Music and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does iSME invest in?
iSME typically joins rounds of $2.6M–$5.4M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not iSME's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds iSME took part in.
When did iSME last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for iSME closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 7 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 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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