# James Brennan

> James Brennan is a startup investor at Ireland Strategic Investment Fund. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ireland Strategic Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ireland-strategic-investment-fund)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-brennan-cfa-4b1ab117

James Brennan is a startup investor at Ireland Strategic Investment Fund. James is an Investment Director on the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund’s Innovation Team with a primary responsibility for the fund’s venture capital portfolio. The ISIF, Ireland’s sovereign development fund, was established in 2014 with a statutory mandate to invest on a commercial basis to support economic activity and employment and with itsscale and long term outlook, it is very well placed to support and capitalise on the opportunity set in high growth emerging Irish technology and life science companies. Today it holds c. €600m of commitments across some 30 VC funds and a further c. €100m exposure to patient capital platforms dedicated to early stage investments. The ISIF is also building a portfolio of direct co-investments alongside VCs into high potential scaling opportunities with potential for long-term transformative impact in Ireland. Prior to working with the ISIF, James was a member of the investment team of the National Pensions Reserve Fund, a globally diversified Irish sovereign wealth fund that evolved into the ISIF in 2014. James holds a BSc Theoretical Physics and an MSc Computational Science from University College Dublin and is a CFA Charterholder.

## About Ireland Strategic Investment Fund

VC Fund · Dublin, Ireland

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, managed and controlled by the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), is an €8.5 billion sovereign development fund with a unique mandate. We have a statutory mandate to invest on a commercial basis in a manner designed to support economic activity and employment in Ireland. With €8.5 billion availableto deploy, the Fund differs from other pools of capital in a number of key respects. It has a long investment time horizon and therefore can act as a permanent or patient source of long-term capital. It has flexibility up and down the capital structure and can therefore meet changing capital needs and gaps in the marketplace.The Fund will seek to invest in transactions where it can make a difference, where its characteristics can enable commercial investment transactions with positive economic impact and can make it an attractive “investor of choice” for company and project sponsors and advisors.We are a strategic investor with strong connections in both the public and private sectors. We are uniquely positioned to make connections and drive innovation across multiple industry players developing and delivering innovative opportunities that might otherwise go unrealised.

3 contacts available at Ireland Strategic Investment Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fergal McAleavey | Senior Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fergal-mcaleavey |
| James Brennan | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-brennan-161c |
| Patrick O' Regan | Senior Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-o-regan |

## FAQ

### 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co