# Joe Healy

> Joe Healy is a Series A investor at Enterprise Ireland backing Big Data and Text Analytics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-healy-3841154/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ei_jhealy
- Website: https://x.com/ei_jhealy

Joe Healy is a Series A investor at Enterprise Ireland focused on Big Data and Text Analytics. Joe joined Enterprise Ireland in 1997. During his time with Enterprise Ireland he has worked in a number of senior roles.He was appointed Secretary to the board from 2013 to 2017. During this period, he was the Manager in charge of Corporate Governance, Policy, Planning and Government Relations.Prior to that, Joe was the Manager of the Equityand Legal Department in the Investment Services Division from 2011 to 2013 and the Manager of the Dairy, Beverages, Food Technology and Foreign Direct Investment Departments with the Food Division from 2007 to 2011. During this time, Joe was also the Manager of the Employment Subsidy Scheme and responsible for implementation National support scheme to support employment in all Irish industry on behalf of DJEI for a one-off measure in response to crisis in 2009.Joe was awarded a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Birmingham and holds a Masters Degree in Technology Management from the National Institute of Technology Management, UCD. More recently, in 2015 he was awarded a Diploma in Company Direction by the Institute of Directors.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Big Data | 1 | 50% |
| Text Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |
| Natural Language Processing | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AYLIEN | Aylien is an artificial intelligence startup that focuses on creating technologies that help machines understand human languages better. The firm provides Text Analysis and News API's that allow users to make sense of human-generated content at scale. AYLIEN also provides a range of content analysis solutions to developers, data scientists,marketers and academics. Their core offerings include packages of information retrieval, machine learning, natural language processing and image recognition APIs. | $5.5M | Series A | Dec 20, 2019 |  |
| AYLIEN | Aylien is an artificial intelligence startup that focuses on creating technologies that help machines understand human languages better. The firm provides Text Analysis and News API's that allow users to make sense of human-generated content at scale. AYLIEN also provides a range of content analysis solutions to developers, data scientists,marketers and academics. Their core offerings include packages of information retrieval, machine learning, natural language processing and image recognition APIs. | $2.5M |  | Aug 21, 2017 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Atlantic Bridge University Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantic-bridge-university-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Finch Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finch-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Enterprise Ireland

VC Fund · Dublin, Ireland

Enterprise Ireland is the government agency responsible for the development and funding of the indigenous business sector. Their mission is to accelerate the development of companies to achieve strong positions in global markets resulting in increased national and regional prosperity. It was founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

5 contacts available at Enterprise Ireland.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Donnchadh Cullinan | Manager Banking Relations & Growth Capital | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donnchadh-cullinan |
| Eoin Fitzgerald | senior development adviser | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eoin-fitzgerald |
| Joe Healy | Manager of HPSU Accelerate for ICT Sectors and Secretary to the Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-healy-0ad4 |
| Leo McAdams | Divisional Manager International Sales & Partnering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leo-mcadams |
| Michael Cantwell | Divisional Manager - Food | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-cantwell |

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## FAQ

### What does Joe Healy invest in?

Joe Healy invests primarily in Big Data, Text Analytics and Machine Learning startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Joe Healy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joe Healy closed in Dec 2019. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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