John Dolan
Partner @ Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund
Dublin, Ireland
John Dolan is a seed investor at Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund in Dublin focused on Software and Eyewear. John Dolan - Managing Director of Private Equity @ Cardinal Capital Group
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 75%
Last updated:
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Industries John Dolan invests in
Stages John Dolan invests in
Countries John Dolan invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (50%)
- Eyewear 1 (25%)
- Medical 1 (25%)
- Hospital 1 (25%)
- Internet 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (25%)
- Series A 1 (25%)
- Funding Round 1 (25%)
- Private Equity 1 (25%)
Country
- Ireland 1 (25%)
- United States 1 (25%)
- United Kingdom 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| The Cathedral Eye Clinic is the modern laser eye surgery and comprehensive eye treatment clinic in Ireland. They provide each of their valued patients with unrivaled care, comfort, and skill, as well as modern laser technology and trimming facilities. Patients' path to a clear vision will be guided by some of the local consultants the countryhas to offer, ensuring that patients have good, memorable experiences as well as the required clinical outcomes possible. Their experience guarantees that adults of all ages have a better quality of life. | $34.9M / Private Equity / Dec 07, 2025 | ||
| Fenergo is a provider of client onboarding lifecycle management software for corporate, investment and private banks. Established in 2009, its onboarding technologies span front and middle office operations to provide banking clients with an end-to-end client lifecycle management solution that includes compliance and banking process managementsuch as: Onboarding compliance (KYC, CDD, AML, TDSI, MiFID II, FATCA, Dodd-Frank) Legal entity data management Product onboarding Collateral Management Client servicing Credit mitigants & collateral management.Its client base includes some of the world’s leading banks and prime brokerages and its solutions help them to enhance client experience through faster and efficient onboarding, improved client set-up times and a more consistent client onboarding experience. In 2022, Chartis Research recognized Fenergo as the winner in three award categories in the RiskTech100®. Fenergo also climbed four places to number 29 in the industry-renowned ranking of major global players in risk and compliance technology. | $4.4M / Oct 08, 2013 | ||
Gridstore
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Gridstore™ is the leader in HyperConverged All-Flash Infrastructure for the Microsoft Cloud-Inspired Data Center. Our customers gain a 10X performance improvement over traditional storage as we put all-flash as close to the workload as possible. They realize 4X lower TCO by consolidation of three layers of infrastructure into one scalable layerbuilt on X86 hardware and 10X less management effort due to less management points and less infrastructure to manage. Gridstore's HyperConverged Appliances include both compute and storage in a single system, and provide external storage and work with any Windows servers and the HyperConverged Appliance, all driven by Gridstore's patented software. Gridstore software architecture delivers native Windows integration, per-VM I/O control, and elastic and independent scaling of resources. Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. and its products and services are available through a global network of value-added resellers. | $12.5M / Series A / Oct 15, 2012 | |
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Gridstore
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Gridstore™ is the leader in HyperConverged All-Flash Infrastructure for the Microsoft Cloud-Inspired Data Center. Our customers gain a 10X performance improvement over traditional storage as we put all-flash as close to the workload as possible. They realize 4X lower TCO by consolidation of three layers of infrastructure into one scalable layerbuilt on X86 hardware and 10X less management effort due to less management points and less infrastructure to manage. Gridstore's HyperConverged Appliances include both compute and storage in a single system, and provide external storage and work with any Windows servers and the HyperConverged Appliance, all driven by Gridstore's patented software. Gridstore software architecture delivers native Windows integration, per-VM I/O control, and elastic and independent scaling of resources. Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. and its products and services are available through a global network of value-added resellers. | $1.6M / Seed |
Co-Investors
Based in Dublin, Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund supports management teams that need capital to expand their businesses into new markets.
Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund Contacts
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John Dolan
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Leo Hamill
Partner
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Michael Murphy
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Nicky Conlan
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FAQ
What does John Dolan invest in?
John Dolan invests primarily in Software, Eyewear and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for John Dolan closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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