Maurice Roche
General Partner @ Delta Partners
Maurice Roche is a General Partner with Delta Partners having joined Delta in 1995. He has over 25 years experience of advising and investing in early stage technologies companies, 20 of those as a Venture Capitalist.Maurice serves as a non-executive director of a number of companies including Cleverbug, Digit Games Studios, Homestays,Hullomail, Tango Telecom, textHELP, WhatClinic.com and Zapa Technology.He was also previously a non-executive director of Xiam Technology Limited sold to Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), Pxit sold to Agilent (NYSE: A), O'Leary's (sold to Gehe, now Celesio Group) and Polarlake sold to Bloomberg.A graduate of University of Limerick in Business Studies, he holds a postgraduate degree from University College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.He is a former Chairman of the Irish Venture Capital Association (July 2011 to June 2012). He was a member of the Research Prioritisation Project Steering Group which was chaired by Jim O’Hara (October 2010 to September 2011). This group was asked to make recommendations to Government on areas of focus for the next phase of Ireland’s science, technology and innovation strategy. The report was published by Forfas in March 2012.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 73%
Last updated:
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Industries Maurice Roche invests in
Stages Maurice Roche invests in
Countries Maurice Roche invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (18%)
- Information Technology 2 (18%)
- Apps 1 (9%)
- SaaS 1 (9%)
- Gaming 1 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (27%)
- Funding Round 3 (27%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (18%)
- Series A 2 (18%)
Investments
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Vox Talk AI
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Vox Talk AI is a voice AI system designed exclusively for Alarm Receiving Centers (ARCs) and the emergency security business. | $1.6M / Pre-Seed / Apr 15, 2026 | |
Kayna
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Kayna is an insurance distribution company that collaborates with vertical SaaS platforms and utilises data to offer insurance services. | $1.7M / Seed / Mar 11, 2026 | |
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Kayna
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Kayna is an insurance distribution company that collaborates with vertical SaaS platforms and utilises data to offer insurance services. | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Sep 20, 2023 | |
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Kayna
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Kayna is an insurance distribution company that collaborates with vertical SaaS platforms and utilises data to offer insurance services. | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Sep 20, 2023 | |
Digit Game Studios
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Founded in 2012, DIGIT is a cross-platform game developer based in Dublin, Ireland. We are the largest game developer in the country with an international team of experienced, passionate game-makers. Our first game, Kings of the Realm, was launched in September 2014 and is available on browser, iOS, Android and Windows. | $2.5M / Series A / Jan 30, 2013 | |
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Digit Game Studios
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Founded in 2012, DIGIT is a cross-platform game developer based in Dublin, Ireland. We are the largest game developer in the country with an international team of experienced, passionate game-makers. Our first game, Kings of the Realm, was launched in September 2014 and is available on browser, iOS, Android and Windows. | $1.3M / Seed / May 01, 2012 | |
Corrata
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Corrata is an award-winning enterprise mobility startup helping organizations manage the costs, risks, and opportunities arising from their employees’ use of mobile data and services. Corrata’s patent pending Mobility Control solution enables organizations to reduce cost and defend against mobile threats through real-time visibility and control oftheir employees use of mobile services. With deep expertise in mobile devices, networking technologies, and information security, Corrata is ideally positioned to deliver the solutions that enterprises need to take advantage of the opportunities the combination of cloud and ubiquitous connectivity are creating. | $1.4M | |
CleverCards
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CleverCards is a global platform for mobile-enabled digital payments. An innovative solution to existing and emerging payments challenges, from expense management and insurance payouts to the gig economy payments and gift, incentives, and rewards, it is used around the world by businesses and Governments to send digital Mastercards instantly toemployees, customers, or suppliers by SMS, WhatsApp or email, which can be spent online or in-store using Apple pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay. Accelerated by the covid-19 Pandemic, the mobile, social and eCommerce industries have experienced transformational shifts in how friends, family, and businesses around the world communicate with each other and make payments.The CleverCards platform makes the instant generation and distribution of mobile payment cards possible. A Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution that your business can plug & play to generate, distribute & manage worldwide payment cards for any use case you can imagine. Send-Receive-Pay. Instantly.Founded by its CEO, Kealan Lennon, CleverCards has invested $10m in its technology, with funding led by Delta Partners and a number of angel technology investors from Ireland, the UK and US. | $6M / Series A | |
WhatClinic.com
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WhatClinic.com helps patients find, compare and book the right clinics for them, in more than 135 countries. They provide detailed listings for over 120,000 clinics on their site. These include doctors, dentists, beauty and cosmetic surgery, physiotherapy, fertility, holistics and a lot more. They believe that every patient is an empoweredconsumer. | $2.2M | |
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CleverCards
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CleverCards is a global platform for mobile-enabled digital payments. An innovative solution to existing and emerging payments challenges, from expense management and insurance payouts to the gig economy payments and gift, incentives, and rewards, it is used around the world by businesses and Governments to send digital Mastercards instantly toemployees, customers, or suppliers by SMS, WhatsApp or email, which can be spent online or in-store using Apple pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay. Accelerated by the covid-19 Pandemic, the mobile, social and eCommerce industries have experienced transformational shifts in how friends, family, and businesses around the world communicate with each other and make payments.The CleverCards platform makes the instant generation and distribution of mobile payment cards possible. A Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution that your business can plug & play to generate, distribute & manage worldwide payment cards for any use case you can imagine. Send-Receive-Pay. Instantly.Founded by its CEO, Kealan Lennon, CleverCards has invested $10m in its technology, with funding led by Delta Partners and a number of angel technology investors from Ireland, the UK and US. | $2.5M / Seed | |
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Co-Investors
Act Venture Capital
3 deals together
Aperture.co
3 deals together
Enterprise Ireland
3 deals together
Middlegame Ventures
3 deals together
Insurtech NY
2 deals together
Digital Irish
1 deal together
About Delta Partners
Delta Partners is a venture capital firm focused on investments in Ireland and the United Kingdom. It has a strong focus on investing in early-stage technology companies, and the team has made over 50 investments in the information technology, communications, and healthcare sectors.The firm typically invests in spin-offs of development teams frominternational and domestic technology or campus companies. It invests in product and service businesses in information technology-based companies, information communications technology, communications, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, medical technology, and other healthcare-related businesses.Delta Partners was founded in 1994 and is based in Dublin, Ireland with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.
Delta Partners Contacts
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Declan Kelly
Head of Finance
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Frank Kenny
Founder/Investor
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Maurice Roche
General Partner
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Amy Neale
General Partner
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Dermot Berkery
Partner
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What does Maurice Roche invest in?
Maurice Roche invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Maurice Roche last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Maurice Roche closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 11 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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