NCB Ventures
VC Fund
Dublin, Ireland
NCB Ventures is a VC fund in Dublin focused on Manufacturing and Biotechnology. NCB Ventures invests across all development stages and is a venture capital company based in Dublin, Ireland.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries NCB Ventures invests in
Stages NCB Ventures invests in
Countries NCB Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $1.7M–$13M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 3 (50%)
- Biotechnology 2 (33%)
- Apps 1 (17%)
- Water 1 (17%)
- Sports 1 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (33%)
- Series B 2 (33%)
- Seed 1 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (17%)
Country
- Japan 3 (50%)
- Ireland 2 (33%)
- United States 1 (17%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Conor O'Kelly
Group CEO
|
Group CEO | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Graham O'Brien
Finance Director
|
Finance Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Liam Booth
Head of Corporate Finance
|
Head of Corporate Finance | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Michael Murphy
Chief Executive
|
Chief Executive | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOTA specializes in the development of small-scale decentralized water recycling systems and autonomous control systems for water treatment. The company has established a cyclical model in which wastewater is reimagined as the most accessible water source and is recycled on-site for repeated domestic use. WOTA has created an innovative householdsolution known as a small-scale decentralized water recycling system, which transforms the seemingly unattainable goal of water recycling at the household level into a reality, utilizing our core technology powered by autonomous water treatment managed through sensors and data science. | Series B / Jun 19, 2023 | ||
| LUCA Science develops innovative treatments intended for mitochondrial and related diseases. | $29.2M / Series B / Jun 06, 2022 | ||
| Authentic Japan manufactures a transmitter known as Coco Heli to realize the early detection of the missing person.In the summer of 2016, “Koko Heli” was born supported by various companies, groups, and individuals. , Kokoheli is becoming the "new idea" of safety climbing. In the future, the company aims to expand the service area fromthe mountain to the sea and to become a "JAF" in outdoor activities. | $2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 05, 2021 | ||
Gridstore
|
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 | |
| Vearsa is an on-line eBook distribution platform that connects book publishers with 1000 online retailers and over 25,500 libraries. The platform is incredibly scalable and built to handle thousands of files, the system is almost completely automated. Publishers have had difficulty creating and distributing eBooks as well as collectingpayments. ePub Direct provides an all-in-one solution for publishing clients, saving them time and money. Clients sign one contract and there is only one upload of media required. The alternative would be to negotiate directly with each retailer or library directly, conduct legals, agree commercials and upload to each site.Vearsa offers additional services such as eBook conversions, app and enhanced eBook creation and white label solutions.Vearsa radically simplifies eBooks for Publishers. | $1.7M / Series A / Dec 09, 2011 | ||
| Cellix develops, manufactures, and sells microfluidicВ pumping solutions, consumable biochips, software and automated solutions for applications in cell biology, microfluidics and nanofluidics, physics, chemistry, cell and particle studies. Customers include biology laboratories in academia, government laboratories and the pharmaceutical andbiotechnology industry worldwide. | $878K / Seed / Feb 15, 2007 |
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FAQ
What does NCB Ventures invest in?
NCB Ventures invests primarily in Manufacturing, Biotechnology and Apps startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is NCB Ventures's check size?
NCB Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$13M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds NCB Ventures participates in.
How do I contact NCB Ventures?
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Who are the partners at NCB Ventures?
The team at NCB Ventures includes Conor O'Kelly (Group CEO), Graham O'Brien (Finance Director) and Liam Booth (Head of Corporate Finance). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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