# Patrick Walsh

> Patrick Walsh is a seed investor at Dogpatch Labs (Dublin) backing Apps and Beauty. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Dogpatch Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dogpatchlabs)
- Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmjwalsh
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/pwlsh
- Website: https://x.com/pwlsh

Patrick Walsh is a seed investor at Dogpatch Labs in Dublin focused on Apps and Beauty. Former Product Manager at ezetop where he led the development and deployment of a white label mobile phone online top up system for Digicel across its 31 markets. KPMG exam qualified Chartered Accountant having worked across telecoms, music & software industries.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Beauty | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Insurance | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Barespace | Barespace provides end-to-end solutions that manage, market, and grow your beauty business. | $3.4M | Seed | Sep 18, 2025 |  |
| Kota | Insurance and retirement benefits for every kind of team | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Sep 27, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cocoa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cocoa-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dogpatch Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dogpatchlabs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elkstone Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elkstone-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foreword Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foreword-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Frontline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frontline-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Dogpatch Labs

VC Fund · Dublin, Ireland

Dogpatch Labs is a curated startup hub, located in the historic chq Building and in the heart of Dublin’s Digital Docklands. Our mission is to accelerate the development of Ireland’s startup ecosystem by providing a valuable community from where you can grow, share knowledge and form connections.Our co-working space includes dedicated desks,hotdesking & private offices. Teams range in size from 1 to 20 people.A unique and thriving community of Irish startups, international companies and innovative social enterprises are based here.We open our space to the tech community and host more startup events than any other in Dublin.

5 contacts available at Dogpatch Labs.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jennifer Barrett | Events Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-barrett-2 |
| Patrick Walsh | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-walsh-5 |
| Alexey Bulygin | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexey-bulygin |
| David Power | Director Of Innovation | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-power |
| Gleb Sapunenko | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gleb-sapunenko |

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## FAQ

### What does Patrick Walsh invest in?

Patrick Walsh invests primarily in Apps, Beauty and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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 Patrick Walsh last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Patrick Walsh closed in Sep 2025. 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?

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.

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