# Ray Nolan

> Ray Nolan is a seed investor at eDesk backing Software, Web Development and Enterprise Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [eDesk](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xsellco)
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranolan
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/RayNolan
- Website: https://x.com/RayNolan

Ray Nolan is a seed investor at eDesk focused on Software and Web Development. Ray Nolan is the Founder and CEO of eDesk. He previously worked at HostelWorld as a Founder. Ray Nolan attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $110k–$2M |
| Angel | $575k–$1.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Web Development | 2 | 22% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 22% |
| Apps | 1 | 11% |
| News | 1 | 11% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Angel | 2 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| dimply | Dimply builds the bridge between large financial businesses and individual customers. Giving the organisation agile infrastructure, powerful intelligence and pathways to meaningful interactions. By providing the customer with smart, personalised, financial experiences.dimply is the Intelligent Customer Experience product for financialinstitutions. The dimply solution can be used to build any type of customer-centric financial experience. The technology can integrate & connect at speed, and leverage data from any available source to make the customer experience more personal. The experience can then be embedded anywhereOur mission is to help people think and feel better about money. And in doing so to power a healthier financial future for them, and for the world. | $972.2K | Seed | Oct 15, 2022 |  |
| Kinzen | Kinzen is a technology company that helps citizens engage with the publishers who inform, inspire, and empower them. Kinzen was founded by Áine Kerr, Mark Little and Paul Watson. The company’s HQ is in Dublin. Kinzen is also building a publisher version of their experience (a project funded by the Google Digital News Initiative). |  | Seed | Dec 11, 2020 |  |
| Kinzen | Kinzen is a technology company that helps citizens engage with the publishers who inform, inspire, and empower them. Kinzen was founded by Áine Kerr, Mark Little and Paul Watson. The company’s HQ is in Dublin. Kinzen is also building a publisher version of their experience (a project funded by the Google Digital News Initiative). | $2M | Seed | Nov 28, 2020 |  |
| Kinzen | Kinzen is a technology company that helps citizens engage with the publishers who inform, inspire, and empower them. Kinzen was founded by Áine Kerr, Mark Little and Paul Watson. The company’s HQ is in Dublin. Kinzen is also building a publisher version of their experience (a project funded by the Google Digital News Initiative). | $549K | Seed | Apr 20, 2019 |  |
| Cohort | Cohort helps its users find the people they need through the people they already know through social media. Cohort is an Ireland-based company that was founded in 2015 by Eamon Leonard. | $575K | Angel | Apr 30, 2017 |  |
| REFLEX Gaming | At REFLEX, we’re building a digital platform that allows users to earn prizes while playing popular Video Games.This is achieved by building a digital platform (web first) that allows peer to peer wagering between users while playing popular online video games. Users exchange their money for a virtual currency and then wager this virtualcurrency while playing popular online video games. Virtual coins can then be redeemed for in-game items and gaming related prizes. |  | Seed | Jul 16, 2016 |  |
| OpenBack | OpenBack was the only mobile engagement platform with dynamic push notifications and device-side decisions by using mobile edge computing. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2016 |  |
| CloudSplit | CloudSplit is the first company to offer a real time view on what is happening on your Amazon grid from a cost perspective. We can all understand that cloud computing can significantly reduce our infrastructure spend, but even cloud costs can mount up if we use our clouds carelessly.CloudSplit will ensure you don't accidentally overspend,by tracking your cloud spending in real-time and giving you clear graphical breakdowns of how those costs were accrued. | $110K | Seed | Nov 27, 2009 |  |
| Kore Virtual Machines | Founded in 2008 by Dr. Steven Collins and Hugh Reynolds, New Game Technologies aims to revolutionize interactive application development for entertainment and education. The company re-branded to Kore in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA with engineering offices in Dublin, Ireland.With their previous company, Havok, theworld's leading real-time physics and animation company, the founders helped to shape a new generation of video games. Now, they are focused on the development of innovative new solutions for interactive application development on future media platforms. | $1.8M | Angel | Jan 10, 2009 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Business Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FST Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fst-growth) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AIB Seed Capital Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aib-seed-capital-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ConsenSys Mesh](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consensys-mesh) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About eDesk

VC Fund



2 contacts available at eDesk.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ray Nolan | Founder, CEO & Non Executive Chairperson of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ray-nolan |
| Caelen King | Non Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caelen-king |

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## FAQ

### What does Ray Nolan invest in?

Ray Nolan invests primarily in Software, Web Development and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ray Nolan's check size?

Ray Nolan typically joins rounds of $110k–$2M at Seed and $575k–$1.8M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ray Nolan participates in.

### When did Ray Nolan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ray Nolan closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 9 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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