# Stephen Burdock

> Stephen Burdock is a seed investor at Business Venture Partners backing Retail and Travel. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Business Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-venture-partners)
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-burdock-2b7322143/

Stephen Burdock is a seed investor at Business Venture Partners focused on Retail and Travel. Stephen Burdock

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 17% |
| Travel | 1 | 17% |
| Fashion | 1 | 17% |
| Robotics | 1 | 17% |
| Lifestyle | 1 | 17% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland | 5 | 83% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MyGug | MyGug is a new Micro Scale Anaerobic Digester a food waste solution that gives you abundant renewable energy for cooking and growing. | $975.3K | Seed | Mar 25, 2024 |  |
| Coindrum | Coindrum provides self-service units in airports that passengers use to convert leftover coins into airport shopping vouchers.Coindrum allows airline passengers to spend unwanted coin currency before departing into different currency jurisdictions. Our machines are placed before retail areas of airport departure gates for travelers to deposittheir coins and immediately receive printed vouchers worth 110% of the deposited value, which can then be spent in airport retail shops. The solution solves the foreign coin inconvenience for travellers, increases footfall penetration for airport retailers and also offers a charity function. | $870.3K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| OOHPod | OOHPod offers Smart Parcel Locker service. | $5.9M | Seed | Jan 08, 2024 |  |
| Invert Robotics | Invert Robotics develops robotic NDT inspection technologies for the maintenance of industrial equipment in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas industries. Invert Robotics highly skilled team of engineers have developed a world leading modular inspection platform suitable for use across a range of industries and applications. | $2.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 07, 2023 |  |
| Chupi | Chupi is a jewelry manufacturer that specializes in diamond and gold ornaments. The company's platform offers a variety of items that are produced according to bespoke requests and designs, and it leverages technology to provide a premium feel and touch, providing clients with cult luxury jewelry made from recycled gold and packaged inenvironmentally friendly packaging.Chupi was established in 2013 in Dublin, Ireland by Chupi Sweetman. | $3M | Seed | Feb 14, 2023 |  |
| PlasmaBound | PlasmaBound provides a step-change technology, termed Controlled Plasma Ablation (CPA), which facilitates the structural adhesive joining of lightweight materials, namely carbon and glass fibre reinforced composites. CPA technology will accelerate the use of these lightweight composite materials into multi-material structural assemblies, byenabling reliable adhesive joining which is stronger than the composite structures themselves. | $789.6K | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 01, 2022 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Abbey International Finance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abbey-international-finance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TechNexus Venture Collaborative](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/technexus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Themvar](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/themvar) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Business Venture Partners

VC Fund · Dublin, Ireland

Business Venture Partners was founded in 2004 as a corporate finance adviser for SME/owner managed businesses. The investment team is comprised of Elliott Griffin, Ronan Smith, Edel Coen and Mark Ruane and the team skills combine deep industry knowledge with experience in venture investing, corporate finance and international expansion. Theteam works on behalf of its clients buying and selling companies, raising finances, working with start-ups and advising on strategic growth, business succession and owner exits.Since 2007, BVP has successfully raised and managed 10 Simple Green BES and EII Funds. They have invested, on behalf of their investors, in some of Ireland’s most innovative companies such as Celtic Bioenergy, EFT Controls, and UrbanVolt. Our investment strategy is to spread investments over project finance and a portfolio of high potential companies. Their philosophy is to work hard with each investment to deliver valuable support for the company promoters and build shareholder value for their investors.In 2016 BVP launched The 10th BVP Green EII Fund. The fund provides eligible investors with the opportunity to avail of up to 40% income tax relief and provides the investor access to a portfolio of cleantech companies and renewable energy projects. The 11th Green Fund will be launched in Q4 2017.

5 contacts available at Business Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Elliott Griffin | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elliott-griffin |
| Edel Coen | Investment Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edel-coen |
| Mark Ruane | Finance and Investment Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-ruane |
| Ronan Smith | Investment Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ronan-smith |
| Stephen Burdock | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-burdock |

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## FAQ

### What does Stephen Burdock invest in?

Stephen Burdock invests primarily in Retail, Travel and Fashion startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Stephen Burdock last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stephen Burdock closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 6 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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