# Techstart Ventures

> Techstart Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 187 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belfast, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 187
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 49%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techstart-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/TechstartVC
- Website: https://www.techstart.vc/

Techstart Ventures is a first-cheque investor for extraordinary founders pursuing uncapped global opportunities.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Techstart Ventures. Shizune tracks 8 team members at Techstart Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/techstart-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $326k–$4M |
| Pre-Seed | $100k–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 31 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 14 | 7% |
| Health Care | 10 | 5% |
| Manufacturing | 8 | 4% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 4% |

137 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 69 | 37% |
| Pre-Seed | 18 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 16 | 9% |
| Series A | 8 | 4% |
| Grant | 7 | 4% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 89 | 48% |
| Ireland | 2 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Allen Martin | Investment Director | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-martin |
| Audrey Casciere Osborne | Investor | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audrey-casciere-osborne |
| Hal Wilson | Partner | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hal-wilson |
| Jamie Andrews | Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jamie-andrews |
| Julie Curran | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julie-curran |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Saltroad | Saltroad operates as a registered speech & language therapist based on child's speech. | $2M | Seed | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| Go Swag | Branded gifts for people you work with | $5M |  | May 27, 2026 |  |
| Foresight | Foresight is a SaaS startup offering an AI-powered platform for chemical regulatory compliance. | $672.1K | Seed | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| Farmdrive | Farmdrive helps supply chain partners create transparent, effective, and resilient operations from farm to shelf by streamlining data collection and simplifying farm management. | $927.5K | Seed | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| TeamFeePay | TeamFeePay is a software company for football club management. | $12M |  | Jan 19, 2026 |  |
| Farmdrive | Farmdrive helps supply chain partners create transparent, effective, and resilient operations from farm to shelf by streamlining data collection and simplifying farm management. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Nov 14, 2025 |  |
| Optik AI | Optik AI is a technology company that integrates optical systems with artificial intelligence for computer vision and smart devices. |  | Seed | Aug 29, 2025 |  |
| Neurovalens | Neurovalens delivers innovative solutions in the field of neuroscience, bioscience and neurophysiology.Neurovalens has received support from Invest NI under the European Union’s Investment for Growth and Jobs Programme. The project, recorded on the ERDF beneficiaries’ website, will be implemented over the next one year, undertaking research anddevelopment activities aimed at improving the competitiveness of the business. | $6.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 19, 2025 |  |
| LUMENSTREAM | LUMENSTREAM is a CleanTech company that helps large energy consumers dramatically cut their CO2 emissions and operational costs via the provision of sustainable LED lighting. | $1.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 08, 2025 |  |
| Valla | We believe that data-driven legal advice can change lives.The legal industry is drowning in data that it can never use. Every day, millions of pages of case law, decisions and precedent are created and then ignored. Valuable insights are locked away in PDFs or scattered across hundreds of text documents, waiting to be pieced together.This hasserious real-world consequences. When someone's rights are voilated, they should know that they have legal options. When their lawyers advises them, they should feel confident they're giving the best informed, most up-to-date advice. Right now, this isn't happening - and real lives are feeling the impact.Valla's mission is to bring transparency and insight to the legal sector. We do this by analysing those millions of pages and extracting data from them. We then turn that into insight that's easy to understand and use - insight that can make a real difference in real people's lives. | $2.7M | Seed | Jun 02, 2025 |  |

10 of 187 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Clarendon Fund Managers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clarendon-fund-managers) — VC Fund, 28 deals together
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Co-FundNI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/co-fundni) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [QUBIS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qubis) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [ACF Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-cofund) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Nauta Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nauta-capital) — VC Fund, 9 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Techstart Ventures invest in?

Techstart Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 187 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Techstart Ventures's check size?

Techstart Ventures typically joins rounds of $326k–$4M at Seed and $100k–$1.3M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Techstart Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Techstart Ventures?

Public channels for Techstart Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Techstart Ventures?

The team at Techstart Ventures includes Allen Martin (Investment Director), Audrey Casciere Osborne (Investor) and Hal Wilson (Partner), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 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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