# Tom Kennedy

> Tom Kennedy is a seed investor at Homestay.com (Dublin) backing Travel and Software. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Homestay.com](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/homestay-com)
- Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-kennedy-87505554

Tom Kennedy is a seed investor at Homestay.com in Dublin focused on Travel and Software. Tom Kennedy is the Founder of Hostelworld. Tom Kennedy attended Technological University Dublin.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $869k–$3.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 2 | 25% |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Video | 1 | 13% |
| Beauty | 1 | 13% |
| Retail | 1 | 13% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MARC | MARC is an AI startup dedicated to real estate asset management. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| Barespace | Barespace provides end-to-end solutions that manage, market, and grow your beauty business. | $3.4M | Seed | Sep 18, 2025 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Gigable | Gigable is a gig economy app that connects gig workers with companies looking to hire. Users will be able to schedule, manage, and pay for their gigs using Gigable's online business portal and mobile app. | $868.9K | Seed | Feb 01, 2021 |  |
| VideoElephant | VideoElephant offers ready-to-monetize video content solutions to advertising technology providers, publishers, and advertisers. Its online marketplace enables users to access a library of video contents comprising various short and long-form videos, such as TV shows, movies, documentaries, and short videos. the company was founded in 2012 and isheadquartered in Dublin. | $6M | Series A | Jul 08, 2019 |  |
| VideoElephant | VideoElephant offers ready-to-monetize video content solutions to advertising technology providers, publishers, and advertisers. Its online marketplace enables users to access a library of video contents comprising various short and long-form videos, such as TV shows, movies, documentaries, and short videos. the company was founded in 2012 and isheadquartered in Dublin. | $1.4M | Seed | Aug 01, 2016 |  |
| 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. | $2M |  | Jan 15, 2016 |  |
| Meetingsbooker.com | Meetingsbooker.com allows you to book amazing meeting venues around the world. Meetingsbooker.com now includes over 70,000 meeting rooms in +100 countries including meeting room details, images, our own video content and booker reviews. Meetingsbooker.com saves you time finding the perfect meeting venue and also saves you money. You can viewsuitable venues and make your final selection and then send them your requirements. The venues will respond online with competitive offers to hold your meeting. Spend less time booking and more time meeting with Meetingsbooker.com. | $1.1M |  | Oct 22, 2014 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Act Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Delta Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delta-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Business Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-venture-partners) — 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

## About Homestay.com

VC Fund · Dublin, Ireland

Homestay accommodation connects guests with live-in hosts who open their homes to travelers. Discover faces not empty places with our hosts in their homes.

3 contacts available at Homestay.com.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debbie Flynn | Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/debbie-flynn-09ae |
| Paddy Holahan | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paddy-holahan |
| Tom Kennedy | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-kennedy |

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## FAQ

### What does Tom Kennedy invest in?

Tom Kennedy invests primarily in Travel, Software and Video startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Tom Kennedy's check size?

Tom Kennedy typically joins rounds of $869k–$3.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Tom Kennedy participates in.

### When did Tom Kennedy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tom Kennedy closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 8 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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