# Tony Smurfit

> Tony Smurfit is a seed investor at Smurfit Kappa backing Publishing, SaaS and Video. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Smurfit Kappa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smurfit-kappa)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonysmurfit

Tony Smurfit is a seed investor at Smurfit Kappa focused on Publishing and SaaS. Tony Smurfit is the Founder & CEO of Smurfit Kappa.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Publishing | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Video | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Compliance | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland | 2 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ufurnish.com | ufurnish.com is an online search and comparison platform for furniture and furnishings that allows people to search, discover, compare and shop products across the entire market on one place. The website showcases over 1.6m furniture products from 180+ furniture retailers, enabling consumers to discover their perfect home products in the easiestway possible. Over 5m consumers and growing have used and experienced the full benefit of ufurnish.com. Technology and data power everything that ufurnish.com does which is why the company is a leading light in the digital transformation of the furniture industry. | $4M | Seed | Mar 08, 2023 |  |
| Dataships | Dataships is a data privacy software and services company, specializing in automating GDPR and CCPA compliance. The company, which is co-located in Dublin and San Francisco, was founded by Ryan McErlane and Michael Storan in 2019. | $3M | Seed | Sep 28, 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 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Act Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lavrock Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lavrock-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NDRC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ndrc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Urban Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/urban-innovationfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Smurfit Kappa

VC Fund · Dublin, Ireland

Smurfit Kappa is producers of paper-based packaging in the world, with around 41,000 employees in approximately 350 production sites across 32 countries and with a sales revenue of €7.9 bn in 2013.Innovation, service and pro-activity towards customers, using sustainable resources, is their primary focus. This focus is enhanced through us being anintegrated producer, with their packaging plants sourcing the major part of their raw materials from their own paper mills.They are the European leader in paper-based packaging, operating in 21 countries selling products including corrugated, containerboard, bag-in-box, solidboard and solidboard packaging. They have a growing base in Eastern Europe in many of these product areas. They also have a key position in other product/market segments including graphicboard, MG paper and sack paper.

2 contacts available at Smurfit Kappa.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tony Smurfit | Chief Executive Officer & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tony-smurfit |
| Carlos J. Lijo Pereles | Regional General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlos-j-lijo-pereles |

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## FAQ

### What does Tony Smurfit invest in?

Tony Smurfit invests primarily in Publishing, SaaS and Video startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Tony Smurfit's check size?

Tony Smurfit typically joins rounds of $3M–$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 Tony Smurfit participates in.

### When did Tony Smurfit last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tony Smurfit closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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