Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund
VC Fund
Dublin, Ireland
Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund is a VC fund in Dublin focused on Software and Mobile. Based in Dublin, Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund supports management teams that need capital to expand their businesses into new markets.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 88%
Last updated:
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Industries Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund invests in
Stages Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund invests in
Countries Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.6M–$2.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (38%)
- Mobile 2 (25%)
- Advertising 2 (25%)
- Ad Targeting 2 (25%)
- Personalization 2 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (38%)
- Funding Round 3 (38%)
- Series A 1 (13%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (13%)
Country
- Ireland 4 (50%)
- United States 3 (38%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
John Dolan
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Leo Hamill
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Michael Murphy
Managing Partner and Director
|
Managing Partner and Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
|
Nicky Conlan
Finance Controller
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Finance Controller | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| StitcherAds is the first social ads optimization platform designed specifically for performance marketers using Facebook & Instagram. StitcherAds helps advertisers create automated, data-fueled campaigns that drive scalable performance online & in-store. Focused on direct response for retail, eCommerce, travel, and real estate, StitcherAdsdifferentiates itself through unique omnichannel capabilities, pre-to-post campaign optimization, creative automation, and customizable reporting. Leading advertisers such as Hudson's Bay Company, Saks Fifth Avenue, Hotels.com, HotelTonight, and JD Sports use StitcherAds to drive the best full-funnel performance on Facebook & Instagram with the least effort. | $1.6M / Series A / Aug 01, 2015 | ||
| Accuris Networks is a leading provider of convergence, roaming and interworking solutions . The AccuROAM platform is designed to enable Communication Service Providers to have integrated and disruptive solutions by connecting current and emerging mobile broadband networks such as GSM CDMA, LTE and Wi-Fi , which includes smartphone client software,access server/gateway technology and billing integration.This gives their subscribers a seamless and secure user experience for data, voice and messaging services on all of these technologies both internationally and domestically. | $15M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 24, 2014 | ||
| Based in NovaUCD, Co. Dublin, HeyStaks Technologies Ltd was founded in 2008 by Professor Barry Smyth, Dr Maurice Coyle and Dr Peter Briggs.HeyStaks patented intent analytics platform analyses web usage data to build rich, accurate profiles that capture a person's intent and interests. It does this in a privacy-enhanced way and is sensitiveto context signals such as location and time to create a dynamic view of customer intent. For mobile operators, HeyStaks helps them know their customer and unlock entirely new revenue streams by delivering superior user experiences, advertisements and offers that are timely and relevant. | $878K / Oct 30, 2013 | ||
| Fenergo is a provider of client onboarding lifecycle management software for corporate, investment and private banks. Established in 2009, its onboarding technologies span front and middle office operations to provide banking clients with an end-to-end client lifecycle management solution that includes compliance and banking process managementsuch as: Onboarding compliance (KYC, CDD, AML, TDSI, MiFID II, FATCA, Dodd-Frank) Legal entity data management Product onboarding Collateral Management Client servicing Credit mitigants & collateral management.Its client base includes some of the world’s leading banks and prime brokerages and its solutions help them to enhance client experience through faster and efficient onboarding, improved client set-up times and a more consistent client onboarding experience. In 2022, Chartis Research recognized Fenergo as the winner in three award categories in the RiskTech100®. Fenergo also climbed four places to number 29 in the industry-renowned ranking of major global players in risk and compliance technology. | $4.4M / Oct 08, 2013 | ||
| SilverCloud Health provides immediate access to evidence-based and supported digital therapies. SilverCloud’s engagement has shown a three-fold increase in client/patient engagement and a three-fold decrease in client/patient program dropout when compared with current leading online therapeutic products. It was founded in 2011 andheadquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $1.6M / Seed / Jun 27, 2013 | ||
| StitcherAds is the first social ads optimization platform designed specifically for performance marketers using Facebook & Instagram. StitcherAds helps advertisers create automated, data-fueled campaigns that drive scalable performance online & in-store. Focused on direct response for retail, eCommerce, travel, and real estate, StitcherAdsdifferentiates itself through unique omnichannel capabilities, pre-to-post campaign optimization, creative automation, and customizable reporting. Leading advertisers such as Hudson's Bay Company, Saks Fifth Avenue, Hotels.com, HotelTonight, and JD Sports use StitcherAds to drive the best full-funnel performance on Facebook & Instagram with the least effort. | $2.2M / Seed / May 29, 2013 | ||
| Ferfics is a Cork based company specialising in the development of components for mobile phones and wireless devices. Established in 2007, Ferfics develops high-tech microchips that substantially improve the battery life of mobile phones and wireless devices and can be manufactured at a fraction of the current cost associated with the production ofsuch components.Their target end customers are leading international wireless device companies such as Nokia, Apple, Samsung and Motorola.These companies can use their technology to meet the performance 76 requirements of their products as increasing amounts of information are transmitted to mobile devices.In 2010 Ferfics closed a 1.7 million Euro investment round with funding provided by The Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund, managed by NCB Ventures, The AIB Seed Capital Fund, managed by Enterprise Equity Venture Capital Group, as well as by Enterprise Ireland.The company is chaired by Kevin Fielding, former President and CEO of ParthusCeva. | $1.9M / Dec 29, 2010 | ||
Gridstore
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Gridstore™ is the leader in HyperConverged All-Flash Infrastructure for the Microsoft Cloud-Inspired Data Center. Our customers gain a 10X performance improvement over traditional storage as we put all-flash as close to the workload as possible. They realize 4X lower TCO by consolidation of three layers of infrastructure into one scalable layerbuilt on X86 hardware and 10X less management effort due to less management points and less infrastructure to manage. Gridstore's HyperConverged Appliances include both compute and storage in a single system, and provide external storage and work with any Windows servers and the HyperConverged Appliance, all driven by Gridstore's patented software. Gridstore software architecture delivers native Windows integration, per-VM I/O control, and elastic and independent scaling of resources. Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. and its products and services are available through a global network of value-added resellers. | $1.6M / Seed |
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FAQ
What does Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund invest in?
Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Advertising 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 round sizes does Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund invest in?
Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$2.2M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund took part in.
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Who are the partners at Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund?
The team at Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund includes John Dolan (Partner), Leo Hamill (Partner) and Michael Murphy (Managing Partner and Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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