Top 5 Proptech Angel Investors in Ireland (June 2026)

Killian O'Higgins is a Chartered Surveyor with 37 years' experience in the Ireland, UK, Continental Europe, Middle East, USA and Asia Pacific. In Ireland, Killian started his career at Lisney before moving to Sherry FitzGerald, joining in 1983, shortly after the Sherry & Sons/FitzGerald & Partners merger. He spent 18 yearsgrowing and developing the business with a particular focus on commercial property, becoming Managing Director of DTZ Sherry FitzGerald in 1998.

Investment focus

Industry: FinTech, Real Estate
Stage:Seed
Geography: Ireland

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Geowox — Geowox automates home valuations for the digital mortgage journey. We build online workflow tools for lender websites, automate valuations and offer accredited surveyor sign-off.

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Chris is working in the Private Companies team at Baillie Gifford, based in the Bay Area. Prior to Baillie Gifford, he was a Partner at China's Sinovation Ventures for 10 years, initially in Beijing and then in Silicon Valley. He has 20 years of “hands on” entrepreneurial and early stage investments experience.With Baillie Gifford, Chris hasworked on the investments behind Joby Aviation, Allbirds, Nuro, Honor and goPuff. With Sinovation in Beijing, Chris invested in the early rounds and actively worked on multiple portfolio companies, including Zhihu (NYSE:ZH), Wandoujia (acquired by Alibaba), Umeng (acquired by Alibaba) and Anquanbao (acquired by Baidu). He also designed, setup and operated the firm's incubation programs, as well as led the firm's fundraising efforts and investor relations. In Silicon Valley, Chris established and managed the firm's team and investment practice in the US. He invested in the early rounds and actively worked on multiple companies, with a focus on industrial automation, robotics, and edtech, including Fictiv, Compology, Eight Sleep, Dishcraft Robotics, Traptic, XYZ Robotics, Deep Vision, Fero Labs, Swivl, Abl Schools, Securly, ClassWallet, Swing Education, and others. Prior to Sinovation, Chris was a Managing Partner at Eastern Bell Venture Capital. He also served as the CEO of ICDL Asia, an organization in the computer skills certification sector with operations in over 25 Asian countries, which he helped turnaround and relocate to Singapore. Prior to going to Asia, Chris co-founded and managed ECDL Hellas in his native Athens, Greece.Chris holds a M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College in London and an MBA from INSEAD.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Mobile, Machine Learning
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, China, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 80
Round size: Seed $800k–$3M; Series A $5M–$21M
Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

Gopuff — Gopuff is a Philadelphia-based company that delivers products like over-the-counter medicine, baby food, and alcohol. Across America, Gopuff is known for satiating late-night cravings for Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, Doritos, Red Bull, and, in select markets, White Claw and rescuing those in need of diapers, condoms, and cleaning products. Gopuffallows users the joy of browsing the shelves without the hassle of going to the store. It takes seconds to navigate the app and minutes for Gopuff’s Driver-Partners to deliver the customer’s needs and wants. The company was founded in 2013 by Yakir Gola and Rafael Ilishayev, two Drexel University students with a minivan and a vision to make everyday life a little easier.
TEKEVER — The Tekever Group is a provider of innovative technologies in Software, Aerospace, Defence and Security Markets.
Finclude — Finclude revolutionizes creditworthiness & affordability assessment of individuals with machine learning on their transactions, powered by PSD2 APIs.

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Chris Burggraeve - Founder @ Vicomte

Investment focus

Industry: Credit, Mobile, Sports
Stage:Series A, Angel, Seed
Geography: United States, Ireland

Investor stats

Total investments: 8
Round size: Seed $2M–$3M; Angel $531k–$1.5M; Series A $3M–$7.7M
Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

Greenrush — Get weed delivered to your door with greenrush's cannabis delivery service. Our app let's you buy weed online from a network of local dispensaries near you.
Arcview Group — The ArcView Group works in the burgeoning legal cannabis industry by establishing connections between investors and entrepreneurs in an effort to meet the needs of cannabis cultivators, dispensaries, and customers. With industry experience, The ArcView Group is working to help usher in the next generation of cannabis-related businesses with thecreation of The ArcView Angel Network and the MyDispensary Mobile App.
Finclude — Finclude revolutionizes creditworthiness & affordability assessment of individuals with machine learning on their transactions, powered by PSD2 APIs.

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Dr. Jim Mountjoy is the Board Director of Corvil.He is also a Deputy Chairman of Science Foundation Ireland.Dr. Mountjoy founded Euristix, an innovative supplier of advanced network management software solutions for the telecommunications industry. Euristix became a market leader and was sold to Fore Systems for US $80 million in February1999, a value that increased to US$175 million in two months when Fore Systems was acquired by Marconi.Dr. Mountjoy is currently involved as an investor and in a non-executive capacity with a number of technology companies and is a Board member of the,Abbey Theatre,Barnardos, the childrens’ charity.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Real Estate, Consumer Goods
Stage:Series A
Geography: Ireland

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

Clavis Insight — Clavis eCommerce Insight is the Industry leader for Online Store Analytics. We deliver data, analysis and insights to enable consumer goods brands to track and optimize their online channel presence and performance.The solution analyzes everything consumers see in online retailer stores to quickly identify the actions brand owners andmanufacturers need to take to drive profitable eCommerce growth, protect their brands and beat the competition online.The majority of the world’s leading Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies including Unilever, Procter & Gamble, and Nestlé use Clavis Insight for online store analytics today.

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