Top 15 Renewable Energy Startup Investors in Ireland in January 2026
A list of 15 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Renewable energy startups based in Ireland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Renewable energy companies from Ireland. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Renewable Energy Startup Investors in Ireland in January 2026
| Investor | Renewable Energy Ireland investments |
|---|---|
| Enterprise Ireland | 2 |
| AIB Seed Capital Fund | 2 |
| Octopus Energy generation | 1 |
| Volnay | 1 |
| Development Capital | 1 |
| Enterprise Equity | 1 |
| Aker Horizons | 1 |
| Barclays Investment Bank | 1 |
| Zach | 1 |
| NDRC | 1 |
| Delta Partners | 1 |
| AIB | 1 |
| Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust | 1 |
| Peter Murphy | 1 |
| Dunbia Ballymena | 1 |
Enterprise Ireland is the government agency responsible for the development and funding of the indigenous business sector. Their mission is to accelerate the development of companies to achieve strong positions in global markets resulting in increased national and regional prosperity.
It was founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
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- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Orreco — Orreco Their mission is to deliver a cutting edge biomarker program to optimise player performance, recovery and welfare. A tailored biomarker program can optimise player health and welfare and use sports science resources to target key or “at risk” players which will lead to increased player availability. Tailoring of recovery and playermanagement strategies to individuals’ own biomarker profiles backs up decision making processes with data giving your team an informed recovery strategy.
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The AIB Seed Capital Fund was established in 2007 to provide venture capital for companies at the seed and early stages of development across a range of sectors throughout the Republic of Ireland. The Fund was established under the Enterprise Ireland Seed and Venture Capital Programme 2007-2012.The Fund has a total of €30m under managementwith AIB and Enterprise Ireland both committing €15m. It is managed by experienced managers with extensive expertise in making seed and early stage investments, adding value and facilitating business success.The Fund managers are empowered to make seed investments of up to approximately €500,000. Furthermore, the Fund has the capacity to make investments in later rounds to support the continued growth of investee companies.The Fund will be managed by Enterprise Equity Venture Capital and the Dublin Business Innovation Centre. This unique partnership brings together extensive regional and investment expertise.Enterprise Equity will evaluate and manage all investments outside the city and county of Dublin, as well as investments that require in excess of €250,000 from the fund within the city and county of Dublin.Dublin Business Innovation Centre (DBIC) will evaluate and manage all investments within the city and county of Dublin when the initial investment amount required from the Fund does not exceed €250,000.
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- Software, Health Care, Medical
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Ireland, United States, Jersey
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- NewsWhip — NewsWhip is the world's most comprehensive content discovery and analytics database. Their suite of products give customers the ability to predict which stories will be important today, and understand how to create successful content over the long term.NewsWhip serves over 500 of the world's leading publishers, brands and agencies,including: Reebok, the Washington Post, Conde Nast, Google, MasterCard, BuzzFeed, Time Inc., and more. NewsWhip Spike is their real-time, predictive content discovery dashboard — offering a one-stop view of what's important across both the web and 5 social networks. Spike is the only tool that discovers stories within 2 minutes of publishing, and predicts their spread across social.NewsWhip Analytics is a database of how audiences have engaged with stories across every social network over the long term. NewsWhip customers use Analytics to benchmark how they stack up against competitors and track engagement trends around events and seasons.
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- Metabolomic Diagnostics — Metabolomic Diagnostics is a deep-tech company specialized in the development of novel biomarker based diagnostic solutions for complex diseases. The company has developed an effective pipeline to firstly identify diagnostic biomarker panels and then translate these panels into clinical assays ready for application in the clinical laboratory.Thispipeline combines the biomarker multiplexing capabilities of Mass Spectrometry, a powerful analytical technology, with the company’s own informatics and statistics solutions to deliver diagnostic innovation. This is reflected in Metabolomic Diagnostics’ strong and versatile IP portfolio of technical innovations and biomarkers.Our VisionMetabolomic Diagnostics’ primary vision is to develop a portfolio of diagnostic solutions which can determine, early in a woman’s pregnancy,her risk of developing major complications much later in her pregnancy and thus enabling personalized care, adapted to each woman’s individual needs. Pregnancy complications like preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, preterm birth, and in-uterine growth restriction, all have the potential to severely impact on the well-being of mother and child.The company’s innovative diagnostic solutions will assist clinicians in re-imagining how these conditions are managed: our novel risk assessment tools are specifically developed in conjunction with prenatal care providers to ensure they make a difference that really matters. This in turn will enable clinicians to improve pregnancy outcomes globally.Our solutions will empower pregnant women: accurate pregnancy risk information will allow a pregnant woman, in partnership with her care provider, to determine what prenatal care is best for her pregnancy.
Transforming the world of renewable generation.
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- Renewable Energy, Energy, Finance
- Seed, Series A, Private Equity
- Norway, Germany, United States
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- Be.EV — Be.EV is the largest EV charging network to make charging simple, reliable, and effortless.
- Circal — Circal is a developer of solar and co-located energy storage projects in Ireland and the US, specialising in site discovery and development
- Lintas Green Energy — Lintas Green Energy is a rapidly rising green energy company looking to expand across the country.
Volnay is an holding company of Dr. Eddie O’Connor’s.
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- Renewable Energy
- Funding Round
- Ireland
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- SuperNode — We are a global technology company that designs and delivers superconducting connection systems to connect renewable generation & increase grid interconnection.
At Development Capital, they are aware of the significant growth opportunities available to mid-sized companies and understand the management teams’ unique requirement for not only finance, but also for a funding partner who will bring experience, expertise and international reach to assist secure and maximise the business growth opportunity.Development Capital provides investee companies with a unique and unprecedented partnership approach which will maximise the growth opportunity in the most prompt and efficient manner. In addition to their experienced Investment Directors, their partners include:High profile and experienced Industry Experts who will provide direction and support to investee companies; andMajor Irish Corporates who have committed not only funding but also their international experience.
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- Manufacturing, Telecommunications, VoIP
- Funding Round, Seed, Private Equity
- Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
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- IP Telecom — Ireland's most competitive SME & Enterprise VoIP provider. We are Ireland's leading VoIP Phone Systems Provider. Connect your business to the technology of today.
- Nomadic Dairy — Nomadic Dairy is a growing, premium branded yogurt manufacturer. The company supplies multiple products across the UK and Republic of Ireland.
- Spotlight Oral Care — Spotlight Oral Care aims to create the best oral health products, to educate and promote oral care, empowering people to engage with true customised preventative oral care.
Enterprise Equity (or EEVC) is an excellent for providing capital to early stage and expanding business throughout Ireland.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Medical Device
- Funding Round, Seed, Series B
- Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
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- SurgaColl — SurgaColl Technologies is a medical device company developing novel tissue regeneration products for the surgical treatment of diseases of the bone, cartilage and other human tissue. Based on technology developed at the Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG) of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), headed by Professor Fergal O’Brien,the company aims to become a leader in the field of regenerative medical devices.
- Metabolomic Diagnostics — Metabolomic Diagnostics is a deep-tech company specialized in the development of novel biomarker based diagnostic solutions for complex diseases. The company has developed an effective pipeline to firstly identify diagnostic biomarker panels and then translate these panels into clinical assays ready for application in the clinical laboratory.Thispipeline combines the biomarker multiplexing capabilities of Mass Spectrometry, a powerful analytical technology, with the company’s own informatics and statistics solutions to deliver diagnostic innovation. This is reflected in Metabolomic Diagnostics’ strong and versatile IP portfolio of technical innovations and biomarkers.Our VisionMetabolomic Diagnostics’ primary vision is to develop a portfolio of diagnostic solutions which can determine, early in a woman’s pregnancy,her risk of developing major complications much later in her pregnancy and thus enabling personalized care, adapted to each woman’s individual needs. Pregnancy complications like preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, preterm birth, and in-uterine growth restriction, all have the potential to severely impact on the well-being of mother and child.The company’s innovative diagnostic solutions will assist clinicians in re-imagining how these conditions are managed: our novel risk assessment tools are specifically developed in conjunction with prenatal care providers to ensure they make a difference that really matters. This in turn will enable clinicians to improve pregnancy outcomes globally.Our solutions will empower pregnant women: accurate pregnancy risk information will allow a pregnant woman, in partnership with her care provider, to determine what prenatal care is best for her pregnancy.
Aker Horizons- a Leading planet-positive investment company
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- Renewable Energy, Energy, Oil and Gas
- Funding Round, Corporate Round
- Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- SuperNode — We are a global technology company that designs and delivers superconducting connection systems to connect renewable generation & increase grid interconnection.
- Mainstream Renewable Power — Mainstream Renewable Energy does project design and management for renewable and alternative energies. Mainstream has delivered more than 800 MW of wind and solar assets into commercial operation and is currently constructing a further 1.5 GW across Latin America and Africa. Mainstream was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Sandyford, Dublin.
Barclays Investment Bank provides corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of strategic advisory, financing and risk management solutions.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Ireland
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- Holiwise — Holiwise is an AI-powered platform, leveraging in-house machine learning models to reinvent the premium travel experience.
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- TP24 — Tradeplus24 is a provider of SME Lending using receivables as security. Operational in Europe and APAC.
Mecelis
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- Wind Energy, Renewable Energy
- Seed
- Ireland
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- Gazelle Wind Power — Modular, scalable, easier to deploy: Introducing Gazelle's unique dynamic mooring system, an evolutionary step-change in the design of floating platforms.
NDRC builds high-impact new ventures. By providing the people, time, space and investment needed at the earliest stages of dedicated commercialisation work, NDRC is creating companies worthy of commercial investment and with the ability to scale. The NDRC team has the breadth of knowledge and expertise in technology and markets. NDRC worksside-by-side with researchers, entrepreneurs and venture teams to turn great ideas into successful new ventures.By the end of 2014, NDRC’s portfolio of startup ventures had secured a cumulative €88m in follow-on investment from commercial investors, with a combined market capitalisation of approx. €220m.
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- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
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- Nory AI — Revolutionise your restaurant with Nory's restaurant management software. Streamline operations, boost profits, and enhance decision-making in one platform.
- Dataships — Dataships uses top level data privacy software to help your brand, no matter your location.
- Ceartas DMCA — Ceartas is the leader in piracy protection for creators, brands & enterprise. Powered by AI, we have the highest removal rate in the industry
Early stage VC investments and funding for start-ups / founders in Ireland.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
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- Imvizar — Transform your buildings, office spaces, visitor attractions, and parks with an immersive and visual storytelling experience using augmented reality. Discover unique ways to tell your story at Imvizar.
- ZeroMission — ZeroMission is an electromobility and lead innovator in software development, and power-energy infrastructure.ZeroMission offers fleet management software to businesses that own and operate fleets of commercial electric vehicles (EVs).
- MarketSizer — MarketSizer offers subscription-based competitive intelligence and market insights for SaaS vendors who want to strategically grow their business.
AIB provides financial and banking services to individual, business and corporate customers.
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Investment focus
- Men's, Energy, Wellness
- Debt Financing, Convertible Note
- Ireland, United Kingdom
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- BNRG Renewables — The future of energy is solar. Since 2007, at BNRG, we have worked to bring that future closer.
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is a closed end investment company incorporated in England and Wales that is focused on building and operating a diversified portfolio of Renewable Energy Assets in Europe and Australia.
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- Renewable Energy, Environmental Engineering
- Corporate Round
- Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Simply Blue Group — Simply Blue Group is a marine project developer focused on floating wind initiatives across Ireland and Britain.
Peter Murphy joined American Capital in January 2013. Peter was President and CEO of Astrodyne Corporation, a power solutions company, from 2005 to 2013. Prior to that, he was President and CEO of Parlex Corporation (PRLX:NASD) and President of Teledyne Electro-Mechanisms. Peter was Chairman of the IPC, the world’s largest electronicsstandards organization, from 2002 to 2005. Peter retired as a Captain in the United States Naval Reserves.Peter Murphy received his BS in Finance from Mt. St. Mary’s University. He was designated an aviator by the USN Aviation Command and is a graduate of the Stanford University Engineering Executive Program.
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Investment focus
- Battery, Automotive, Wind Energy
- Seed
- Ireland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Gazelle Wind Power — Modular, scalable, easier to deploy: Introducing Gazelle's unique dynamic mooring system, an evolutionary step-change in the design of floating platforms.
- Breathe Battery Technologies — Breathe Battery Technologies is a research-led technology company developing advanced battery management algorithms
Dunbia is a true market leader operating globally and our desire to create better food naturally is the driving force behind everything.
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- Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Renewable Energy
- Corporate Round
- Ireland
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- ActionZero — ActionZero is a market leader in the development and deployment of ground-breaking, self-funding solutions for a zero-emissions world in the industrial, enterprise, and global consumer markets.
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