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Top 50 Sports Startup Investors in Ireland in November 2024

Last updated: Nov 2024 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Sports startups based in Ireland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Sports companies from Ireland. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Sports Startup Investors in Ireland in November 2024

Investor	Sports Ireland investments
Enterprise Ireland	8
NDRC	5
Tribal.vc	4
Notion Capital	4
Partech	3
Martin Ott	2
Octopus Ventures	2
HBAN	2
Business Growth Fund	2
Elkstone Capital Partners	2
Walter Walsh	1
Atlantic Bridge University Fund	1
Adam Byrne	1
Silicon Valley Bank	1
Fuel Ventures	1
Norwest Venture Partners	1
Cloud Apps Capital Partners	1
Castlegate Investments	1
Seroba Life Sciences	1
Growing Capital	1
4Di Capital	1
Development Capital	1
Christian Vollmann	1
BlueRun Ventures	1
AIB Seed Capital Fund	1
Touker Suleyman	1
Earlybird Venture Capital	1
Venturewave Capital	1
Blockchain Founders Fund	1
Dan Leavy	1
NewsWhip	1
Jordan Lamour	1
John Hearne	1
Ascentifi	1
Malin Corporation	1
Dan Ryan	1
Enterprise Equity	1
Veddis	1
Atlantic Bridge	1
Meg Lustman	1
Velvet Sea Ventures	1
FEXCO	1
Paul McGreevy	1
South East Business & Innovation Centre	1
Graham Stirling	1
Delta Partners	1
Sara Davies	1
Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity fund	1
Western Development Commission	1
Tej Lalvani	1

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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.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Ovagen — Ovagen is a biotechnology company that has developed the process of producing germ free (GF) chicken eggs and GF birds in commercial quantities for use primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. Ovagen can also provide a Contract Research Service and has extensive expertise in SPF poultry & rodent housing & husbandry, in specific poultry& rodent research technologies to GMP standards and in avian transgenics.
Slick+ — Slick+ is a SaaS B2B Video-Based platform designed for enhance learning and collaboration in hybrid and remote working environment. By enabling teams to create, share, and discuss short, engaging knowledge videos, Slick+ fosters a culture of continuous learning and innovation. The platform makes it easy for employees to capture and preserveessential expertise, share best practices, and implement new ideas, all seamlessly integrated into their daily workflows. With a focus on bite-sized content, Slick+ empowers organizations to boost productivity, enhance team communication, and stay agile in a rapidly evolving work environment. Ideal for L&D and HR managers, Slick+ is the go-to solution for companies looking to optimize their onboarding, training, and knowledge-sharing processes in both hybrid and remote work setups.
The Freebird Club — The social travel club for over 50s. Homestays, local events, travel advice and more.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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

We are a venture firm that empowers entrepreneurs on their own unique path to success. We invest early and with conviction, using our experience and networks to help guide founders and their teams as needed. Our investment experience includes; Seed investment in Boxever, acquired by SiteCore.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Conjura — The eCommerce Analytics platform
GREYSCOUT — Need brand protection? Our best brand protection software monitors & removes unauthorized listings, helping businesses fight online counterfeiting.
&Open — For businesses that gift to give back, share joy, or show they care. All you need is an email.

Notion Capital is a VC firm focused on European SaaS and Cloud.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Ferovinum — We are a technology enabled supply chain financing partner for the wine and spirit industries. Our platform funds wine producers, whisky distillers, bottlers and merchants.
Round Treasury — Put your startup cash on autopilot. Maximise your runway with smart deposits and withdrawals from your account, safeguarded and administered by regulated brokers.
In Parallel — In Parallel aligns strategy and execution, enabling organizations to thrive in complexity and adapt to change. Our Intelligent Operating Model bridge the gap between strategy and operations. Founded in 2023.

Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Formality — Formality provides intelligent contract management services to manage legal documents.
La Solive — La Solive provides professional course training services. They offer courses for energy renovation, vocational training, professional retraining, ecological transition, professions of the future, and concrete professions.
Pydantic Services — The team behind Pydantic are build developer tools that put developers first.

Martin Ott - CEO @ Taxfix

Investment focus

Legal, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Angel, Series A
Germany, Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Unu motors — unu wants to create the mobility solution that fully connects people to the city. They believe in cities in which all people are enabled to embrace the full potential of urban life. Their first product, electric scooter unu, was launched in summer 2014. unu is stylish, emission-free, quiet and super-easy to charge thanks to portable batteries.
IDnow — Your customers deserve seamless 24/7 identity verification and KYC experiences. Compliant with regulations (e.g. AML, eIDAS). Available in 195 countries.
Mobius Labs — Multimodal AI for the world's scale. Fast, secure, and affordable technology for visual, audio, and text applications.

We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Desia — Desia provides advanced AI applications for productivity, automation, and analytics for financial services.
NanoSyrinx — NanoSyrinx is an award-winning, discovery stage biotechnology company based in the UK. We are using synthetic biology approaches to develop protein nanosyringes as a completely novel modality for intracellular delivery of protein and peptide biologic drugs.
Stema — It serves as a platform for hiring engineers

HBAN is dedicated to raising the profile of business angel investment as an asset class on the island of Ireland and to promote the creation of business angel syndicates.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ovagen — Ovagen is a biotechnology company that has developed the process of producing germ free (GF) chicken eggs and GF birds in commercial quantities for use primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. Ovagen can also provide a Contract Research Service and has extensive expertise in SPF poultry & rodent housing & husbandry, in specific poultry& rodent research technologies to GMP standards and in avian transgenics.
Educatly — We help you get into the University of your dreams. We are the only platform with all the information you need to Study Abroad
Quantmatix — Improve the quality, efficiency and timing of your investment decisions. Quantmatix is a systematic tool for professional investors to evaluate instruments, dynamically shape portfolios and drive performance.

BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
United Kingdom, Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Shift Bioscience — Explore cutting-edge simulation-guided cell rejuvenation techniques aimed at combating aging-related diseases.
Signify Research — Signify Research provides health tech market intelligence empowered by data.
ER Productions — ER Productions is an innovative laser and SFX specialist providing cutting edge laser and special effects products and choreography to some of the largest shows on earth

Elkstone is an investment firm, focusing on entrepreneurs, senior executives, institutional LPs, the venture community, and the Irish diaspora.The objective of the organization is to boost the economic value and overall well-being of the island of Ireland by expanding a network, facilitating deserving investments, and delivering excellentinvestment performance.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Medical
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

CroíValve — CroíValve is a developed a safe, effective, easy to use, percutaneous solution for treating all patients with severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
Zerve AI — Securely Unlock Gen AI & LLMs in Your Enterprise
Retrograde — Talent agency of the future. Get early access now.

Walter Walsh

Investment focus

Sports, Software
Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Grinds 360 — Grinds 360 operates as a hybrid learning platform. Grinds 360 uses a proven hybrid learning approach which elevates traditional classroom grinds using the latest cutting edge technology.
myClub — Unlock your businesses potential with MyClub360. Boost brand visibility, drive targeted traffic, and maximize ROI with our innovative advertising platform.

We invest in entrepreneurs with the ambition to create world-class companies of scale.

Investment focus

Medical Device, Health Care, Big Data
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

CroíValve — CroíValve is a developed a safe, effective, easy to use, percutaneous solution for treating all patients with severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
ProVerum Medical — ProVerum Medical is an early stage medical device startup for the treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).
Tympany Medical — Tympany Medical is a Needs-driven, Innovative MedTech StartUp based in the West of Ireland

Adam Byrne

Investment focus

Sports
Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Output Sports — Discover Output's portable and affordable athlete testing and tracking device. Measure strength, power and speed in minutes giving accurate and reliable data.

Silicon Valley Bank is the financial partner of the innovation economy; helping individuals and investors in the innovation ecosystem achieve extraordinary outcomes.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Debt Financing, Series B, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Lithios — Lithios is developing systems based on breakthroughs in electrochemistry to selectively capture and release lithium from complex mixtures.
Bugcrowd — Bugcrowd teams with elite security researchers to reduce risk & improve security ROI through our bug bounty, pen testing, & vulnerability disclosure programs.
DataPelago — DataPelago provides big data analytics solutions. They also provide a data analytics platform that offers hardware and software based products. The platform also provides solutions for extracting insights from data of, speed, or structure at performance and cost levels unsurpassed in the industry.

Fuel Ventures - a leading early stage seed / growth stage EIS Fund based in London, UK. Investing in the most ambitious technology companies.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

R.grid — Research Grid is the automation engine for admin-free clinical trials. Research Grid has developed two industry-leading products that leverage its AI-powered automation engine.
Levellr — Levellr software helps creators & brands to build, manage and monetise messaging communities within existing apps, including Discord & Telegram. Our tools, which sit on top of Discord & Telegram, help our customers to acquire powerful-first party data on superfans, build highly engaged communities & generate tangible revenueopportunities, whilst also providing our customers with community strategy & on-going moderation services to ensure their communities thrive.
Groov — Get the measure of merchant business - Access merchant-consented, up-to-the-day transaction data to streamline customer journeys and lending decisions

Norwest Venture Partners is a global venture and growth equity investment firm with over $15.5 billion in capital. Learn more about how Norwest helps CEOs and founders scale their businesses.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Series B, Series C, Series A
United States, India, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Connect The Dots — Connect The Dots is a network intelligence platform that uses AI to map and manage career-long professional relationships. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
Vridhi Home Finance — Vridhi Home Finance, is a Housing Finance Company (HFC) offers various affordable home loans at best interest rates for every individual.
Third Wave Automation — Third Wave Automation brings people and autonomous systems together to improve throughput, efficiency, and safety beyond what people or automation could achieve alone.

Cloud Apps Capital Partners is a market-focused venture capital firm helping early stage companies in the cloud business applications sector. We know firsthand what it takes to build category-leading business application companies. We also recognize entrepreneurs need much more than capital which is why we differentiate and pride ourselves onthe guidance and support we give entrepreneurs to help accelerate and maximize their business potential during the critical early stage. Our firm is leading change in the venture market for early-stage companies with our market-focused Classic Series A approach which provides early stage investments of $2 to $10 million and full board support. This “classic” approach benefits entrepreneurs by giving them the right financial backing along with operational guidance from a seasoned, skilled and engaged investment firm.We are the leading investor in early stage cloud business applications companies. Cloud Apps Capital Partners has more direct operating, commercial and venture experience building great cloud business app companies than any other early stage VC firm. This translates into exceptional market and business insights, guidance grounded in expertise for our entrepreneurs, plus access to a world class network of cloud business application executives.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series C, Series B
United States, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

DataGrail — DataGrail provides businesses with a simple platform to manage compliance with GDPR, CCPA and similar data privacy regulations.
Clearstory.build — Construction's leading Change Order Communication Platform. We help Subs, GCs, and Owners communicate T&M Tags and Change Order Requests in real-time.
Connect The Dots — Connect The Dots is a network intelligence platform that uses AI to map and manage career-long professional relationships. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

Castlegate Investments is a private equity and family office firm.

Investment focus

Mobile, Sports, Fashion
Funding Round, Series A
Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

CWSI — CWSI are Europe's leading mobile, cyber security and cloud specialists enabling the world to securely work from anywhere.
Danu — Danu Sports is an innovative motion analysis tracking company that uses smart socks to track your movements.
Gym+Coffee — Gym+Coffee is an Irish-designed athleisure brand. We are passionately committed to encourage our community to Make Life Richer by socialising through exercise. We believe in awesome things to do, rad people to do them with and quality gear for all your adventures.

Seroba is a leading European life sciences venture capital firm focused on value creation through backing winning innovations in biotech and medtech.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Shorla Pharma — Shorla Pharma is an Irish specialty pharmaceutical company. It is growing portfolio brings accessible, affordable and life-saving treatments to patients, delivering a major contribution to patient care and providing a significant clinical impact.
Vico Therapeutics — Vico Therapeutics is a developer of ribonucleic acid (RNA) modulating therapies for rare neurological disorders. The company discovers, develops, and delivers therapies for CNS disorders. Its initial focus is on SCA which is a subgroup of hereditary ataxia, HD which is a neurodegenerative disorder, and RTT-a neurodevelopmental disorder primarilyaffecting girls that enable clients with providing therapy for it.Vico Therapeutics was founded in 2019 by Luc Dochez, Josh Mandel-Brehm, Judith van Deutekom, and Gail Mandel and it is headquartered in Leiden, The Netherlands.
Artica Therapeutics — Artica Therapeutics specializes in biotechnological research and development for medical devices, pharmaceutical processes, and food.

Growing Capital is an early-stage investment firm specialized in supporting startups with their roots in Ireland.

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Lua Health — We believe the future of well-being is in prevention and early detection. Getting the right help, at the right time.
Protostars — Protostars is a regulatory technology business. It is the creator of a cyber risk and compliance program meant for secure code reports on audits.
Slick+ — Slick+ is a SaaS B2B Video-Based platform designed for enhance learning and collaboration in hybrid and remote working environment. By enabling teams to create, share, and discuss short, engaging knowledge videos, Slick+ fosters a culture of continuous learning and innovation. The platform makes it easy for employees to capture and preserveessential expertise, share best practices, and implement new ideas, all seamlessly integrated into their daily workflows. With a focus on bite-sized content, Slick+ empowers organizations to boost productivity, enhance team communication, and stay agile in a rapidly evolving work environment. Ideal for L&D and HR managers, Slick+ is the go-to solution for companies looking to optimize their onboarding, training, and knowledge-sharing processes in both hybrid and remote work setups.

4Di Capital is an independent seed- and early-stage technology venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa.Nurture capital is the term that best describes 4Di Capitalâ€:tm:s purpose and philosophy.We understand that in the early days of any business, support, mentoring and access to networks is just as important as seed capital.Using tried and tested international venture capital best practices, adapted for local use, we believe in entrepreneur-friendly finance without frills, and in working as a team with our investments to achieve their true potential.4Di Capital Early-Stage Technology Fund 1 targets startup investment opportunities with high growth potential at the seed- and early-stages in the mobile, enterprise software and web sectors.We look for founder teams with hungry passion, commitment, domain expertise and deep insights into the large market problems they wish to solve with their technology solutions.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Africa, United States, Uganda

Portfolio highlights

Maxe AI — AI investment Assistant for all investors. AI Portfolios tracker of stocks bonds exchanges futures. all in one to track mutual funds.
Sendmarc — Stop cyber criminals from sending emails using your domain and protect your customers, suppliers and employees from cyber attacks with DMARC Security.
Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.

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.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Telecommunications, VoIP
Funding Round, Seed, Private Equity
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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.

Christian Vollmann is the Chairman Of The Board at nebenan.de.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Angel
Germany, Ireland, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

autarc — We supercharge installers with our OS to become heat pump champions
NeoCarbon — NeoCarbon reverses climate change by dramatically cutting costs of Direct Air Capture leveraging cooling towers around Europe. By retrofitting existing infrastructure without impacting their original function, the time and cost needed to set up a carbon capturing system is improved by up to 10x.
Packmatic — Packmatic finds the ideal flexible packaging solution for your product and lets you manage it online.

BlueRun Ventures is a venture capital firm with offices in the United States, Shanghai, Beijing, and Korea. BlueRun invests in information technology, mobile, and consumer technologies, with an emphasis on mobile opportunities. BRV has invested in over 160 companies, with select exits from PayPal (acquired by eBay), Waze (acquired by Google),Topsy (acquired by Apple), Coupa (NASDAQ: COUP), and more. In 2005, BlueRun changed its name from Nokia Venture Partners. While branded as Nokia Venture Partners, the firm helped to build emerging market leaders such as Airgo, Bitfone, Cornice, PayPal, Wavemarket, and WiderThan.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

VITURE — Making the parallel possible...
Luying Technology — Luying Technology is an AIGC visual big model start-up with a revolutionary LCM technology at its foundation.
Zhuling Technology — Zhuling Technology is a robotics company that specializes in construction robot machines and core hardware and technology solutions.

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 â‚¬30m under managementwith AIB and Enterprise Ireland both committing â‚¬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 â‚¬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 â‚¬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 â‚¬250,000.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Medical
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Ireland, United States, Jersey

Portfolio highlights

NewsWhip — The only real-time media monitoring platform that predicts the stories and topics that will matter in the hours ahead.
Offr — Offr is the new way to buy and sell property, quickly and transparently.
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.

Touker Suleyman is a multi-millionaire Turkish Cypriot fashion retail entrepreneur and investor. In 2001, his company Low Profile Group purchased UK shirt maker Hawes & Curtis, and in 2008 he purchased UK fashion label Ghost. More recently, he has invested in a number of start-up companies including Bikesoup and Huxley & Cox.

Investment focus

CRM, Digital Media, Advertising Platforms
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Gener8 — We believe that the advertising industry needs more transparency and that people should be able to control their own data. Our technology gives people the control that is currently missing. And if people choose to share their data with advertisers, we reward them for it. Consequently, people trust us and 83% of them share their data with us.Meaning that we have an incredible understanding about these people and their online behaviour. We work with companies (and their media agencies) in the capacity of a media owner to do three things: 1. Provide premium media for you to reach this highly defined audience.2. Use our proprietary first party data to unveil actionable insights about your customers, eg. their purchase habits.3. To promote your brand and drive an action from your audience.
Peachy Lean — Peachylean, is an Irish based athleisure business providing stylish, high quality, supportive, high waisted gym leggings. We want to support strong women who like to look good while working out in the gym.
Personify XP — Discover how Aprimo's Content Personalization solution enables brands to deliver tailored, relevant experiences to customers at scale, enhancing engagement and driving conversions through AI-driven insights and automation.

Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all development and growth phases of technology companies. Among the most experienced venture investors in Europe, Earlybird offers its portfolio companies not only financial resources but also strategic support plus access to an international network and capital markets. With EUR 2 billion under management,eight IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most established and active venture capital firms in Europe.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Keel — Keel is a London-based startup offering modern businesses a much-needed third choice between off-the-shelf and no-code tools. Keel has developed a powerful programmable operations platform which offers all the benefits of bespoke tooling without the need to build from scratch.Keel was founded in 2022 by Benoit Machefer, Tom Frew and Jon Bretman,who directly experienced the frustration of being underserved by off-the-shelf software when scaling the fastest growing online pharmacy in Europe to over $130m revenue. The company represents a compelling vision of a future without legacy ERP, where ops teams and engineers work more closely together building bespoke tools on the robust and secure Keel platform.
terralayr — At terralayr, we're not just offering storage and batteries; we're pioneering a new era of energy flexibility. In a world where renewable energy is on the rise, the need for flexibility in energy storage has never been more crucial. That's where we come in.
Picus Security — The Complete Security Control Validation Platform | Stay proactive by validating your security controls with attack scenarios, empower your Red, Purple, Blue teams.

VentureWave Capital is an actively managed private equity group that invests in and builds great companies.

Investment focus

Health Care, Education, E-Commerce
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ireland, Egypt, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Xocean — Using unmanned surface vessels (USVs), XOCEAN offers turnkey data collection services to Surveyors, Companies and Agencies.
Funderbeam — Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes. The platform allows the founders to gain exposure, legal support, a funding manager, or an investor network. It also allows the investors to take control of their investments and trade anytime they want.The company was founded in 2013as a global data platform for startup companies.
iSchool — iSchool is teaching kids from 6 to 18 years old coding and artificial intelligence using STEM-based curriculums.

We Focus Exclusively On Adding Value To Blockchain & Emerging Technology Projects With Real World Applications.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Huma — Huma is an Income backed DeFi.
KRNL Labs — KRNL Labs is a decentralized infrastructure protocol that makes smart contracts and develops an open, multichain software registry for the Web3 ecosystem. That allows developers to build dApps that can leverage multiple blockchains simultaneously.
Persist Ventures — We bring visions to life with a full suite of agencies to help our companies start and scale.

Dan Leavy

Investment focus

Sports
Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Output Sports — Discover Output's portable and affordable athlete testing and tracking device. Measure strength, power and speed in minutes giving accurate and reliable data.

The only real-time media monitoring platform that predicts the stories and topics that will matter in the hours ahead.

Investment focus

B2B, SaaS, Fitness
Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Glofox — Our all-in-one fitness software provides fitness operators with the functionality to increase member retention and improve revenue growth.

Jordan Lamour is the Chief Technical Officer and Founder of TopOrder and he attended Rennes 2 University.

Investment focus

Sports, Software
Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

myClub — Unlock your businesses potential with MyClub360. Boost brand visibility, drive targeted traffic, and maximize ROI with our innovative advertising platform.

John Hearne, CEO and co-founder of Cúram Software

Investment focus

Sports, Software, Consulting
Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Inclusio — The inclusio diversity and inclusion platform is designed to measure and positively shift the culture of your organisation. Contact us for more information.
Output Sports — Discover Output's portable and affordable athlete testing and tracking device. Measure strength, power and speed in minutes giving accurate and reliable data.

Discover start-up investing made simple. Access VC-led rounds, build your portfolio, and unlock growth at Ascentifi

Investment focus

Medical, Health Care, Medical Device
Funding Round, Series A
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

CroíValve — CroíValve is a developed a safe, effective, easy to use, percutaneous solution for treating all patients with severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
Vertigenius — Vertigenius designs and deploys customized exercises using an easy-to-use clinician portal and even uses a Vertigenius head sensor to consult and manage patients with dizziness and imbalance.
X-BOLT Orthapaedics — X-Bolt Trauma Solutions for osteoporotic bone fixation. FDA 510(k) approved. Clinical studies include the WHITE One (n=100) and WHITE Four (n=1,140) randomized control trials.

Malin Corporation plc (“Malin”) is an Irish incorporated public limited company whose head office is in Dublin, Ireland with subsidiary offices in New Haven, Connecticut and Research Triangle, North Carolina, USA.Malin’s purpose is to create shareholder value through the selective long-term application of capital and operational expertise toprivate, pre-IPO, pre-trade sale operating businesses in dynamic and fast growing segments of the life sciences industry. Through its operational involvement, Malin works with its investee companies to enable them to reach the full potential of their value proposition and to achieve commercial success.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Biopharma
Funding Round, Series B, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

CG Oncology — CG Oncology is an oncolytic immunotherapy company that is intensely focused on developing bladder saving therapeutics for patients with bladder cancer.
Poseida Therapeutics — Poseida Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing cell and gene therapies with the capacity to cure cancers and genetic diseases.
Xenex — Xenex is offering an effective approach to reducing the incidence of healthcare-associated infections.The Xenex mission is to save lives and reduce suffering by destroying deadly microorganisms that can cause hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). Xenex’s Pulsed Xenon Full Spectrum™ UV Disinfection Solution reduces the bacterial load oftenassociated with an increased risk for HAIs. Since its commercial launch in June 2010, Xenex devices are now included in infection control protocols in almost three hundred hospitals throughout the U.S.Xenex was founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

Dan Ryan is the Chief Operating Officer of Kokoro Zenwear and Commercial Director at Peachylean.

Investment focus

Retail, Fashion, Fitness
Angel
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Peachy Lean — Peachylean, is an Irish based athleisure business providing stylish, high quality, supportive, high waisted gym leggings. We want to support strong women who like to look good while working out in the gym.

Enterprise Equity (or EEVC) is an excellent for providing capital to early stage and expanding business throughout Ireland.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Medical Device
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Phorest — Join 8000+ spas, barbers, hair, beauty and nail salon owners using the #1 management, scheduling, POS and appointment booking system. Try Phorest now!
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.

Veddis is an investment advisory firm that seeks to create value through sourcing tailored investment decisions that meet the right criteria of asset class, risk profile, and geography. They currently manage a portfolio of carefully selected companies which specialise in technology, health & wellbeing and retail. Their sophisticated planningprocess provides their clients access to global investment vehicles free from bias, and has culminated in a longstanding record of superior returns. As a truly independent company, every decision they make is solely with the investors’ interests in mind.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, Consumer Electronics
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Hadean — Our spatial computing and AI-powered technology empowers leaders to simulate the unthinkable, grasp the competitive edge, and create without limits.
Student.com — Book student housing with Student.com, the world's largest marketplace for international student housing. Find your perfect home in over 400 cities worldwide.
Excite Foundry — Get the fastest deal for your Amazon brand from a brand aggregator founded by experienced Amazon entrepreneurs like you.

Atlantic Bridge is a Growth Equity Firm with a Cross Border Value Add strategy. We invest in deep technology companies in Europe and the US. Our team is made up of successful entrepreneurs and senior technology industry executives and we invest in strong ambitious entrepreneurs and management teams that have the passion and drive to scale up andexploit major growth opportunities. We help our portfolio companies expand and grow internationally through our global platform with our team and offices in London, Dublin, Munich, Paris and Palo Alto.Atlantic Bridge brings together a unique team of technology entrepreneurs, experienced managers, finance professionals, and investment experts. The team contains a wealth of international business experience across Europe, the UK and the US. They have worked together in various capacities for the last 30 years, bringing a true partnership approach to their firm and their investments. Its investors include the founders, leading institutional investors, and private investors with a track record of investment in successful technology companies.Atlantic Bridge has developed a unique and differentiated strategy that focuses on specific technology themes and the implementation of the “Atlantic Bridge Model” for scaling companies internationally. The “Bridge Model” accelerates the scale-up of technology companies in Europe and the US. This approach is highly differentiated and has delivered strong performance results to date.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Ireland, United Kingdom

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Neurobell — NeuroBell develop novel EEG medical devices for early detection and monitoring of neonatal seizures.
Vertigenius — Vertigenius designs and deploys customized exercises using an easy-to-use clinician portal and even uses a Vertigenius head sensor to consult and manage patients with dizziness and imbalance.
Cambridge Mechatronics — Cambridge Mechatronics (CML) is a high technology design and engineering company based in Cambridge, UK. We specialise in pioneering and developing cutting-edge mechatronic platform technology from concept to mass production. We achieve this through technology licensing or partnerships with global manufacturing corporations. Our intellectualproperty portfolio consists of over 100 granted patents that we can exploit.

Meg Lustman is the former chief executive of Hobbs London.

Investment focus

Retail, Fashion, Fitness
Angel
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Peachy Lean — Peachylean, is an Irish based athleisure business providing stylish, high quality, supportive, high waisted gym leggings. We want to support strong women who like to look good while working out in the gym.

Velvet Sea Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs turn their visions into reality. With more than 80 years of combined experience as founders and venture investors and more than $2.2 billion invested, the firm provides seed-to-growth stage capital investments coupled with strategic support across all sectors. Velvet Seaspartners’ past investments include such notable companies as Twitter (TWTR), Square (SQ), SpaceX, Snap Inc. (SNAP), Facebook (FB), Pinterest (PINS), Domo (DOMO), Buzzfeed, Namely, Eaze, Braze, and Map Anything (CRM).

Investment focus

Software, Marketplace, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Israel, India

Portfolio highlights

Healthie — Healthie's HIPAA compliant telehealth platform gives health and wellness professionals EHR software and client tools they need for success.
KarmaCheck — KarmaCheck has reimagined background checks with a tech-first, AI-driven approach that provides the fastest background check for employment needs. Employers and employees benefit from real-time, actionable notifications, so hiring decisions come sooner. Our mobile-first background check platform is easy to access, reliable, and compliant.
Connect The Dots — Connect The Dots is a network intelligence platform that uses AI to map and manage career-long professional relationships. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

Delivering great outcomes through Fresh Thinking and deep relationships across payments, business services and innovation.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Fitness
Seed, Pre-Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Cambrist — Cambrist - Payments Regulation, EU2019/518, Cross Border Payments Regulation, Multi-Currency Wallets, Foreign Exchange, Payment Cards, Mastercard, Visa
LegitFit — LegitFit is there to help you from first sale to scale! Our leading software solution is everything you need to run & grow a successful business. It's easy to use, affordable, and integrates powerful tools for bookings, payments, and communication!

Paul McGreevy

Investment focus

Energy, Fitness, Nutrition
Private Equity
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Revive Active — Revive Active health supplement is the only brand that unlocks your abundant natural energy to maximize the lifestyle you want because it’s a supplement that does not compromise on amount or quality but is abundant with fantastic ingredients. Revive Active Health Supplement is a high quality blend of 26 ingredients delivered in one convenientsachet. The unique blend of vitamins and minerals combine to provide a multitude of health benefits including natural sustained energy without the use of sugar and caffeine. The revolutionary product also brings two key Nobel prize-winning ingredients together for the first time. The combined inclusion of Coenzyme Q10 and L-Arginine further improves Revive Active’s ability to enhance energy and vitality and support a healthy immune system in regular consumers all for as little as a cup of coffee per day.Unlike traditional fish oil supplements, Revive Krill Oil is an extremely bioavailable source of EPA and DHA. Key to the enhanced absorption is the unique structure of the omega-3s. Fish oil omega-3s are found in a triglyceride form, which repel water impairing absorption in the digestive tract. Krill oil is found in a phospholipid form which attracts water promoting fast and efficient absorption. This helps deliver the essential omega-3s to the places you need it most.

South East Business Innovation Centre supports the generation and development of new innovative enterprises by providing tailored business consultancy services in Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and South Tipperary.

Investment focus

Sports, Outdoors, Sporting Goods
Angel
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Hamstring Solo — The Hamstring Solo is an exercise aid for carrying out hamstring eccentric and concentric exercises.

Graham Stirling is the Manager - Investments at Veddis.

Investment focus

Art, RFID, Mobile
Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Ticket ABC — Ticket ABC is a white label ticketing software and venue management solution used by over 120 venues, promoters, artists in 4 countries. Brand your account to have the same look and feel as your website, better understand your sales and customers with their graphical reporting tool and integrate with social media to sell tickets within anyFacebook page. Fanalytics (Ticket ABC's customer analytics tool) transforms all the customer data generated from selling tickets into a snapshot of your business so you know who your top customers are, where they are from and the ability to communicate and reward them for their loyalty.

Early stage VC investments and funding for start-ups / founders in Ireland.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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 a technology focused provider of integrated data for intelligent fleet electrification planning, operations and reporting.
MarketSizer — MarketSizer offers subscription-based competitive intelligence and market insights for SaaS vendors who want to strategically grow their business.

Sara Davies

Investment focus

Retail, Fashion, FinTech
Angel
Ireland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Sibstar — A flexible debit card and app. Helping families living with dementia to safely manage their everyday spending.
Peachy Lean — Peachylean, is an Irish based athleisure business providing stylish, high quality, supportive, high waisted gym leggings. We want to support strong women who like to look good while working out in the gym.

The Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity fund is a joint fund built with contributions from the Bank of Ireland, the University of Limerick Foundation, and government-backed The seed fund will invest in export-oriented high potential firms that operate in the technology, food and financial services sectors, inaddition to supporting patent and patent pending projects within Irish universities, targeting investments between EUR 100K-500K. The new fund comprises of a â‚¬17 million investment by Bank of Ireland, along with funding of â‚¬8 million from Enterprise Ireland and â‚¬ 1million by the University of Limerick Foundation. It will be managed by

Investment focus

Software, Photography, Solar
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Pulsate — Effectively engage consumers and transform digital micro-engagements into real growth for your bank/credit union with Pulsate.
LegitFit — LegitFit is there to help you from first sale to scale! Our leading software solution is everything you need to run & grow a successful business. It's easy to use, affordable, and integrates powerful tools for bookings, payments, and communication!
Certification Europe — Achieve and maintain compliance with the most in-demand standards with Amtivo. We help organisations reach their true potential.

Supporting communities to grow, investing in businesses to scale and planning for the future of the western region.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ovagen — Ovagen is a biotechnology company that has developed the process of producing germ free (GF) chicken eggs and GF birds in commercial quantities for use primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. Ovagen can also provide a Contract Research Service and has extensive expertise in SPF poultry & rodent housing & husbandry, in specific poultry& rodent research technologies to GMP standards and in avian transgenics.
Peroptyx — Peroptyx is a platform that provides managed solutions for machine learning. At Peroptyx, they have assembled and pre-screened a qualified network of data evaluators across the globe. They strategically match ideal evaluators with each product to ensure authentic experiences through consistency and appropriate real-world contexts.
CitySwift — CitySwift is a data-driven scheduling and planning technology for urban bus networks. It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict journey times and passenger demand, making routes more efficient. Schedulers can create optimized timetables that take into account traffic, events, and hundreds of other external factors, ensuringon-time performance and increased passenger satisfaction.CitySwift was established in 2016 and is operating in Galway, Ireland.

Tej Lalvani is the CEO of Vitabiotics.

Investment focus

Fashion, Advertising, Beauty
Angel, Seed
India, Ireland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

POPxo — POPxo is India's online community for women that deals everything from fashion, beauty, lifestyle, work, and etc.Reaching 9 million users every month with over 102 million monthly engaged content views. POPxo provides text and video content in an accessible manner, and reach them where they live their lives: on social media and on mobile.It focuses on reaching a highly targeted audience - the millions of young urban women in India who are growing in confidence, in independence and in spending power, it monetises by working across formats (native ads, social posts, events) with brands who want to reach this important and influential consumer base.I was launch in March 2014 it's become the go-to lifestyle resource for the female (18-34) demographic.
Gener8 — We believe that the advertising industry needs more transparency and that people should be able to control their own data. Our technology gives people the control that is currently missing. And if people choose to share their data with advertisers, we reward them for it. Consequently, people trust us and 83% of them share their data with us.Meaning that we have an incredible understanding about these people and their online behaviour. We work with companies (and their media agencies) in the capacity of a media owner to do three things: 1. Provide premium media for you to reach this highly defined audience.2. Use our proprietary first party data to unveil actionable insights about your customers, eg. their purchase habits.3. To promote your brand and drive an action from your audience.
Peachy Lean — Peachylean, is an Irish based athleisure business providing stylish, high quality, supportive, high waisted gym leggings. We want to support strong women who like to look good while working out in the gym.

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