Top 5 Sustainability Angel Investors in Ireland in December 2024

Last updated: Dec 2024 A list of 5 angel investors that invest in Sustainability startups based in Ireland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Sustainability companies from Ireland. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Sustainability Angel Investors in Ireland in December 2024

Investor	Sustainability Ireland investments
Peter Murphy	1
Valentin de Torres-Solanot del Pino	1
Maurice O’ Gorman	1
Gokhan Guner	1
Barry Downes	1

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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.

Investment focus

Battery, Automotive, Wind Energy
Seed
Ireland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Gazelle Wind Power — UNLOCKING THE MASSIVE DEEP-WATER WIND MARKET: Introducing Gazelle's hybrid attenuated mooring platform, 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

Valentin de Torres-Solanot del Pino

Investment focus

Wind Energy, Renewable Energy
Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Gazelle Wind Power — UNLOCKING THE MASSIVE DEEP-WATER WIND MARKET: Introducing Gazelle's hybrid attenuated mooring platform, an evolutionary step-change in the design of floating platforms.

Maurice O’ Gorman

Investment focus

Energy, CleanTech, Clean Energy
Seed
Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Fincovi — We Are Your Complete Asset Health Technology Partner Purpose-built autonomous drones perform at record-setting inspection speed to minimize downtime while

Venture Capital investor, Angel Investor, Deep-tech startups, Technology commercialization, AI, Big Data/Analytics, IoT, Med-tech, Mobility, Electronics and Telecom.

Investment focus

Pet, Sensor, Medical
Seed, Funding Round
Ireland, Spain, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Gudog — Gudog connects dog owners with the experienced pet sitters, ie. it facilitates the task of finding an ideal pet sitter nearby making it easy as one, two, three. It offers a wide range of services provided in a fun, relaxed manner yet with a complete safety and no risk involved. Dog owner also can choose to be updated in the real time via email,website or smartphone. A clear and easy to use platform offers an effortless online booking and guarantees a secure payment process.Gudog mission is to solve issues dog owners face on a regular basis by offering innovative solutions, combining technology and pet-knowledge. The major dilemma a dog owner encounters is the necessity to ensure a good care for his four legged friend at times when he or she is not able to take care of it himself. Prior to Gudog, the only solution were dog kennels. However, spending time in a dog kennel implies the dog being put under a lot of stress related to the change of habits. Moreover, in a dog kennel the dog spends most of the time in a cage - all of this is not the ideal environment a dog owner could wish for his pet. Gudog was born out of a desire to provide an alternative.
AventaMed — All in one ear tube placement device - No operating room or general anesthetic needed. A new standard of care in tympanostomy tube surgery.
Senoptica Technologies — Senoptica has created a novel sensor that helps Global Retailers increase category sales through reducing food waste

Barry Downes is an experienced technology investor, entrepreneur and technologist with extensive domain experience in Artificial Intelligence, Security Technologies and Immersive Technologies. Barry is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Sure Valley Ventures, which he founded in 2017. He is a software founder turned investor, having founded severaltechnology businesses throughout his career, including FeedHenry, a leader in mobile cloud technologies, which was sold to Red Hat/ IBM in 2014. Previously, Barry was CEO of the leading academic software research and futurist institute, the Walton Institute, which worked with many of the top Silicon Valley and European global software companies on advanced technology research and futurist projects. He is also an advisor to the European Commission’s European Innovation Council, which is focused on developing Europe’s next unicorns with an allocated budget of over €1 billion.Barry holds a BSc in Applied Computing from Waterford Institute of Technology, an MBA from Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin and executive qualifications from Henley Business School in the UK, Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkley, in Venture Capital. He is also a Certified Investment Fund Director (CIFD), awarded by the Institute of Banking (IOB) and is registered with the FCA.