# Top 50 Transportation Angel Investors in Ireland in June 2026

## Shane Naughton
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Media and Entertainment, Apps

Founding Partner and Board of Directors @ On The Stage
Managing Partner @ Inundata


## Tom Kennedy
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Video, Internet, Travel/Tourism

Founder @ Web Reservations International
Founder @ Homestay.com


## Eamonn Quinn
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Grocery, E-Commerce, Food Delivery

Eamonn Quinn

## Ray Nolan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Community/Lifestyle, Media and Entertainment

Non-Exec Chair @ XSellco
Co-Founder @ Intalex


## Des Traynor
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, IT, Internet

Founder & Chief Strategy Officer @ Intercom


## Declan Kelly
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial, IT

Founder @ Foreword VC
Director EMEA @ Techstars Ventures
Expert in Residence @ Seedcamp


## Kevin Hartz
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, IT

Partner & Co-Founder @ Y Ventures


## Peter Crowley
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Privacy/Security, IT

Founder & Director @ FL Partners


## Bobby Healy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Series A

CEO & Founder @ Manna Drone Delivery
Board Member @ DEBRA Ireland


## Linda Kiely
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Other, Software, Health Care

## Jared Messenger
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Design, Software

## Dan Kiely
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Other, Software, Health Care

CEO & Co-Founder @ Voxpro


## Chris Huskilson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Delivery, Internet, Analytics

Mr. Chris Huskilson began his career with Nova Scotia Power in 1980. He was made chief operating officer of Emera and Nova Scotia Power in July 2003 and president and chief executive officer of Emera in 2004.Mr. Huskilson is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia. He is chair of the Canadian ElectricityAssociation, and serves on many for-profit and non-profit boards of directors. He is past-chair of the Greater Halifax Partnership and past-chair of the Energy Council of Canada.Mr. Husklison holds a bachelor of science in engineering and a master of science in engineering from the University of New Brunswick.

## Anne Herarty
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Other, Software, Advertising

CEO & Co-Founder @ Cpl Solutions


## Mike McGearty
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Transportation

CEO at
CarTrawler

## Brian Patterson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Delivery, Shipping, Software

Brian Patterson

## Brian O'Driscoll
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Other, Software, Professional Services

## Chris Adelsbach
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial, Software, IT

Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures


## Colm Menton
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Corporate Round
- Focus: Apps, Parking, Automotive

Europcar Ireland, CEO, Colm Menton

## Tony Smurfit
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Video, Software, Internet

Chief Executive Officer & Founder @ Smurfit Kappa


## Peter O'Grady Walshe
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Internet, Content/Publishing

## Charlie Songhurst
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, IT, Data and Analytics

Advisor @ Bear Robotics


## Eamon Leonard
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Software, Media and Entertainment

Co-Founder @ Boundless


## Ian Madigan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Privacy/Security, IT

## Pa Nolan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Delivery, Shipping

Pa Nolan

## Barry Lunn
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Sensor, Software, Aerospace

Barry Lunn, the founder and CEO of Provizio (previously founder and CEO of Arralis) takes a design led approach to tech entrepreneurship. Barry’s approach to solving difficult technology problems is as much artistic as it is actual physics.

## Liam Casey
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Liam is the founder and CEO of PCH.

## Brian Caulfield
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Apps

Brian Caulfield is based out of Dublin, Dublin and is the Venture Partner at Molten Ventures and also serves as the Chairman at Barespace. Brian previously worked at Graphcore as Board Oberver. Brian Caulfield attended Trinity College Dublin. Brian has received the Irish Software Association's "Technology Person of the Year" award.

## John Herlihy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

John Herlihy is Chairperson of Carne's board of directors.

## John Collison
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

John Collison is a President and Co-founder at Stripe. He attended Harvard University.John and his brother Patrick Collison started Stripe in 2010 while John was studying physics at Harvard. Their goal was to make accepting payments online simpler and more inclusive, after learning firsthand how difficult it was. Today, the 100+ person (andgrowing) Stripe team powers online businesses around the world.Before Stripe, John co-founded Auctomatic, which was acquired by Live Current Media in March 2008. Originally from Limerick, Ireland, John lives in San Francisco, California, where Stripe is based.

## Keith Weed
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B
- Focus: Grocery, E-Commerce, Food Delivery

Keith is responsible for the Marketing, Communications and Sustainable Business functions, a role which has seen him lead the creation of the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, direct significant advances in digital marketing and through Unilever’s #Unstereotype initiative, create the #Unstereotype Alliance with UN Women, bringing together 24companies to remove the portrayals of unhelpful stereotypes from their advertising by 2020.Prior to this, he was Chairman of Lever Fabergé before becoming Executive Vice President for Global Home Care & Hygiene, covering fabric cleaning, fabric conditioning, household cleaning products, oral care and potable water.Keith has worked for Unilever in the UK, France, the US and globally and regionally in a variety of general management and marketing roles.Outside Unilever, he is Chairman of Business in the Community International and a Business in the Community Board Trustee, President of the History of Advertising Trust, an Effie Board Director and Trustee of Grange Park Opera. He is also a Fellow of The Marketing Society, and as an engineering graduate, a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.

## Conor Stanley
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics

Founder / Partner at Tribal.vc. 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.

## Patrick Collison
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series C
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Patrick Collison is a CEO of Stripe.

## RICHARD HAYES
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Financial, Lending and Investments

Chairman @ Assure Hedge
Non Executive Director @ Global Shares
Non Executive Director @ BHSL


## Robert Smith
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Financial, Lending and Investments

## Enrique Curran
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Health Care

## Barry Maloney
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Internet, Mobile, Hardware

Board Member @ Socowave


## Desmond Green
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Commerce/Shopping, Community/Lifestyle

## Georgina Smallwood
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Hardware, Software, Consumer Electronics

## Heather Morris
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Software, Education, Financial

Entrepreneur In Residence @ NDRC
Chief Strategy Officer @ Chegg


## Blaine Cook
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Media and Entertainment, Video, Design

Author @ OAuth
Founder @ Poetica


## Tom Preston-Werner
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, IT, Data and Analytics

Cofounder @ Preston-Werner Ventures
Co-Founder and Engineering @ Chatterbug


## Harper Reed
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Internet, Community/Lifestyle, Media and Entertainment

## Chris Russell
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care

## Cem Sertoglu
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series D
- Focus: Financial, Commerce/Shopping, Media and Entertainment

Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ Earlybird Venture Capital
Managing Partner @ Young Turk Ventures


## Valentin de Torres-Solanot del Pino
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Energy, Sustainability, Natural Resources

## Con Lehane
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care

## Tim Cederman-Haysom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Media and Entertainment, Other, Video

Product leader @ Pyn


## Danny Hughes
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care

Group Chief Executive Officer @ Fastway Couriers Ireland


## Matt Haughey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Other, Video, Events

Founder @ MetaFilter


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