Top 10 Automotive Startup Investors in Ireland (May 2026)

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

Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 383
Round size: Seed $429k–$2.9M; Series A $2M–$12M
Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

CergenX — CergenX produces cutting-edge technology for the analysis of baby brain waves that can be used to identify brain injuries early in the newborn period.
Tailr — Redefining production for the clothing industry.
Recruitroo — Recruitroo is a international recruitment agency that uses technologies to streamline and improve the international recruitment process for both companies and candidates.

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Technology-focused, investing capital and expertise to fuel growth in the most promising ideas and companies. Raised c.€600m across multiple funds and invest from seed to growth.We look for companies with potentially cutting-edge, category-defining businesses in markets including application software, IT infrastructure, communications, Internetand mobile. We help founders create and scale businesses globally. We work as a small team with diverse strengths accessing a community of over 200 founders. The teams and companies we back scale their investor base as they scale their business execution and ambition. We work closely with them in this process. Over the past 25 years have built a broad network of US and European investors and founders that share our vision and approach.Act is based in Dublin, Ireland.Our most recent funds are supported by the European Investment Fund.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, Analytics
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 132
Round size: Seed $804k–$3.3M; Series A $2.4M–$13M
Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

Oblivious — Oblivious builds tools to allow you to use your sensitive data with internal and external partners while keeping it private and secure.
Everyangle — Everyangle facilitates business in computer vision applications based on cisco meraki MV smart cameras across retail and industrial firms.
Spectrum Life — Spectrum.Life's comprehensive solution enables organisations to provide a workplace wellbeing programme that can have a substantially positive impact on their health and wellness, as well as on the culture and performance of the company.

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Elkstone Capital Partners is a multi-family office focused on venture, real estate and wealth management.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Medical, Medical Device
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 46
Round size: Seed $536k–$2.8M; Series A $6.2M–$12M
Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

Mesh — The ONLY Email Security Platform purpose-built for MSPs with Best-In-Class Machine Learning Powered Detection, and a revolutionary centralized management console (MSP Hub)
Manna Drone Delivery — Drone delivery made simple
Bluedrop Medical — Thermal and visual assessment in a single scan. Award winning, patented design.

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Business Venture Partners was founded in 2004 as a corporate finance adviser for SME/owner managed businesses. The investment team is comprised of Elliott Griffin, Ronan Smith, Edel Coen and Mark Ruane and the team skills combine deep industry knowledge with experience in venture investing, corporate finance and international expansion. Theteam works on behalf of its clients buying and selling companies, raising finances, working with start-ups and advising on strategic growth, business succession and owner exits.Since 2007, BVP has successfully raised and managed 10 Simple Green BES and EII Funds. They have invested, on behalf of their investors, in some of Ireland’s most innovative companies such as Celtic Bioenergy, EFT Controls, and UrbanVolt. Our investment strategy is to spread investments over project finance and a portfolio of high potential companies. Their philosophy is to work hard with each investment to deliver valuable support for the company promoters and build shareholder value for their investors.In 2016 BVP launched The 10th BVP Green EII Fund. The fund provides eligible investors with the opportunity to avail of up to 40% income tax relief and provides the investor access to a portfolio of cleantech companies and renewable energy projects. The 11th Green Fund will be launched in Q4 2017.

Investment focus

Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Software
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands

Investor stats

Total investments: 20
Round size: Seed $375k–$4.3M; Series A $2.4M–$12M
Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

Chupi — Chupi is a multi award-winning fine jeweller making solid gold, diamond and precious gemstone jewellery in the heart of Dublin, Ireland.
PlasmaBound — PlasmaBound provides a step-change technology, termed Controlled Plasma Ablation (CPA), which facilitates the structural adhesive joining of lightweight materials, namely carbon and glass fibre reinforced composites. CPA technology will accelerate the use of these lightweight composite materials into multi-material structural assemblies, byenabling reliable adhesive joining which is stronger than the composite structures themselves.
Zeus Scooters — ZEUS is an Irish company deploying the World’s FIRST 3-wheeled electric scooter for the urban mobility sharing market. Our unique scooters with state-of-the-art technology and reliability that will ensure our users always enjoy the safest, smoothest and most stable ride.

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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

Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Geography: Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 107
Round size: Seed $21k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $32k–$145k; Convertible Note $107k–$250k
Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow

Portfolio highlights

Hiiker — Find 1000s of the best backpacking and hiking adventures, with reviews, photos, and great places to stay.
Legitify — Legitify is an AI powered solution using audio-video authentication that allows customers to notarize documents online remotely from anywhere, without the hassle of visiting a notary public in person.
Dataships — Dataships uses top level data privacy software to help your brand, no matter your location.

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Europcar Ireland, CEO, Colm Menton

Investment focus

Industry: Apps, Parking, Automotive
Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
Geography: Ireland

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

Parkpnp — Parkpnp is the parking app that lets people and businesses find or rent underutilized parking spaces in seconds. Their car park technology helps all property owners increase revenue & automation of their parking assets.Parkpnp is modernising the €30bn European parking industry, where change has been slow due to fragmented ownership of parkingspace owners. Their solution connects all types of car park owners seamlessly with drivers looking to park faster, easier and more conveniently. Parkpnp allows people to list, advertise and then generate income from their unused or under utilized parking spaces. Through Parkpnp users can rent these listed spaces at an average saving of 50%.
Zeus Scooters — ZEUS is an Irish company deploying the World’s FIRST 3-wheeled electric scooter for the urban mobility sharing market. Our unique scooters with state-of-the-art technology and reliability that will ensure our users always enjoy the safest, smoothest and most stable ride.

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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.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, SaaS, Analytics
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Ireland, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 22
Round size: Seed $400k–$2.1M; Series A $2.5M–$7.5M
Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

Boxever — Learn about how a CDP can increase conversion rates and improve customer loyalty.
Intercom — Build lasting customer relationships with Intercom, the Engagement OS.
MicksGarage — MicksGarage.com is the largest online retailer with over 10 million of car parts and car accessories listed for any car make or model. From braking parts to car care, service parts, roof racks, to...

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Bobby Hambrick

Investment focus

Industry: Sensor, Software, Automotive
Stage:Seed
Geography: Ireland

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Round size: Seed $140k–$6.2M
Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

Provizio — Imagine an affordable system that gives every driver 360-degree insights in all weather conditions and paves a true path to autonomy.
Velocity Robotics —

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Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services. Its products and solutions include cloud computing, compute, networking, storage and content delivery, databases, analytics, application services, deployment and management, mobile services, applications, AWS marketplace software,startups, enterprises, partners, government and education, websites and web applications, big data and HPC, gaming, and digital media as well as backup, storage, and archive. The company also provides AWS management console, documentation, SDKs and tools, downloads, platforms, Java, JavaScript, mobile, PHP, Ruby, Python, Windows, .NET, resources, forums, tutorials and articles, whitepapers, training and certification, and AWS user groups for developers. In addition, it offers compute, storage, database, analytics, application, and deployment services; and mobile services, websites, and backup and recovery services. Amazon Web Services serves the government, education, and non-profit sectors in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, and internationally. Amazon Web Services was founded in 2006 and is based in Seattle, Washington. It has data center locations in the United States, Europe, Brazil, Singapore, Japan, and Australia. It operates as a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Grant, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, Lebanon, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 74
Round size: Grant $6k–$200k; Pre-Seed $4k–$205k
Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow

Portfolio highlights

Siriusnet Institute — PoR Esports Blockchain
FlitchCoin — Flitchcoin:way to make passive income equivalent to profitable traders with investment products, borrow, lend, stake & earn via our Risk Distribution infrastructure
Reefreshed — Reefreshed Instantly Provides Goods & Services With Delivery Within Minutes.Grocery & Essentials Delivered In Less Then A Hour.

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