Top 15 B2B Startup Investors in Ireland in October 2023

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

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

Investment focus

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

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Outverse — A community platform that's easier to use, better organised and designed for real interaction.
Quench.ai — Quench is a tech infrastructure for video creators to deliver exclusive content, engage and reward their true fans.
Statement — Find the right card machine for your business, with good rates and the best features. Search the top providers in minutes, including Worldpay, Barclaycard, Tyl and Teya.

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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, Analytics
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

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Conjura — The eCommerce Analytics platform
&Open — For businesses that gift to give back, share joy, or show they care. All you need is an email.
ClarityCX1 — ClarityCX1 develops tailored CRM solutions built on the Salesforce Lightning platform.

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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, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, France, Germany

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CO2 AI — Empowering decision-makers to sustain our world via advanced software that shifts carbon emissions reduction from the theoretical to the impactful.
UpSlide — Produce high-quality reports and presentations faster in PowerPoint, Excel and Word. Save up to 8h each month in just a few clicks!
Commsignia — Commsignia specializes in the research and development, manufacturing and distribution of cooperative intelligent transportation systems. Its product line includes a V2X Communication Software Stack and Commsignia’s own security stack implementation, Hybrid V2X/ADAS Safety Applications, a V2X Simulator, On-Board Units (OBU) and Roadside Units(RSU).The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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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, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

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Automata — Automata is a deep-tech company that creates products that empower people to automate physical work. The company's product, Eva, is a lightweight and affordable robot arm built for professionals in a production line, in a lab, a home workshop or even in a classroom. People don't need to be technical experts to communicate with robots. Theweb-based software platform can be programmed by anyone, anywhere, any time, from any device, making it easy to reconfigure for a wide range of different tasks.Automata was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in London, England.
Awell Health — Ollie is a vast library of over 100 interface blocks with complete Webflow CMS integration. Build beautiful websites in less time than ever.
Pencil Biosciences — Next Generation Genome Editing Tool

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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

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

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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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Telefonica, S.A. operates as a diversified telecommunications group that provides fixed line and mobile telephony services.Telefonica wants to enhance people's lives and the performance of businesses as well as the progress of the communities where they operate by delivering innovative services based on information and communicationstechnologies. The company operates in 24 countries and its total number of customers amounted to 315.7 million.Telefónica has one of the most international profiles in the sector with more than 77% of its business outside its home market and a reference point in the Spanish and Portuguese speaking market.The Group stands in seventh position in the sector Telco worldwide in terms of market capitalisation the 1st as an European integrated operator and in seventeenth position in the Eurostoxx 50 ranking, composed of the major companies in Europe (March 31st 2013).Telefónica is a listed company. It has more than 1.5 million direct shareholders. Its capital traded on the continuous market on the Spanish Stock Exchanges (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia) and on those of London, New York, Lima and Buenos Aires.In Latin America, Telefónica gives service to more than 212.4 million customers as of the end of March 2013 becoming the leader operator in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru and has substantial operations in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela. In Europe, on top of the Spanish operations, the Company has operating companies in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia, providing services to more than 102.7 million customers as of the end of March 2013.

Investment focus

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

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Raylo — Raylo is on a mission to shake up the UK mobile sector.
Bit2Me — He buys and sells cryptocurrencies from home. With the security, ease, and speed that only Bit2Me can provide.
Nexfibre — nexfibre is a next generation broadband company, on a mission to deliver high-speed fibre to the home (FTTH) to millions across the U.K.

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Mark Whittaker joined Parkwalk Advisors as Corporate Advisor in 2012.

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Aphix Software — Aphix offers a fully integrated eCommerce & Mobile Ordering Platform for B2B, Wholesalers, Distributors, and Online Retailers in the UK & Ireland.

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

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

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Investment focus

Health Care, Retail, Financial Services
Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Seed
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

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My Lock Up — My Lockup Operate Self Storage Units Across The North East, Yorkshire & Lincolnshire. Providing Self Storage Facilities For Households & Businesses.
Kennedy Wilson — Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. is a vertically integrated global real estate investment and services company. The Company has approximately 24 offices throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain and Japan. It focuses on adding value for its shareholders through opportunistic investing and strategic asset management. Its businessoperations include two core units: KW Investments and KW Services. KW Investments invests its capital in real estate-related assets. KW Services provides a full array of real estate-related services to owners and lenders, with a focus on financial institution based clients. In May 2014, it purchased apartments, 203-unit apartment community in Tacoma, Washington. In July 2014, it acquired multifamily portfolio consisted of three properties located across southern submarkets of Seattle, Washington. Portfolio consists of 1,212 units.
Lightsource bp — Lightsource bp is a global solar leader working with utilities, businesses, local communities and governments to help meet the demand for sustainable energy.

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Unilever Ventures is the venture capital and private equity arm of Unilever. We support forward-thinking founders who are crafting brands for the modern consumer.

Investment focus

Health Care, Beauty, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, India

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Perelel — Fertility, Prenatal, and Postnatal Vitamins for Every Stage of Motherhood
YOU (Youvit) — Vitamin YOUVIT menawarkan vitamin lengkap untuk kebutuhan sehari-hari kamu mulai dari Multivitamin, Omega-3 untuk dewasa dan anak-anak hingga vitamin Kecantikan dan Kolagen. Semua vitamin halal dan bersertifikat BPOM.
Thesis — Thesis offers personalized brain supplements that cater to all types of brains. They create potent nutritional compounds to improve mental function and provide individualized suggestions depending on their customers' goals and brain chemistry.

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Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Spain, United Kingdom, United States

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Rand — Rand is a fintech firm that offers banking services, savings, deposits, and account opening.
Moova — Moova is a technological platform that captures idle last mile logistic capacity and transforms it into high efficiency and low cost shipping solutions. The platform connects E-Commerce and retail businesses with a fleet of "Moovers" who complete deliveries on their bicycle, motorcycle, car or van to generate an additional source ofincome. Through route optimization software, real-time traceability, flexible warehousing, and analytics, Moova is propelling the nascent E-Commerce industry in Latin America by reimagining the last mile for a sustainable world.
AORA — Aora is a complete digital solution for home services. Headquartered in Equador.

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Foresight Group is a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for more than 35 years. Foresight has over £7.2 billion of assets under management across a number of funds on behalf of some of the world’s largest institutional investors, family offices,private and high net-worth individuals and retail investors. Foresight's investment strategies are underpinned by a strong environmental, social & governance (“ESG”) focus, which increasingly meets the demands of today’s investors and ensures we are consistently working towards creating a sustainable legacy for future generations.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
Funding Round, Private Equity, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Jersey

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Previsico — Previsico is a spinOut company from Loughborough University specialising in modelling flooding in real-time, using weather predictions to make street-level flood nowcasts and forecasts. The company's mission is to be the leading global provider of cutting-edge flood prediction that saves lives and livelihoods.Its FloodMap Live producesround the clock street-level flood risk predictions and analytics. Uniquely, these are continuously modelled and updated using a combination of different weather forecasts. This allows the company to map the likelihood of short and long-term surface water events in real-time to the street level.
Looper Insights — Looper Insights - Optimizing Content and App Placement Across Connected TV Devices. The market leader in analytics on Connected TV devices.
We Are Fulfilment — We Are Fulfillment is an e-commerce company that provides warehousing and management services.

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Verlinvest is a family-owned investment holding company specialized in consumer revolutions.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
India, United States, France

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Wakefit — Buy mattress and pillows online at best price. Select from wide range of single, double, king size and queen size mattresses. *100 nights risk free trial *10 year warranty *COD *Free Shipping
Cuure — We are building a great and honest company that delivers personalized vitamins and food supplements to everyone so they improve their daily wellness and consciousness
Clone (ex Not So Dark) — Not So Dark offers a food delivery industry solution that creates exclusively online brands.

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