Top 50 Community Startup Investors in Ireland in October 2023

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Medwing — MEDWING serves as the most trusted and convenient platform for finding opportunities and working in healthcare. From temporary to permanent staffing, we simplify hiring, allowing healthcare professionals to do what they do best -- care. MEDWING Berlin-based company wants to empower healthcare candidates to work in a way that suits their individuallifestyles and to support hospitals and care facilities in recruiting and human resource management.
• Paytrix — Access the best payments infrastructure around the world, all through a single platform.
• Vedanta Biosciences — Vedanta Biosciences is a developer of immunotherapies designed to treat immune-mediated and infectious diseases. The company's immunotherapies include a suite of proprietary assays to select pharmacologically potent strains, vast proprietary datasets from human interventional studies, and facilities for cGMP-compliant manufacturing ofrationally-defined bacterial consortia in powder form, enabling physicians to access live bacteria drug to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases easily.It was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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• 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

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• Trace.Space — Engineers develop complex products 10x faster with Trace.Space. Requirements management for the next generation
• Yonder — Financial benefits for global teams, set-up in less than 5 minutes. Enrol your team in local health insurance and pensions from local and global providers
• Surfboard — Surfboard; Simpler, smarter and fairer scheduling software for customer support teams at scale. Click to learn more about Surfboard.

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• 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.

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• Soapbox Labs — Award-winning speech recognition tech that actually understands kids. Privacy-first. High accuracy. All ages and accents. Try our API for free.
• Signum Surgical — Founded in 2014 by Eoin Bambury and Moshe Zilversmit, Signum Surgical is a medtech platform striving to develop technology that could cure perianal fistula. Bambury and Zilversmit, who met on the BioInnovate Ireland programme at NUI Galway, recognised a lack of innovation surrounding the treatment of perianal fistulas (small tunnels that developbetween the end of the bowel and the skin near the anus). The device developed by Signum Surgical is implanted post-surgery to prevent reinfection and to allow a faster healing process.
• Amara Therapeutics — Amara Therapeutics is passionate about empowering women and men to take control of their pelvic health. Amara Therapeutics use evidence based medicine and behavioural interventions supported by Amara Therapeutics platform of technologies to provide safe, convenient and non-invasive care pathways. At Amara Therapeutics mission is to fix the carepathway for pelvic health patients, connecting healthcare providers, patients and peers through our platform.

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• Ochre Bio — Ochre Bio is developing therapies for the biggest liver health challenges.
• ZiO Health — ZiO Health develops multi-functional electronic devices for measuring, testing and detecting the molecular composition of chemical and biological substances for the presence, absence, or quantity of target molecules.
• Nanordica Medical — Nanordica Medical develops novel nanoparticle-based antibacterial wound care products.

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• Pillar — Pillar is a fintech credit platform that allows retail consumers to monitor, build and grow their credit footprint as well as access a credit facility through the Pillar credit card.
• Yonder — Financial benefits for global teams, set-up in less than 5 minutes. Enrol your team in local health insurance and pensions from local and global providers
• Pillar Financial Technologies — All-in-one Financial Platform for Small Businesses

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• XMTP — Own and control your communication.
• Cohort — Cohort helps its users find the people they need through the people they already know through social media. Cohort is an Ireland-based company that was founded in 2015 by Eamon Leonard.
• PicStash — I found a great domain name for sale on Dan.com. Check it out!

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• Super.com — Through rich rewards and everyday savings, Super helps you access more of what you want at better prices, escape overspending, and level up life.
• SwingVision — Real-Time Automated Video Analysis for Tennis
• Sunnyside — Cutback Coach is a developer of an alcohol tracking app to help people build healthier habits around their drinking. It offers a custom plan based on current drinking habits and goals, then set a daily reminder via text message that help users set the limit of their drinking habit.

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• Chupi — Chupi is a multi award-winning fine jeweller making solid gold, diamond and precious gemstone jewellery in the heart of Dublin, Ireland.

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• Yonder — Financial benefits for global teams, set-up in less than 5 minutes. Enrol your team in local health insurance and pensions from local and global providers

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• Ambr — Ambr is a B2B SaaS solution focused on burnout prevention
• Undelucram — Undelucram is a recruitment agency.
• CaptainBook.io — Save time, grow your business and get more bookings

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• ChangeX — <p>Find and start ideas that will transform your community. ChangeX provides everything you need to jumpstart projects you are passionate about!</p>
• Signifyd — Put CX at the heart of ecommerce operations. Strike the perfect balance between conversion and fraud prevention.
• Bitnet Technologies — Bitnet provides a digital commerce platform enabling enterprise-scale merchants to accept bitcoin payments. Bitnet’s engineering, product, and business development team help in building and managing the world’s largest payment gateway, CyberSource (NASDAQ: CYBS), which was sold to the world’s largest payment network, Visa (NYSE: V), for $2billion in 2010.

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• Laced — Discover the latest sneaker releases with Laced. The UK and Europe's authentic sneaker marketplace, discover coveted styles from Nike, Air Jordan, Yeezy, New Balance and more. Buy and sell now with Laced.
• Carmoola — Ready to hit the road? Find the car of your dreams and make your money move. Spread the cost with flexible payment plans to get new wheels, on your terms.
• Cordless — Bridging the gap between voice and text

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• Kindora — Kindora buys, sells, and rents premium pre-owned items – from cots and strollers to nursery furniture – after a deep clean.

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• Kindora — Kindora buys, sells, and rents premium pre-owned items – from cots and strollers to nursery furniture – after a deep clean.
• Frank Financial Aid — Tuition isn't cheap. Financial aid is hard to get. Meet Frank - We're here to change how you finance and pay for school.

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• RightRev — Simplify and streamline your accounting process with RightRev's automated revenue recognition software. Get in touch with us to know more.
• Diana Health — Personalized and holistic OBGYN and women's health services in Smyrna and Cookeville, Tennessee. Same and next-day visits available!
• Avalyn Pharma — This does NOT display on the home page

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• Yonder — Financial benefits for global teams, set-up in less than 5 minutes. Enrol your team in local health insurance and pensions from local and global providers

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• Coras — Coras is changing the way tickets are sold online. Our platform lets customers buy tickets for any event or activity, through websites they already use.

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• KLKTN — KLKTN is a curated music, manga and art NFT platform connecting creators with fans through special experiences. The platform allows fans to access special edition digital art and behind-the-scenes moments of artists' creative process. In collaboration with top creators and artists and powered by blockchain technology, KLKTN is takingartist-fan engagement and the best of creative experiential culture into the digital world. Artworks are available as a limited supply of authenticated digital products or NFTs, for purchase via credit card, with a fixed cost per item. KLKTN's co-founders are Jeff Miyahara, Chief Creative Officer and a renowned record producer and songwriter who has produced over 260 international artists; Fabiano Soriani, Chief Technology Officer and former lead blockchain engineer for Dapper Labs; and Daisuke Iwase, Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Business School graduate, former World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and a digital pioneer known for co-founding Lifenet, a disruptive fintech venture, which he took to IPO. Built on the Flow blockchain to achieve affordable and environmentally-sustainable minting, KLKTN leaves more for artists, fans, and the planet.
• Toku — Seamless employment, built for Web3. WorkDAO is the only Web3-native employment service that provides legal employment, token payroll, and employee benefits that make a difference, globally. We're building the infrastructure to scale DAOs and Web3 organizations so you can focus on building.
• Shibuya — Welcome to Shibuya, a platform for high potential short films. We provide creators with a full-stack solution to fund films and shorts, build community, and foster an engaged fanbase. Fans can fund their favorite films, participate in the creative process, and join communities for the films they love most.

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• Arralis — Discover our cutting-edge E-Band Telecommunications solutions at Arralis. We provide high-speed wireless communication technology for various industries.
• Cohort — Cohort helps its users find the people they need through the people they already know through social media. Cohort is an Ireland-based company that was founded in 2015 by Eamon Leonard.
• Provizio — Imagine an affordable system that gives every driver 360-degree insights in all weather conditions and paves a true path to autonomy.

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• Revyze — Revyze is a community-powered app with a sharp focus on high school education.
• BOND — Get closer to the people and products behind your screen than ever before. Step inside creator wardrobes. Shop their edits. Swipe their curations. Be inspired. We're bringing you a new way to discover.
• Yonder — Financial benefits for global teams, set-up in less than 5 minutes. Enrol your team in local health insurance and pensions from local and global providers

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• Livebuy — Directly in your online shop. Customer engagement and sales like you wouldn't believe. Unleash the power of engaging, authentic, shoppable live video streams.
• Bloom — Bloom empowers everyone to be their own therapist through interactive video-guided therapy sessions.
• Bloom Health Partners — Bloom Health Partners has been shutdown.

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• Appital — Real-time visibility, full transparency and maximum control over the bookbuilding and deal distribution process in publicly listed equities.
• ChangeX — <p>Find and start ideas that will transform your community. ChangeX provides everything you need to jumpstart projects you are passionate about!</p>
• Linked Finance — Fast, no hassle business loans, working capital and stocking loans from Ireland's largest peer to peer (P2P) commercial finance provider.

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• Jet HR — Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders ofCasavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc).
• Shackle — Shackle is an app uses by hotels to provides and maintain hassel free hospitality services in a digital way to guests and travelers.
• Yonder — Financial benefits for global teams, set-up in less than 5 minutes. Enrol your team in local health insurance and pensions from local and global providers

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• ChangeX — <p>Find and start ideas that will transform your community. ChangeX provides everything you need to jumpstart projects you are passionate about!</p>
• Inclusio — The inclusio diversity and inclusion platform is designed to measure and positively shift the culture of your organisation. Contact us for more information.
• HoloToyz — HoloToyz is a line of animated children's products that use augmented reality to inspire creativity and imagination. Our products will amaze and amaze people of all ages with never-before-seen animations.

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• Yonder — Financial benefits for global teams, set-up in less than 5 minutes. Enrol your team in local health insurance and pensions from local and global providers
• BRINC — BRINC is a US company developing tech in the service of public safety. Known for the LEMUR 2 indoor tactical drone & BRINC Ball next gen throw phone.
• Nucleus — Nucleus provides genetic analysis of greater breadth, depth, and beauty. Users can upload their genetic information obtained through an established company. The proprietary algorithms will calculate polygenic risk scores and measure disease risk based on analysis of genetic variants and display them in a user-friendly platform.

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• 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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• Pretto — Pretto is the only truly transparent online real estate price comparator.Pretto accompanies you until the signing of your loan, free of charge and without commitment.
• Pilot Photonics — Welcome to Pilot Photonics, a laser product development company in Dublin, Ireland. We provide optical frequency combs and tunable lasers.
• Causeway Sensors — The Affinity, is a compact, bench-top Biosensor providing accurate real-time analysis at an accessible price. The Affinity biosensor and accompanying Access Chip incorporate the latest advancements in Nanotechnology, providing the biochemistry researcher the perfect platform to explore the complex world of biomolecular interactions.

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• Missafir — Missafir is a PropTech start-up in Istanbul. We are the first short/mid term home rental management company in Turkey!We deliver for our customers through a combination of thoughtful interior design and attentive hotel-style services that deliver superior earnings from short/mid term rental management through our strength in data-drivendynamic pricing solutions.
• Doktorderki — Doktorderki is an online system that allows people to directly talk to doctors about their questions and problems regarding health. It aims to establish a scalable B2C growth model along with the investment it is taking and to do B2B work with pharmacists and mainly dermocosmetics companies.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered inIstanbul, Turkey.
• Local Guddy, Inc. — A marketplace connecting travelers and locals through unique guddy tours from locals all around the world. Taste local foods, drinks; see must see places, night life, views etc.

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• Healthie — Healthie's HIPAA compliant telehealth platform gives health and wellness professionals EHR software and client tools they need for success.
• SuperNFT — SuperNFT is the developer of virtual event platform intended to organize decentralized music festivals and events.
• Xona Space Systems — Xona's Pulsar service is the first high-performance alternative to GPS designed to support the age of autonomy. Our constellation of smallsats will provide secure navigation and timing services with the resilience and accuracy needed to enable modern devices to operate safely in any conditions.

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• Kayna — Kayna is an insurance distribution company that collaborates with vertical SaaS platforms and utilises data to offer insurance services.
• 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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• Kindora — Kindora buys, sells, and rents premium pre-owned items – from cots and strollers to nursery furniture – after a deep clean.
• Remi — Add mood-sharing and icebreakers to async check-ins and meetings. Stay connected and build trust on your remote team every day.
• LiSA — Offer shoppable live video streams to all your online audiences in ONE highly engaging and conversion-boosting experience. Live Stream Shopping Software tailored to all your needs.

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• Healper — An online matching platform where you get matched with the mental health tools and psychologist who fits your personality, demography, and personal factors, giving you the best chance for effective therapy. The platform includes an online survey, psychologist profiles, booking and payment systems, reminders, sessions, and feedback systems. Webelieve better mental health starts with having a therapist in whom you trust, have chemistry with, and have relevant expertise. Healper will make a better match between you and the therapist based on professional and personal factors through a safe and smooth user journey. We believe a better match means better therapy, empowering you to get more out of your life.
• Yard — The community for organisers rebuilding their local tech community

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• Pillar — Pillar is a fintech credit platform that allows retail consumers to monitor, build and grow their credit footprint as well as access a credit facility through the Pillar credit card.
• Yonder — Financial benefits for global teams, set-up in less than 5 minutes. Enrol your team in local health insurance and pensions from local and global providers
• Pillar Financial Technologies — All-in-one Financial Platform for Small Businesses

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• AGADE — AGADE specialising in robotic exoskeletons. The company created its first product, AGADEXO, which can significantly reduce muscle fatigue and the risk of injury associated with repetitive and dynamic activities. They provide variable support, eliminating the effect of gravity on human limbs and allowing movements comparable to those possible in azero-g environment.
• BroadBit Batteries — BroadBit is a technology company developing revolutionary new batteries using novel sodium-based chemistries to power the future green economy.
• Aenitis Technologies — We develop innovative devices for cells therapy processing using Acoustic Radiation Forces.

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• IDOVEN — IDoven develops products to detect heart problems at an early stage to prevent heart diseases.
• Quench.ai — Quench is a tech infrastructure for video creators to deliver exclusive content, engage and reward their true fans.
• Bedrock Ocean Exploration — Bedrock is building smarter, more efficient ways to collect and manage seafloor data.

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• Intanify — Intanify is an AI software platform that assists businesses in identifying, categorizing, and valuing intangible assets. It develops solutions that assist organizations in clarifying their intangible assets, allowing them to better evaluate, manage, and preserve these assets.
• PROSPECT 100 — PROSPECT 100 is building the digital space for co-creation, democratizing the creative industries
• Bea Fertility — Bea Fertility is a monthly subscription program that provides users with at-home fertility treatment and ovulation tracking.

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• Docbot Labs — Scattered and unfindable information is a productivity nightmare. dot puts an end to the chaos and helps you find, organise, and share resources with your team seamlessly.
• Nolea Health — As a clinician with Nolea you can set your own schedule, work with as many healthcare companies as you want, hold all of your credentials in one single sharable wallet, access new educational resources, and receive community feedback.
• ClimateAligned — AI-driven platform for a climate view on financial products