Top 10 Digital Media VC Funds &amp; 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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Frontline is the venture firm for globally ambitious B2B companies on both sides of the Atlantic. Frontline Seed speeds up ideas at inception across Europe. Frontline X is a growth-stage fund, for fast and frictionless US-Europe expansion.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 145
Round size: Seed $664k–$4.2M; Pre-Seed $107k–$1.6M; Series A $2.9M–$15M
Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $75M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

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

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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

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

Investor stats

Total investments: 30
Round size: Seed $429k–$1.7M; Series A $2.1M–$16M
Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014

Portfolio highlights

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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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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Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate in service of the LGBT+ community and its allies, investing in companies with LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in more established companies resolved on building more inclusive teams, with a global portfolio of 130+ companies and $70M in deployed investment capital todate. The Gaingels network also actively supports its portfolio in identifying and recruiting diverse talent to their C-suite and board leadership teams and fosters a vibrant global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a common goal for positive social change through business and successful investments.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: United States, Canada, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 464
Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6M; Series A $4M–$50M; Series B $19M–$70M
Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.1M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

KittyCAD — Infrastructure for hardware design tools.
Paxton AI — Regulatory Intelligence, with the speed of Generative AI.
Atropos Health — Atropos Health rapidly provides personalized real-world evidence for any clinical decision

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Furthr provides long-term support to startups and SME businesses in Ireland. We support Irish entrepreneurs who excel in innovation and international trading.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Web Development, Analytics
Stage:Series A, Seed
Geography: Ireland, United States, Luxembourg

Investor stats

Total investments: 12
Round size: Seed $643k–$1M; Series A $6.3M–$14M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2007

Portfolio highlights

NewsWhip — The only real-time media monitoring platform that predicts the stories and topics that will matter in the hours ahead.
CroíValve — CroíValve is a developed a safe, effective, easy to use, percutaneous solution for treating all patients with severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
VideoElephant — VideoElephant offers ready-to-monetize video content solutions to advertising technology providers, publishers, and advertisers. Its online marketplace enables users to access a library of video contents comprising various short and long-form videos, such as TV shows, movies, documentaries, and short videos. the company was founded in 2012 and isheadquartered in Dublin.

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The AIB Seed Capital Fund was established in 2007 to provide venture capital for companies at the seed and early stages of development across a range of sectors throughout the Republic of Ireland. The Fund was established under the Enterprise Ireland Seed and Venture Capital Programme 2007-2012.The Fund has a total of â‚¬30m under managementwith AIB and Enterprise Ireland both committing â‚¬15m. It is managed by experienced managers with extensive expertise in making seed and early stage investments, adding value and facilitating business success.The Fund managers are empowered to make seed investments of up to approximately â‚¬500,000. Furthermore, the Fund has the capacity to make investments in later rounds to support the continued growth of investee companies.The Fund will be managed by Enterprise Equity Venture Capital and the Dublin Business Innovation Centre. This unique partnership brings together extensive regional and investment expertise.Enterprise Equity will evaluate and manage all investments outside the city and county of Dublin, as well as investments that require in excess of â‚¬250,000 from the fund within the city and county of Dublin.Dublin Business Innovation Centre (DBIC) will evaluate and manage all investments within the city and county of Dublin when the initial investment amount required from the Fund does not exceed â‚¬250,000.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Ireland, United States, Jersey

Investor stats

Total investments: 49
Round size: Seed $536k–$3.2M; Series A $1.1M–$6.4M
Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

NewsWhip — The only real-time media monitoring platform that predicts the stories and topics that will matter in the hours ahead.
Offr — Offr is the new way to buy and sell property, quickly and transparently.
Metabolomic Diagnostics — https://metabolomicdiagnostics.com/ A deep-tech company specialized in the development of biomarker-based diagnostic solutions

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Supporting communities to grow, investing in businesses to scale and planning for the future of the western region.

Investment focus

Industry: Medical Device, Health Care, Medical
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Ireland, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 32
Round size: Seed $696k–$3.8M; Series A $4.7M–$8M
Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

ByoWave — ByoWave has developed the Proteus Controller, a modular, accessible video game controller for disabled and non-disabled gamers.
Bluedrop Medical — Thermal and visual assessment in a single scan. Award winning, patented design.
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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