# Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Ireland in May 2026

## Enterprise Ireland
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

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.

## NDRC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

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.

## WI Harper Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and early expansion investments in Mainland China, Taiwan and Silicon Valley.It was founded in 1993. Made 300+ investments with 80+ exits. Manages 9 funds and over $1B in capital through 19 dedicated investment professionals located in Beijing, Taipei and San Francisco.Thefirm's focus is technology, clean technology and healthcare. Its track record includes 

## Elkstone Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Medical, Medical Device

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

## Frontline Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Atlantic Bridge
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Atlantic Bridge is a growth equity technology Fund with offices in Dublin, London, Palo Alto, Beijing, and Hong Kong. They focus on Middle Market Technology investments across Europe, with a strong emphasis on a transatlantic business building and investment exit model. We focus on making domain-specific investments in growth-stage companies,specifically in sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Visioning, IoT, Big Data, etc.Atlantic Bridge brings together a unique team of technology entrepreneurs, experienced managers, finance professionals, and investment experts. The team contains a wealth of international business experience across Europe, the US, and Asia. They have worked together in various capacities for the last 30 years, bringing a true partnership approach to their firm and their investments. Its investors include the founders, leading institutional investors, and private investors with a track record of investment in successful technology companies.Atlantic Bridge has developed a unique and differentiated strategy that focuses on specific technology themes and the implementation of the “Atlantic Bridge Model” for scaling companies internationally. The “Bridge Model” accelerates the scale-up of technology companies in the US and Chinese markets. This approach is highly differentiated and has delivered strong performance results to date.

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

Eamonn Quinn

## Sinovation Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile

Sinovation Ventures is a full-service venture capital firm that actively invests in the Chinese technology market.

## VTF Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Fashion

We Invest In The Future of Commerce

## Act Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Analytics

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.

## Amaranthine
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology

We connect, support and invest in the world's top technologists.

## PCH Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Cooking, Hardware

PCH Capital is a private advisory and investment group that manages private equity funds and offers financial consultancy services to the capital market. It also advises in obtaining capital and in investor relations, as well as the management of properties of corporate and individual customers. It carries out investment projects directly, and itis controlled and managed by stock exchange or private funds, which are operated in the markets of the state-of-the-art technologies, real estates, as well as in the venture capital businesses.PCH Capital is based in Warsaw.

## Business Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Software

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.

## ff Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

ff Venture Capital (ffVC) is a technology venture capital firm investing in some of the strongest growth areas to date, including cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, drones, enterprise cloud software, and crowdfunding. The firm identifies and invests in technology and technology-enabled companies at its inception acrossgeographies and emerging industries. With three partners and an acceleration team of 20+ investment and operations professionals, ffVC actively participates with founders to develop products, target markets, and accelerate growth. Since 2008, ffVC has invested in over 100 companies and has helped to create companies with an aggregate market value exceeding $6 billion.

## First Analysis
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series C, Series A
- Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology

Venture capital investor and transaction adviser for fast-growing B2B technology companies

## Oyster Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Medical Device, Enterprise Software

Oyster Capital Partners, an Irish private equity firm, specializes in the energy technology, IT, and healthcare sectors.

## Growing Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Database

TechIreland connects you to the people and companies leading Irish innovation globally.

## Playfair Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce

Playfair Capital is an early-stage fund that commits to companies early and with conviction. Based in London, Playfair combines the best aspects of angel investing with a focused fund, to invest in truly ambitious founders, wherever they are in the world. Playfair takes a sector-agnostic approach and investments span deep tech, SaaS, marketplacesand B2B companies. We’ve backed the founders of more than 60 companies including Mapillary (acq. Facebook), CryptoFacilities (acq. Kraken), Omnipresent, Orca AI, Ravelin, sprout.ai, Thought Machine, Trouva and Vinehealth.

## Cavalry Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Cavalry is an early-stage venture capital investor focused on European technology companies.

## Sure Valley Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality

An entrepreneur led Venture Capital Fund that invests in early stage software companies. Working in partnership with Shard Capital, a specialist broker and asset manager based in the City of London, Sure Valley Ventures specialises in investing in Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), Financial Technology (FinTech), and the Internet ofThings (IoT) Sectors.

## Dynamo
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Logistics, Supply Chain Management

We invest in extraordinary founders building startups in supply chain and mobility. We are equipped to support founders through the seed stage in their effort to transform global trade and commerce.

## Grosvenor Food & AgTech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series C, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Biotechnology

Grosvenor Food & AgTech's purpose is to rethink and re-shape how food is grown, produced, distributed and consumed, partnering with like-minded people to understand the complex interconnectedness of our agricultural ecosystem to manage its effects and enhance human health, our environment and enable producers to thrive.One of the largestand longest established investment teams in the sector, Grosvenor Food & AgTech adopts a far-sighted perspective with the aim of developing innovative business models and to harness the insights and power of technology to identify, develop and scale up lasting solutions.Grosvenor Food & AgTech is part of an international organisation whose activities span urban property, rural estate management and support for philanthropic initiatives. We are a values-led organisation which represents the Grosvenor family and share a common purpose - to deliver lasting commercial, social and environmental benefit - addressing today’s needs while taking responsibility for those of future generations.

## GP Winery
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

GP Winery is a supplier of wines.

## Mauricio Lorca
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Mauricio Lorca

## Anamcara Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, B2B

Anamcara invests in B2B software enabling small and medium-sized businesses, leading the next revolution of commerce.

## Connie Schwaderer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Connie Schwaderer

## Samuel Dennigan
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage

Samuel Dennigan - Group Chief Executive Officer @ Strong Roots

## Stefano di Blasi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Stefano di Blasi

## Serena Cordero
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Serena Cordero

## Grands Vignobles en Mediterranee
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Grands Vignobles en Mediterranee is an investment firm.

## Enterprise Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dundalk, Louth, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Medical Device

Enterprise Equity (or EEVC) is an excellent for providing capital to early stage and expanding business throughout Ireland.

## Amelia Aragon
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Amelia Aragon

## Melanie Pfister
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Melanie Pfister

## Id4 ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Id4 is an asset manager, designed for family offices and private investors, committed to unearth valuable and outstanding tech opportunities in Europe

## Sam Plunkett
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Sam Plunkett

## Gokhan Guner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Pet, Sensor, Medical

Venture Capital investor, Angel Investor, Deep-tech startups, Technology commercialization, AI, Big Data/Analytics, IoT, Med-tech, Mobility, Electronics and Telecom.

## Epicure Wines
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Epicure Wines is a supplier of wines.

## Benjamin Darnault
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Benjamin Darnault

## Alabaster
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Fitness

Alabaster is a start-up investor in founders to help them grow breakthrough companies that will make a positive, planet-level impact.

## Global Founders Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

## Brownwyn Dunwoodie
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Brownwyn Dunwoodie

## AIB Seed Capital Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical

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 €30m under managementwith AIB and Enterprise Ireland both committing €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 €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 €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 €250,000.

## Omega Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C, Series D
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Advertising

Omega Venture Partners is a Silicon Valley-based Premier Technology Venture Capital Investment Firm.

## Stage 1 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Mobile, SaaS

Stage 1 Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that is seeking to build partnerships with great entrepreneurs that are flexible and who want to build meaningful companies. They want to assist you with their global network of relationships as well as provide the capital you need to fuel the growth of your company.Their market focus todayis in Mobile, the Executable Internet or Software as a Service (SaaS) , IPTV and Internet Video, Pay-For-Performance Marketing and Advertising, and Security.

## Molten Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services

Molten Ventures - previously Draper Esprit - is the first European tech-focused VC not tied to five-year cycles. We back brilliant teams with global ambition. You in?

## Nestlé
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Grant
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Therapeutics

Nestlé manufactures and sells food and beverage for several countries. It has generated more than CHF 90 billion in annual revenue. Its diverse product portfolio includes brands such as Nestlé, Nescafé, Perrier, Pure Life, and Purina. Nestlé also owns just over 23% of French cosmetics firm L'Oréal. It has a vast portfolio of global products,with 34 brands each achieving more than CHF 1 billion in sales annually and a geographic presence that spans 189 countries.

## MML Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Packaging Services, Food and Beverage

MML Capital Partners is an independent investment firm, with over twenty years of history, focused on providing capital to businesses for expansion/acquisitions, management-led equity deals, recapitalisations and buy-outs.

## Business Growth Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

BGF invests in hundreds of businesses from an evergreen balance sheet. But we offer more than just growth capital. Find out what makes us different.

## CircleRock Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Machine Learning

CircleRock Capital aim to be the leading European, multi-stage co-investor of choice for exceptional technology companies, investing primarily in Seed, Series A and Series B opportunities.We invest alongside the leading global VC firms, so that founders can have both a leading VC and us on their cap table. We don’t lead deals and we don’t takeboard seats.Our ticket sizes range from €500k to €5 million +.Our LP’s include exited entrepreneurs, leaders at global tech companies, venture-backed founders, family offices, leading angels, CEO’s & board members of public companies.We fight to win allocation based on our reputation for fundraising expertise and our valuable network – consisting of both commercial customers and access to our global network of industry leaders.CircleRock Capital have a successful history as both Investors and Operators. Conor was previously nominated for both UK Angel Investor of the Year and Exit of the Year. Barry built FCA regulated fintech Clear Treasury from inception to a multi-million pound turnover business, with over 2,500 clients across all industry sectors, exiting in 2020.Offices in Dublin and London.Are you an Angel Investor or Family Office? Sign up here to receive our curated deal flow:https://www.circlerockcapital.com/investor-registration

## 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.

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