# Top 35 Marketplace Angel Investors in Ireland in May 2026 ## Pa Nolan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Delivery, Shipping Pa Nolan ## Eamonn Quinn - Type: Angel - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Grocery, E-Commerce, Food Delivery Eamonn Quinn ## Brian Caulfield - Type: Angel - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Mobile, Apps Brian Caulfield is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist and angel investor. He is a General Partner at DFJ Esprit (http://www.dfjesprit.com/).Brian currently sits on the boards of Datahug, Movidius, MTT, Clavis Technology and the Irish Times, Ireland's leading daily newspaper. He is also a personal investor in a number ofearly stage technology companies including Cicero Networks, GridStore and Teamer.From 2002 to 2007 Brian was a partner at Trinity Venture Capital. At TVC Brian sat on the boards of or led investments in AePONA (sold to Intel - Nasdaq: INTC), ChangingWorlds (Amdocs - NYSE: DOX), CR2, SteelTrace (Compuware - NASDAQ: CPWR) and APT (CSR LSE:CSR.L). Previously, in 1992 Brian co-founded Exceptis Technologies. Exceptis provided dispute management software for the electronic/card payments sector and was sold to Trintech Group (NASDAQ: TTPA) in November 2000. In 2001 Brian co-founded Similarity Systems, a business focused data quality management software company that was acquired by Informatica (NASDAQ: INFA) in January 2006. Brian was also a founder director and shareholder of Prediction Dynamics, which failed in 2004.Brian is a Computer Engineering graduate of Trinity College Dublin. Brian was the 2007 recipient of the Irish Software Association's "Technology Person of the Year" award. In 2010 he also received the Halo Business Angel Network's Business Angel of the Year award. ## Conor Stanley - Type: Angel - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics 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. ## Bobby Healy - Type: Angel - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Series A Bobby Healy is an experienced inventor and technology entrepreneur specialising in booking engine software. He joined CarTrawler in 2005 having begun his career building computer games for Nintendo at 16 years of age. Prior to joining CarTrawler, Bobby founded Eland Technologies which he later sold to airline technology giant SITA and remained asCTO until 2005. His booking solutions are now in use by 80% of the world's top 20 airlines. Bobby continues to be an avid computer programmer and is a frequent speaker on the international circuit on subjects related to technology in the airline industry, ancillary revenue and online distribution. ## Brian Patterson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Delivery, Shipping, Software Brian Patterson ## Sean Mitchell - Type: Angel - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Toys, Internet, Analytics Sean Mitchell is the Chairman and Chief Commercial Officer at Ubotica Technologies. ## Tom Kennedy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Travel, Video, Retail Tom has a proven track record as an entrepreneur and in building a global e-commerce business from Dublin as a co-founder of www.hostelworld.com (Web Reservations International). Tom achieved a successful exit from Hostelworld.com in 1999, generating $500m in shareholder value. He previously owned Avalon House hostel in Dublin. When he’s notworking, Tom enjoys the gastronomic delights of life and the views of the Wicklow mountains from the saddle of his bicycle. ## Michael Chadwick - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Employment, Recruiting, Marketplace Michael Chadwick ## Garry Lyons - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Toys Garry Lyons is a chief executive of Shipyard Technologies. ## Simon Murdoch - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Analytics Simon set up online bookstore Bookpages in 1996 and sold it to Amazon in 1998. As VP Europe for Amazon, he managed huge growth from start-up through to multimillion turnover and hundreds of staff. As an Angel investor, he has invested in Shazam, been chairman of VideoIsland (now merged with and renamed LoveFilm, and purchased in Feb 2011 byAmazon.com), Zoopla! and Shutl (currently chairman).Simon founded and funded FriendsAbroad.com, a social network for developing language skills and contacts abroad which was successfully sold to Lesson Nine GmbH, operators of language learning site Babbel.com. Simon is currently CEO of StormForward, an e-commerce conversion consultancy which helpsonline retailers to increase their online salesand profits. ## Tej Lalvani - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Fashion, Advertising, Beauty Tej Lalvani is the CEO of Vitabiotics. ## Gareth Lambe - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Tourism, Payments, Software Gareth Lambe is the Head of Meta Ireland & VP, International Business Planning & Operations. He attended the University College Dublin. ## Jim Mountjoy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce Dr. Jim Mountjoy is the Board Director of Corvil.He is also a Deputy Chairman of Science Foundation Ireland.Dr. Mountjoy founded Euristix, an innovative supplier of advanced network management software solutions for the telecommunications industry. Euristix became a market leader and was sold to Fore Systems for US $80 million in February1999, a value that increased to US$175 million in two months when Fore Systems was acquired by Marconi.Dr. Mountjoy is currently involved as an investor and in a non-executive capacity with a number of technology companies and is a Board member of the,Abbey Theatre,Barnardos, the childrens’ charity. ## Desmond Green - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Retail, Children Desmond Green is an entrepreneur. ## Tadhg O'Toole - Type: Angel - Location: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, SaaS, Travel Founder & CEO of LIKECHARITY. ## Sara Davies - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Retail, Fashion, Fitness Sara Davies ## Meg Lustman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Retail, Fashion, Fitness Meg Lustman is the former chief executive of Hobbs London. ## Kevin Abosch - Type: Angel - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, Mobile Kevin Abosch is a visual artist / ontologist known best for his photographic portraits and public art installations. Abosch is also the Founder of KwikDesk a discreet and anonymous communication platform. ## Georgina Smallwood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Software, Children Georgie Smallwood is the Chief Product Officer at N26. In her role, Georgie leads the global product strategy and the team responsible for its delivery. With over 12 years experience in global digital and software companies such as Xero, News Ltd and Scout24, her leadership, strategic thinking and operational effectiveness has benefited from herbreadth of experience. Leading large teams in multiple locations, Georgie leans into the challenges of scaling global businesses and believes that growth and change are always successful when done with high levels of communication (verbal and non verbal) and respect throughout an organization. ## Declan Kelly - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Founder of Foreword.vc, an early-stage micro fund backing startups throughout their initial chapters. Also advisor at Web Summit and EiR at Seedcamp. Previously covering Europe for Techstars Ventures and founding member of Web Summits venture fund, Amaranthine. ## Heather Morris - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: EdTech, Retail, Finance Heather Morris is the Entrepreneur In Residence at NDRC. She attended The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. ## Liam Casey - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Commerce/Shopping, IT Liam is the founder and CEO of PCH. He has lived 23 years in China and is recognized as a thought leader in new product introductions, supply chain orchestration, sustainability and startup initiatives. He is on the boards of the California College for the Arts, and UC Berkeley Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation. ## Lachy Groom - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services i did some stuff at stripe. chairman of Compound. ## Cem Sertoglu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series D - Focus: Marketplace, E-Commerce, CRM Cem Sertoglu is an internet and technology venture capitalist and entrepreneur. He is currently a partner at Earlybird Venture Capital, a European venture investment firm focusing on technology and health technology companies.He is also a managing partner at Young Turk Ventures, an internet-focused investment firm. From 2008 to 2009, Sertogluwas a partner at iLab Ventures, the venture capital arm of AccessTurkey Capital Group that is focused on early-stage through late-stage growth equity investments, primarily in on-line consumer services companies and technology-driven business services companies in Turkey.Prior to these, Sertoglu founded SelectMinds, a provider of cloud-based, social talent sourcing apps that allow companies to use social networks such as Facebook to recruit employees. He served as its CEO from 1999 to 2005. The company was bought by Oracle in 2012.Sertoglu's investment highlights include: GittiGidiyor, the first major Turkish internet exit to eBay in 2011; YemekSepeti, the leading online meal delivery marketplace in Turkey; Grupanya, Turkey’s leading daily deal business; and Wikimart.ru, a leading Russian e-commerce platform. Other investments include: HipWay, CivicSolar, Lofty, Lime&Tonic, Gezlong and Vivense Home & Living.Sertoglu attended the University of Texas at Austin and received his bachelor's degree in Economics in 1993. He also attended Robert College from 1982 to 1989. He publishes a blog on Venture Capital and technology, titled SortiPreneur. ## 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. ## John Collison - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Apps, Enterprise Software John Collison is a President and Co-founder at Stripe. He attended Harvard University.John and his brother Patrick Collison started Stripe in 2010 while John was studying physics at Harvard. Their goal was to make accepting payments online simpler and more inclusive, after learning firsthand how difficult it was. Today, the 100+ person (andgrowing) Stripe team powers online businesses around the world.Before Stripe, John co-founded Auctomatic, which was acquired by Live Current Media in March 2008. Originally from Limerick, Ireland, John lives in San Francisco, California, where Stripe is based. ## Christer Holloman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, Retail Founder of Divido, the world’s largest white-label saas platform for Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). Prior to starting Divido, he launched Glassdoor.com in EMEA which subsequently got acquired for $1.2bn USD. Hold an MBA from the University of Oxford and is an active early-stage advisor, investor and NED. ## Mark Whittaker - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed Mark Whittaker joined Parkwalk Advisors as Corporate Advisor in 2012. ## Shalena O'Connell - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Toys Shalena O'Connell is a VP of Operations - helping fast-growing tech companies scale of MongoDB. ## Dan Ryan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Retail, Fashion, Fitness Dan Ryan is the Chief Operating Officer of Kokoro Zenwear and Commercial Director at Peachylean. ## John Herlihy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Toys John Herlihy is an Assistant Manager. ## Dave Burke - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Events, Travel/Tourism, Commerce/Shopping Dave Burke ## Vincent Nolan - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Internet, Analytics, E-Commerce Vincent Nolan is the Executive Chairman at 2CV. Vincent Nolan attended The University of Sheffield. ## Patrick Collison - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Enterprise Software Patrick Collison is a Content Strategist for Stripe. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co