4th Level Venture University Seed Fund Limited Partnership

The fund was established to commercialise the business opportunities that arise from university research.  Investees will be high potential businesses in the seed or early stages of their development arising out of research in Irish third level educational institutions.

ACT Venture Capital Limited

ACT’s funds are sourced from leading domestic and international financial institutions. Investments are made in companies at all stages of their growth, with a particular interest in backing ambitious entrepreneurs who wish to build scaleable businesses.  With its extensive contacts and experienced team, ACT plays an active supportive role in helping companies to expand into international markets.

AIB Seed Capital Fund

Enterprise Equity will evaluate all investments outside the city and county of Dublin, as well as investments that require in excess of €250,000 from the fund within Dublin. Dublin Business Innovation Centre (DBIC) will evaluate all investments within the city and county of Dublin when the initial investment amount required from the Fund does not exceed €250,000.

Atlantic Bridge LP

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. We have worked together in various capacities for the last 10-20 years, bringing a true partnership approach to our firm and our investments. Our investors include the founders, leading institutional investors and private investors with a track record of investment in successful technology companies.

BVP Investments Limited

We specialise in the Cleantech sector for all stages in particular seed and early stage.  On a high level this covers energy efficiency, water, lighting, heating technologies and services which advance resource efficiency, sustainability and low carbon emissions. We are also investing in early stage renewable energy development companies.

Clarendon Fund Managers Limited

Viridian Growth Fund – Established to provide early stage equity finance for the entrepreneurial SME sector in Northern Ireland. Nitech Growth Fund – Established by Invest Northern Ireland, providing early stage funding to take an R&D project to proof of concept and commercialisation.

Crescent Capital

Crescent invests across a range of sectors including:- IT, digital media, technology, telecommunications, tradeable services, manufacturing.

Dublin Business Innovation Centre

Dublin BIC is an investment general partner in the €53m AIB Seed Capital Fund providing investment to start-up and early stage companies in Dublin City and County.

Enterprise Equity Venture Capital Group

Enterprise Equity is an Investment General Partner in the AIB Seed Capital Fund and all new investments are made from the AIB Seed Capital Fund. Investments by AIB Seed Capital Fund will be made in start up and early stage enterprises with a primary focus in the technology, technology services, multimedia, wireless, financial services, food sectors & medical devices where there is a likelihood of a realisation of investment within approximately five years.

Enterprise Equity Venture Capital AIB Seed Capital Fund

Enterprise Equity is an investment general partner in the AIB Seed Capital Fund. Investments will be made in start up and early stage enterprises with a primary focus in the technology, technology services, multimedia, wireless, financial services, food sectors & medical devices where there is a likelihood of a realisation of investment within approximately five years.

Enterprise Equity Fund Management (NI) Limited

Enterprise Equity is one of Northern Ireland’s longest established Private Equity businesses.

E-Synergy Ltd

Fountain Healthcare Partners

Fountain Healthcare Partners is a life science focused venture capital fund headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with a second office in New York, US. Fountain specialises in making investments in biotechnology, medical device, specialty pharma and diagnostic companies and allocates the majority of its capital to Europe with a primary emphasis on Ireland

Growcorp Group Limited

Funds managed are the European Bioscience Fund I, Growcorp I and Growcorp II, the fund will consider product driven opportunistic businesses with a defined customer base which has unmet needs. Growcorp has led syndicates in excess of €25million to take businesses to commercial launch

Innovation Ulster Ltd

Innovation Ulster Ltd is the University of Ulster’s wholly-owned technology venturing company.

Kernel Capital

Kernel Capital and its associate Life Science investment firm Seroba Kernel have in excess of €196m under management in seven separate Venture Capital funds. These funds are supported by Enterprise Ireland, Bank of Ireland, University of Limerick Foundation, NUI, Galway and a range of other financial institutions. Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Fund I; Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Fund II; Bank of Ireland Venture Capital Fund; Seroba Kernel Life Sciences Fund; Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund; Bank of Ireland MedTech Accelerator Fund; Bank of Ireland Enterprise 2000 Fund Ltd.

NCB Ventures

The Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund backs management teams that need capital to expand their businesses into new markets, develop and launch new products, effect MBOs & MBIs, implement ‘buy and build’ strategies, and spin outs

Novusmodus

Our mission is to provide capital support and knowledge to companies, projects and management teams in the clean energy and energy efficiency sectors, against a transformation being brought about by a large scale transition to a low carbon global economy

Powerscourt Capital Partners

Qubis Ltd

Established by Queen’s University.  It has a portfolio of 55 Technology Companies based in Northern Ireland with combined sales of £113m employing 1,024 people.

Seroba Kernel Life Sciences

Seroba Kernel Life Sciences is a European venture capital firm.  We finance innovative, growth focused companies across the spectrum of the life science industry.  Managed from our offices in Dublin and with partners based in Oxford and Cambridge, we invest in opportunities across Ireland, the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe.

TVC Holdings plc

TVC Holdings plc is a publicly quoted company which provide equity capital and strategic expertise to companies.  We are particularly interested in turnaround and recovery situations

Western Development Commission

The Western Investment Fund provides Seed and Venture Capital to new and existing businesses across a range of sectors in the Western Region (Counties Clare, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo).  It will also consider MBOs/MBIs. Larger investments are considered on a syndicated basis with other private investors

Delta Partners

Since 1994, Delta has invested in over 60 early stage companies operating in the ICT, health care and business service sectors.

HBAN

HBAN is the all-island umbrella group for business angel networks on the island of Ireland. It is dedicated to promoting angel investment and supporting the early stage entrepreneurial community on the island. It works to create an eco-system that promotes and supports the early stage investment market. It is actively working to increase the number of angel investors who are interested in investing in early stage companies.  It leads the development of new angel syndicates and supports the formation of new and existing angel networks, both regionally and internationally, and within industry sectors.  HBAN also acts as a voice to Government, stakeholders, business and the media to promote the interests and needs of the angel and early stage investment community.  HBAN is a joint initiative between InterTradeIreland and Enterprise Ireland.

Bloom Equity

Focused on early stage technology companies.

Cork Investor Group

Interested in early stage technology companies

Irrus Investments

Seeking early stage companies with differentiated IP.

M1 Investor Group

Interested in early stage businesses with product based technological innovations.

Longford Business Angel Network

Lban Provides access to Longford based angels and Funding for the Specific use to bring companies and new businesses to Co. Longford.

Business Angel Partnership - Dublin BIC

Business Angel Partnership - South East BIC

Business Angel Partnership - Cork BIC

Business Angel Partnership - WESTBIC

Halo Northern Ireland

DFJ Esprit LLP

DFJ Esprit is a leading cross-stage venture capital firm that invests in European technology companies. Members of the DFJ Esprit team have been active in technology investing for three decades. They have experience of investing in over 200 companies, generating strong returns for investors through building valuable global companies alongside founders and management teams. The DFJ Esprit partners have invested and helped build many of Europe’s most successful venture companies of recent years, including Apatech, Buy.at, Icera, KVS, LOVEFiLM, CSR, Domantis and Zeus. DFJ Esprit is the exclusive European partner for Silicon Valley based Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) Global Network of venture funds. DFJ Esprit invests across Europe and has partners located in London, Cambridge, Dublin, Helsinki and Paris.

Lir Investors