Online Guide to Venture Capital

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.

Business Venture Partners (BVP)

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

The Fund co-invests in businesses based in Northern Ireland alongside local and international business angel and other corporate and private institutional investment.

Crescent Capital

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

Development Capital

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. in Dublin City/County, EE handles all investments for the AIB Seed Capital Fund where the initial investment from the fund exceeds €250,000. Total investment per company up to €1.5m. Outside Dublin, EE handles all investments for the AIB Seed Capital Fund; initial investment amounts from the fund up to €500,000. Total investment per company up to €1.5m.

Enterprise Equity Venture Capital 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.

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

Innovation Ulster Ltd

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

Kernel Capital

Kernel Capital’s portfolio of 80+ companies employ over 1,100 people. Our team, based in Cork, Belfast and Dublin, leverage our extensive network to enable our portfolio companies recruit the highest calibre people, break into new international markets and generate revenues of scale.

Investec Ventures Ireland Ltd

Investec 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' startegie, and spin outs.

Greencoat Capital

Greencoat Capital is a leading investment firm in the cleantech sector. It is the adviser to ESB's cleantech fund, ESB Novusmodus. It invests in expansion stage companies in the clean energy and energy efficiency sectors. Based in Dublin and London and with an office in Munich it is positioned to focus on opportunities in its target markets.

Seroba Life Sciences

Seroba provides funding for life science companies that are based anywhere on the island of Ireland and across Europe. We invest in medical innovations and focus primarily on Medtech and Pharma opportunities. Read our story at www.seroba-lifesciences.com or call us on +353 6334028.

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 investing on the island, dedicated to the promotion of angel investment and supporting the early stage entrepreneurial community in Ireland and Northern Ireland. HBAN works regionally in partnership with the Halo Business Angel Partnership (HBAP) delivered by the Dublin, Cork, South East and West Business Innovation Centres (BICs) and Halo Northern Ireland who each run local angel networks. Collectively HBAN actively works to increase the number of angel investors involved in investing in early stage companies and supports the formation of new and existing angel syndicates or investment groups regionally and internationally, and within industry sectors.

HBAN, which is a joint initiative of InterTradeIreland, and Enterprise Ireland, 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. The purpose of HBAN is to raise the profile of business angel investment as an asset class on the island of Ireland and to promote the creation of business angel syndicates. HBAN acts as a resource for both entrepreneurs and investors (singularly and as syndicates) to assist in the promotion of the early entrepreneurial community on the island of Ireland. HBAN takes no part in any investment, nor does it provide information entrepreneurs or investors in relation to particular investments. HBAN des not recieve any fee, comission or payment from investors or entrepreneurs in respect of completed investments.

Bloom Equity

Bloom Equity is a group of experienced entrepreneurs who have successfully built technology companies in SaaS, Software Distribution, Enterprise Software, Internet and Telecoms. Bloom Equity typically invests in early stage companies who believe they have identified a significant market opportunity and wish to commercialise their offering. The syndicate generally invests €150,000 - €250,000 in return for a significant minority shareholding generally in the region of 15-25%.

Irrus Investments

The founding members have extensive sucessful investment, turnaround and international business experience. Irrus expects that its commercial experience allied with its financial investment will combine to accelerate commercial sucess. Irrus membership is by invite only and brings together individuals with an appetite for investment and experience in a broad range of disciplines and industries.

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. We partner with HBAN and the Gust software platform and we hope to offer the very best service to encourage potential entrepreneurs to base themselves and start up their businesses in Co. Longford.

HBAN Dublin region

HBAN South East Region

HBAN South West Region

HBAN West Region

Halo Northern Ireland

DFJ Esprit

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.

Frontline Ventures

Frontline Ventures is a Dublin & London based fund focused on the needs of the new wave of software entrepreneurs. We invest in the best teams, who build capital efficent businesses in high growth markets. We seek to build long term trusted relationships with the people we invest in and aim to develop a community which fosters them and other budding entrepreneurs. Our investment model is pro-syndication with other investors in Ireland, UK and US.

EVP Early Stage Technology Fund

The EVP Early Stage Fund invests in early stage high potential start up (HPSU) companies in the Information, communications & technology (ICT) sector. The Fund is now closed for new investment applications.

Highland Capital Partners Europe

Highland Capital Partners is a global firm founded in 1988 and focused on putting the entrepreneur first. With offices in US, Europe and China, Highland has raised over $3 billion in committed capital and invested in more than 225 companies, resulting in category-defining businesses across consumer and enterprise technology. Highland Europe is a dedicated fund for supporting later-stage European companies in their global expansion plans.

Intel Capital

Intel Capital, Intel's global investment and M&A organisation, makes equity investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies worldwide. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than $10.9 billion in over 1,294 companies in 54 countries. In that timeframe, 202 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world and 324 were acquired or participated in a merger. In 2012, Intel Capital invested $352 million in 150 investments with approximately 57 percent of funds invested outside North America. For more information on Intel Capital and its differentiated advantages, visit www.intelcapital.com or follow @Intelcapital .

Oyster Capital

Polaris Partners

Polaris Partners invests in and helps build sucessful Technology, Healthcare and Consumer companies. The firm has $3.5 billion under management and makes investments across all company lifecycle stages. Polaris Partners operates from offices in Boston, San Francisco and Dublin, Ireland.

Lir Investments

Lir Investors is a business angel network set up by Mullingar businessman Martin Nally. Lir Investors have committed in excess of €1 million in funding to start-up companies in the Midlands region. Lir Investors hope to harness Midlands based companies to move into export markets while creating opportunities for long-term income and employment for the Midlands region.

All Island Medtech Syndicate

HBAN in partnership with WestBIC has created an all island Medtech Business Angel Syndicate. This is a sector with strong start-up companies and a range of established companies. HBAN is now calling for new business angels in order to increase the membership of this syndicate. The meetings are schedued to be held every 3 months with the venue rotating between Dublin & Galway.

All Island Food Syndicate

Recently established, this is a group of experienced investors who have relevant industry experience in the food, drink and nutraceutical industries. The Food syndicate is seeking to support a range of companies in these sectors, who have made progress (sales, listings) and are edging towards early growth with an export orientation that would benefit from smart money. This is as opposed to the early stage pre-revenue startup.

The Fuse Investment Syndicate

The Fuse Initiative is an alliance of like-minded entrepreneurs started by leading entrepreneurs in the south-east. Its aim is to ignite growth among businesses in the south east and attract new high growth businesses to the region. This HBAN syndicate is managed in partnership with the South East BIC.

Boole Syndicate

The Boole Investment Group is a Cork based group of like-minded investors interested in investing in new technology start-up's with scalabillity. This group has extensive business acumen in a variety of industries from medical devices to clean technologies to software. Group members are all accomplished entrepreneurs in their own right and are now looking to build a diversified portfolio of investments preferably but not exclusively in the Cork region.

Boadlake Capital

MML Growth Capital Partners

Carlyle Cardinal Ireland

China Ireland Technology Growth Fund

Sofinnova Ventures

Techstart NI (Operated by Pentech Ventures)