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Business Venture Partners
Venture capitalDublin · Seed–Growth · 13 people tracked
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Investment thesis
BVP started as a boutique corporate finance advisory and evolved into a venture investor, notably as one of Ireland's first dedicated EIIS (formerly BES) funds. Over roughly two decades it has grown into a multi-asset investment platform offering a range of capital solutions to companies across various stages of the business life cycle. Having invested in more than 70 companies and operated through strong and weak economic cycles, the firm positions its accumulated experience as the core of its value, emphasizing sharing that experience with the partners it backs.
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Team · 13 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 17 of 64 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×6SaaS ×5Healthtech ×4Medical Devices ×4Deep Tech ×3Fintech ×3Advanced Manufacturing ×2Climate Tech ×2
HQs:Ireland×8United States×2United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 14 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×133 founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data
Dublin City University ×3Trinity College Dublin ×3Cornell ×2Dublin Business School ×2University College Dublin ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×8
Investments · 64 tracked
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Hugh Cooney(Founder)in
Co-investorsEnterprise Ireland
Buymedia is an AI-powered platform that enables companies and agencies to plan, manage, and execute advertising campaigns using data-driven insights and predictive analytics.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechDublin, IE
Fergal O'Connor(Founder)in
Co-investorsWestern Development Commission
Jewelry line inspired by the beauty and magic of Ireland.
Chupi Sweetman(Founder)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partners
The Corporate Governance Institute offers an online professional certificate course in company secretary training covering corporate governance, board management, compliance, and ESG practices for governance professionals and board members.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareGovTechLegalTech
David W Duffy(Co-Founder & Chairman)inFintan Finnan(Chief Revenue Officer (CRO))in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersEnterprise Ireland
FoodMarble develops breath-testing devices and digital health solutions for monitoring digestive health and helping people identify foods that trigger gut symptoms.
Digital HealthHardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Aonghus
Co-investorsDelta PartnersPixel Perfect VenturesSOSV
Invert Robotics builds a robotic inspection platform with AI-powered analysis for monitoring critical industrial infrastructure like chemical reactors and processing silos.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsDublin, IE
Co-investorsNZ Growth Capital PartnersYamaha Motor VenturesTechNexus Venture Collaborative
Kinzen provides a content moderation platform that combines a global network of language and cultural experts with machine learning to detect dangerous misinformation, hateful content, and violent extremism across 28 languages and markets.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Co-investorsConsenSys MeshOld Town Media VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersEnterprise Ireland
LegitFit is gym and studio management software that helps fitness business owners streamline operations and administration.
FintechFuture of WorkMarketing TechSaaSWellness & FitnessCork, IE
Ian O' Sullivan(Founder)in
Co-investorsDelta PartnersTechstars
OOHPod operates a network of parcel lockers offering delivery collection and pickup services across Ireland, with plans to expand.
E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechJonesborough, IE
John Tuohy(CEO)inOrla Sheils(COO)in
Outmin offers autonomous bookkeeping software powered by an AI engine called Rex that collects documents, posts transactions, reconciles books, and prepares period-end close automatically.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Ross Hunt(Founder)in
Co-investorsEnterprise IrelandFuel VenturesMiddlegame VenturesPraetura Ventures
Plasma Bound, a spin-out of University College Dublin, develops Controlled Polymer Ablation (CPA) surface-engineering technology for bonding lightweight structural assemblies.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew MaterialsDublin, IE
Alan Barry(CEO & Co-Founder)inXavier Montibert(Commercial Director & Co-Founder)inDr. Nick Barry(CTO & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsAct Venture CapitalACT Venture CapitalAtlantic Bridge Ventures
Positive Carbon makes Scrappy-1, an autonomous AI-powered robot and analytics platform that monitors, identifies, weighs, and prices food waste in commercial kitchens.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechFoodTech
Co-investorsGateway Trustee GmbHHeartfelt CapitalZAKA VC
Prommt provides a payment request and checkout platform that lets businesses collect high-value payments via bank transfer (open banking, account-to-account) or card across multiple channels, with a dashboard for reporting, alerts, locations and user permissions.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Eileen C.(Founder)in
OvaCyte is an automated point-of-care diagnostic platform using artificial intelligence to detect and analyze intestinal parasites in animals through faecal analysis.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesDublin, IE
Clare Hughes(Founder)Trish McOwan(Founder)in
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ConsumerMarketplacesMobility & TransportationTravel & Hospitality
Aidan McCleaninRenaud Marquet(COO)inStany Blanvaletin
Co-investorsSeedrs
UrbanVolt is Ireland's leading solar-as-a-service provider offering fixed-price power purchase agreements to businesses seeking to reduce carbon emissions and energy costs without upfront capital investment.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyImpact & Social GoodDublin, IE
Co-investorsHSBCVerdaneIreland Strategic Investment Fund
Wayleadr is a platform that manages parking and workplace arrivals for businesses, apartment communities, and cities.
Logistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationPropTechSaaS
Garret Flower(CEO & Founder)in
Co-investorsThird Prime
X-Bolt is a rotationally stable hip fracture fixation implant evaluated in clinical trials for treating unstable femoral fractures.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsEnterprise Equity
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Activation EnergyAEG MH02 LimitedAlternusArignaAstatineAylienBabyDocBiomass Heating SolutionsCarbon AMSCarrickallenCarrickallen Wind FarmCeltic BioenergyCloghaneleskirt Wind FarmCoindrumCork Green EnergyCrowley CarbonDionaEco UrbanEcofixEFT Control SystemseStationEVHACSFPD RecyclingGaeltech EnergyGreen GenerationJohnson HanaJoulica LimitedMy GugN-ProNovus DiagnosticOceanROptinergyOranda Therapeutics LimitedOur TandemP3PharmafilterPlasmaboundPluckanes Wind FarmRecommender XSolo EnergySpectrumSpectrum LifeTimoleagueVT electronWellola
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesOutmin · finsmes.com · May 28, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Business Venture Partners made?
- Business Venture Partners has 64 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
- What stage does Business Venture Partners invest at?
- Business Venture Partners invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Business Venture Partners focus on?
- Business Venture Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Business Venture Partners located?
- Business Venture Partners is headquartered in Dublin, IE.
- Who does Business Venture Partners co-invest with?
- Business Venture Partners most often shares deals with Atlantic Bridge Ventures, Delta Partners, ACT Venture Capital, among 18 tracked co-investors.
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