Where does Brian Caulfield work?

Brian Caulfield is Venture Partner at Molten Ventures.

What check size does Brian Caulfield write?

Brian Caulfield typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Where did Brian Caulfield go to school?

Brian Caulfield studied at Trinity College Dublin (Post-graduate research); Trinity College Dublin (BA, BAI).

Brian Caulfield

Investor

Venture Partner at Molten Ventures

Ireland

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

Find your path to Brian

82 people in our graph share verified history with Brian — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Isabel FoxunlockedBrian: together at Molten Ventures (2024–2025)

×6Brian: together at Molten Ventures

×4Brian: together at Graphcore

Brian: together at Clavis Insight

About

Brian Caulfield, a serial founder-turned-VC, sold two tech companies for $81M, steered Aepona to a $120M Intel exit as interim CEO, and helped take his firm public raising £100M.

Invests in

ConsumerDeep TechFintechHardwareHealthtechSaaS

Experience

Scale IrelandChaircurrent2019 — presentDublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Molten VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2021 — presentDublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Draper EspritVenture Partner2018 — 2021County Dublin, Ireland
Draper EspritManaging Partner2010 — 2018Dublin, Ireland
GraphcoreBoard Observer2016 — 2019Bristol, United Kingdom
The Irish TimesNon-executive Director2010 — 2019Dublin, Ireland
RhodeCodeNon Executive Director2015 — 2018Berlin Area, Germany
Clavis InsightNon-executive director2008 — 2017Dublin, Ireland
Caliban VenturesDirector2007 — 2017
MovidiusNon-executive Director2013 — 2016San Mateo, California
DatahugNon-executive Director2012 — 2016Dublin, Ireland
Mobile Travel TechnologiesNon-executive Director2012 — 2015
Imagine BroadbandNon-executive Director2012 — 2014Dublin, Ireland
AePONANon-executive director2003 — 2013
AePONAInterim CEO2007 — 2008
ezetopNon-executive director2010 — 2012
PutPlaceNon-executive Director2006 — 2010
Trinity Venture CapitalInvestment Director2002 — 2007
Similarity SystemsFounder2001 — 2006
TrintechVP of Product Management2000 — 2002
Exceptis TechnologiesCEO1999 — 2000
Peregrine SystemsCEO1992 — 1999
Trinity College DublinPost-graduate research student1986 — 1988

Skills & more

Start-ups99Mobile Devices67Entrepreneurship99Product Management96Venture Capital99Business Strategy99SaaS34Cloud Computing28E-commerce35Software Development14New Business Development28Mobile Applications7

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Business DevelopmentMergersBusiness AnalysisStrategyAgile MethodologiesMobile TechnologyEnterprise SoftwareBusiness PlanningGo-to-market StrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipWeb ApplicationsManagement

From Brian's professional profile.

Colleagues at Molten Ventures

Alan Duncan

Venture Partner at Molten Ventures

Andrew Zimmermann

Chief Financial Officer at Molten Ventures

Bakhrom Ibragimov

Partner - Head of Molten East at Molten Ventures

Ben Wilkinson

CEO at Molten Ventures

Bindi Karia

Venture Partner at Molten Ventures

Ceyda Sabanci Dinçer

Associate at Molten Ventures

David Cummings

Venture Partner at Molten Ventures

Dr. Tim Gegg

Managing Director at Mätch VC

Network6

Alan DuncanScout

Venture Partner at Molten Ventures

David CummingsScout

Venture Partner at Molten Ventures

Michael JacksonScout

Partner at Molten Ventures

Inga Deakin

Principal at Molten Ventures

Niall McEvoy

Partner at Elkstone Capital Partners

Richard Marsh

Chief Portfolio Officer at Molten Ventures

Investors connected to Brian in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Brian Caulfield?: Brian Caulfield, a serial founder-turned-VC, sold two tech companies for $81M, steered Aepona to a $120M Intel exit as interim CEO, and helped take his firm public raising £100M.
Where does Brian Caulfield work?: Brian Caulfield is Venture Partner at Molten Ventures.
What does Brian Caulfield invest in?: Brian Caulfield invests in Consumer, Deep Tech, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, SaaS.
What check size does Brian Caulfield write?: Brian Caulfield typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Brian Caulfield go to school?: Brian Caulfield studied at Trinity College Dublin (Post-graduate research); Trinity College Dublin (BA, BAI).

Same school

Also attended Trinity College Dublin182

Eoghan McCabeCo-founder & CEO of Fin (formerly Intercom)Justin HallPartner at Golden Gate Ventures Briac BombrunInvestment Associate at Burda Principal Investments Brian SmigaVenture Partner, Co-Founder at Alpha Partners Tom StaffordCo-founder at DST Global Richard HurleyManaging Director, Head of IR at Seed Healthcare

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Shared employers

Also worked at Draper Esprit34

Isabel FoxHead of Investor Relations at Hoxton Ventures Mohadeseh AbdullahiPartner at Giant Ventures Global Llp Theo WetheredPrincipal at Nauta Capital Olav OstinInvestor at TempoCap Tom BradleyManaging Partner at Salica Investments Michael DimelowCCO at Bloc Ventures

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Also worked at Graphcore9

Eyal NivManaging Partner | First at Pitango Isaac HillelManaging Partner | Growth at Pitango Daniel DocterManaging Director at Dell Technologies Capital Amelia ArmourPartner at Amadeus Capital Partners Hongquan JiangInvestment Partner at Robert Bosch Venture Capital Olivier HuezPartner at Red River West

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Also worked at The Irish Times1

Shay GarveyExternal Advisor at EBRD Venture Capital Investment Programme

Also worked at Movidius6

Jason LinCo-founder and General Partner at Lifelike Capital Brian LongManaging Partner at Atlantic Bridge Ventures Gerry MaguireGeneral Partner at Atlantic Bridge Ventures Hongquan JiangInvestment Partner at Robert Bosch Venture Capital Valentin MureșanInvestor at Growceanu David LamManaging Director at WI Harper Group