Where does Maria McMenamin work?

Maria McMenamin is Venture Partner at Anamcara.

What check size does Maria McMenamin write?

Maria McMenamin typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Where did Maria McMenamin go to school?

Maria McMenamin studied at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School (MSc In Business (Leadership & Management Practice), Leadership and Management); University College Dublin (Business and Law, Business and Legal Studies).

Maria McMenamin

Investor

Venture Partner at Anamcara

Dublin, Ireland

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

About

Maria McMenamin is an investor at 20Sales II and board member who works with founders across Europe on early-stage growth, customer acquisition, and revenue team building. She has previously built sales and revenue functions at Stripe, Salesforce, and Pitch, and founded Tech Operators community. McMenamin writes angel checks primarily in B2B SaaS and Enterprise AI, with a focus on supporting underrepresented founders including women entrepreneurs.

Experience

20Sales IIInvestorcurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
Self-employedGTM Advisercurrent2022 — presentDublin / London
Tech Operators IrelandFounder and Board Membercurrent2023 — presentDublin, County Dublin, Ireland
NDRCMember of Selection and Investment Commitee2023 — 2025Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
NDRCAdviser2022 — 2024Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Anamcara CapitalVenture Partner2023 — 2024Greater London, England, United Kingdom
PitchVP Sales and Revenue2020 — 2022Berlin, Germany
StripeHead of StartUp and SMB Sales2017 — 2020County Dublin, Ireland
StripeHead of EMEA New Business Sales2015 — 2017County Dublin, Ireland
Art Ireland Art FairsFounder2000 — 2010Dublin, Ireland
IONA Technologies (acquired by Progress Software)Account Manager2000 — 2003London Area, United Kingdom
CA TechnologiesChannel Manager - Ireland and Scotland1999 — 2000Dublin/London/Edinburgh
CA TechnologiesSales Representative1997 — 1999Dublin

Skills & more

Business Ownership1Early Stage Ventures1Angel Investing2Early Stage Investment1Start-up Ventures1Partner IdentificationSalesforce.com99Cloud Computing54Solution Selling37Enterprise Software9Event Management5Project Planning3

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SalesNegotiationBuilding RelationshipsSales PresentationsSales ManagementCRMService ManagementNew Business DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipSales ProcessProject ManagementMarketing

From Maria's professional profile.

Colleagues at Anamcara

Annelie Ajami

Founder and General Partner at Anamcara

Gary Turner

Venture Partner at Anamcara

Namrata Ganatra

Venture Partner at Anamcara

Philip Reynolds

Venture Partner at Anamcara

Rav Dhaliwal

Venture Partner at Crane Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Maria McMenamin?: Maria McMenamin is an investor at 20Sales II and board member who works with founders across Europe on early-stage growth, customer acquisition, and revenue team building. She has previously built sales and revenue functions at Stripe, Salesforce, and Pitch, and founded Tech Operators community. McMenamin writes angel checks primarily in B2B SaaS and Enterprise AI, with a focus on supporting underrepresented founders including women entrepreneurs.
Where does Maria McMenamin work?: Maria McMenamin is Venture Partner at Anamcara.
What check size does Maria McMenamin write?: Maria McMenamin typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Maria McMenamin go to school?: Maria McMenamin studied at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School (MSc In Business (Leadership & Management Practice), Leadership and Management); University College Dublin (Business and Law, Business and Legal Studies).

Same school

Also attended UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School22

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Also attended University College Dublin96

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Shared employers

Also worked at Anamcara Capital4

Rav DhaliwalVenture Partner at Crane Venture Partners Annelie AjamiFounder and General Partner at Anamcara Philip ReynoldsVenture Partner at Anamcara Gary TurnerVenture Partner at Anamcara

Also worked at Pitch7

Renato Valdés OlmosEntrepreneur in Residence at Peak Frank ThelenFounder and CEO at Freigeist Capital Niklas HebbornPartner at Freigeist Capital Marc SiebergerFounder and COO/CFO at Freigeist Capital Kathi WilhelmInvestment Team at Creandum Christian ReberBerlin product founder behind Wunderlist, Pitch and Superlist; founding partner of Interface Capital.

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Also worked at Stripe186

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Also worked at CA Technologies47

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