DBIC Ventures

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VCMatch tracks DBIC Ventures as an investor focused on Enterprise SaaS, Fintech, and Cybersecurity companies, Seed and Series A rounds, Ireland markets, and $2.5m check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$2.5m

Stages

Seed, Series A

Focus Areas

Enterprise SaaS, Fintech, Cybersecurity

Geography

Ireland

Investment Thesis

DBIC Ventures (via the Ireland Smart Tech Fund) pursues an early-stage, Ireland-focused strategy that prioritises backing highly scalable, export-oriented companies. The fund emphasises follow-on support and syndication with other investors to enable companies to scale through multiple rounds to exit, leveraging DBIC’s long track record in seed and early-stage investing and public-private backing to grow the domestic tech ecosystem and drive economic wealth creation.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

DBIC Ventures is most relevant for founders raising Seed and Series A rounds in Enterprise SaaS, Fintech, Cybersecurity, and Healthtech, especially across Ireland, with public check-size signals around $2.5m.

Focus statement

The fund targets seed and early-stage, high-growth B2B software and medical device companies in Ireland — with sector examples including fintech, cybersecurity, healthcare, ICT, smart grid and digital transformation — and reserves capital for follow-on rounds up to exits.

Value Add

Public–private backing: launched by DBIC Ventures with an investment from Enterprise Ireland (government agency) alongside private entrepreneurs and business leaders.
Clear sector and geography focus: Ireland-first, export-focused portfolio concentrating on B2B software and medical devices.
Follow-on reserve: "Most of the fund will be reserved for follow-on investment in strongly performing portfolio companies."
Ticket capacity and multi-round support: "We have the ability to invest up to €2.5m in a company through multiple investment rounds up to an exit event."
Syndication/co-invest approach: the fund "will co-invest with other investor groups in each round."
Operator experience and ecosystem integration: DBIC’s long history (investing since the early 1990s), co-management of the AIB Seed Capital Fund, HBAN involvement and a portfolio of prior exits/companies provide dealflow and support capabilities.
Target scale and cadence: intends to "back up to 30 Irish companies over next five years."