The team
Your team, first cheque to exit.
BarryBarry DownesManaging Partner
BrianBrian KinaneFounding Partner
DCDC CahalaneVenture Partner
JohnJohn FrizelleVenture Partner · CTO
GregGreg D'AmbrosioCFO
SaurabhSaurabh KumarPrincipal
HunterHunter MoorePrincipal
IsabelleIsabelle SmurfitMarketing Manager
GarethGareth BurchellVenture Partner
GeorgeGeorge MensahPrincipal
AlexAlex ThompsonInvestment Associate
JayJay KimInvestment Analyst
RebeccaRebecca GulliverHR Manager
Pitch
SVV
SVV
Your companySend us your plan
Operator record · before SVV
FeedHenry→ Red Hatnow part of IBM
Trustev→ TransUniongrowth led by DC Cahalane
Backing AISince 2017first cheque to exit
02Network
The network behind every cheque.
Co-investors, acquirers, platform partners and an operator network that reach well beyond any one market.
Co-investors150+ co-investors across Europe and the US, from seed funds to growth investors and corporate venture arms.
AcquirersPortfolio exits to Forcepoint and Unity. Our partners built FeedHenry, acquired by Red Hat (now part of IBM), and helped grow Trustev to its sale to TransUnion.
Platform partnersNVIDIA, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and 50+ partner programmes, negotiated once at portfolio scale.
Universities & acceleratorsInvestor in Residence and mentor roles on leading university AI programmes and accelerators, including Techstars.
Key facts
5OfficesLondon, Dublin, Manchester, Cork and Waterford
52%Female or diverse foundersOf companies in the current fund. We support the Investing in Women Code
9Via acceleratorsCompanies in the current fund
University spin-outs we’ve backed
University of OxfordKing’s College London & University of SurreyNewcastle UniversityUniversity College DublinTrinity College Dublin
03Across the UK & Ireland
Not just London. Where founders are.
From Manchester and Newcastle to Belfast and Edinburgh: the universities, programmes and founders we work with across the UK.
UniversitiesInvestor in Residence on the University of Edinburgh's AI accelerator. Part of AI SuperConnector with the Universities of Liverpool and Leeds.
Accelerators & venture buildersProgramme partner to Manchester Venture Builder. Mentor to the first cohort of the Turing Innovation Catalyst. Supporting Techstars Belfast since it began.
Founder timePitch events and founder sessions at Barclays Eagle Labs in Manchester since 2022. A regular mentor on FounderLabs, Northern Ireland's national startup programme.
On stage and hostingThe AI keynote at the InterTradeIreland VC Conference, judging the Prolific North Tech Awards, and AI Agent Wars in Belfast, where founders and VCs build agents together.
Let's talk.
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