# DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship: portfolio, investments and team

> DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship is a vc firm based in Ireland. 26 investments on record, latest Feb 2014. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/dcu-ryan-academy-for-entrepreneurship (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship

Last cheque observed Feb 2014. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm Website unconfirmed Now at leaving-cert-grinds.com

Seed Information Technology Marketing Training

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 26 on record

Since the last cheque **4642** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$41K** Rounds led **0 of 26** Sole investor **23 rounds** Mostly in **Ireland, 96%**

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## DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship highlights

- 01 26 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Debt: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 23 rounds, median $41K

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed
- **Sectors:** Information Technology Marketing Training
- **Based in:** Dublin, Ireland
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. [Tell us the right one](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=dcu-ryan-academy-for-entrepreneurship).

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **26 appearances**

- **2014** 5 rounds
- **Feb** **[Way2Pay](https://millionrounds.com/company/way2pay)** Seed · IE **$41K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Tilltonic](https://millionrounds.com/company/tilltonic)** Seed · IE **$41K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[FunkedUp](https://millionrounds.com/company/funkedup)** Seed · IE **$41K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Defiant Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/defiant-games)** Seed · IE **$41K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Creeper Crawlers](https://millionrounds.com/company/creeper-crawlers)** Seed · IE **$41K** Sole investor
- **2013** 9 rounds
- **Dec** **[Youshipped.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/youshipped-com)** Seed · IE **$41K** Sole investor
- **Dec** **[LikeWhere](https://millionrounds.com/company/likewhere)** Seed · IE **$27K** Sole investor
- **Dec** **[ACE Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/ace-health)** Seed · IE **$41K** Sole investor
- **Dec** **[Billfaster](https://millionrounds.com/company/billfaster)** Seed · IE **$41K** Sole investor
- **Dec** **[Limetree Moments for Life](https://millionrounds.com/company/limetree-moments-for-life)** Seed · PT **$41K** Sole investor
- **Dec** **[Volvam](https://millionrounds.com/company/volvam)** Seed **$41K** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Sighter](https://millionrounds.com/company/sighter)** Seed · IE **$40K** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[LikeWhere](https://millionrounds.com/company/likewhere)** Debt · IE · crunchbase.com **$46K** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[ACE Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/ace-health)** Seed · IE **$105K** With 1 other
- **2012** 6 rounds
- **Dec** **[VideoElephant.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/videoelephant-com)** Seed · IE **$1.1M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[Picturk](https://millionrounds.com/company/picturk)** Seed · IE **$37K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Death Buy Fashion](https://millionrounds.com/company/death-buy-fashion)** Seed **$37K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Savvybear](https://millionrounds.com/company/savvybear)** Seed **$37K** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[swiftQueue](https://millionrounds.com/company/swiftqueue)** Seed · IE · siliconrepublic.com **$40K** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Zeto](https://millionrounds.com/company/zeto)** Seed · IE **$39K** Sole investor
- **2011** 6 rounds
- **Jun** **[GreenEgg Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenegg-technologies)** Seed · IE **$44K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[HealthComms](https://millionrounds.com/company/healthcomms)** Seed · IE **$44K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Simple Lifeforms](https://millionrounds.com/company/simple-lifeforms)** Seed · IE · siliconrepublic.com **$40K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[VendorShop](https://millionrounds.com/company/vendorshop)** Seed · IE **$70K** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Fantom](https://millionrounds.com/company/fantom)** Seed · IE **$40K** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Live Mobile](https://millionrounds.com/company/live-mobile)** Seed · IE · independent.ie **$40K** Sole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The cheque

Seed

Median round joined **$41K** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$41K**

Led 0 of 26 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 23 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Feb 2014

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *25*
- Debt *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2011 2014

Often in the room with

- [Enterprise Ireland](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-ireland) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Enterprise Ireland** Government **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-ireland)

## Quick answers about DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship

### What does DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship invest in?

DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship invests most often at Seed and Debt (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Information Technology, Marketing and Training.

### How active is DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship?

26 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2014.

### How big are DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship's cheques?

The median round it joins is $41K.

### Does DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 26 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Ireland (96%).

### Is DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Feb 2014.

### Who does DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship invest alongside?

Most often Enterprise Ireland (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship?

DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship is a VC firm based in Dublin, Ireland.

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