# Dublin Business Innovation Centre: portfolio, investments and team

> Dublin Business Innovation Centre is an investment firm based in Ireland. 12 investments on record, latest Aug 2024. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/dublin-business-innovation-centre (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Dublin Business Innovation Centre

Last cheque observed Aug 2024. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Investment firm

Venture Seed Series A

Cheques on record

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

Since the last cheque **810** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$16M** Rounds led **0 of 12** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **Ireland, 67%**

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## Dublin Business Innovation Centre highlights

- 01 12 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Seed: 67% of its rounds
- 03 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Investment firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Based in:** Dublin 8, Ireland
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **12 appearances**

- **2024** 1 round
- **Aug** **[CroíValve](https://millionrounds.com/company/croivalve)** Series B · IE · Firms' own news pages **$16M** With 8 others
- **2015** 1 round
- **May** **[NewsWhip](https://millionrounds.com/company/newswhip)** Venture · US **$1.6M** With 15 others
- **2014** 1 round
- **Oct** **[VideoElephant.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/videoelephant-com)** Seed · IE **$1.0M** With 4 others
- **2012** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Swrve](https://millionrounds.com/company/swrve)** Series A · US · venturebeat.com **$6.3M** With 4 others
- **2010** 3 rounds
- **May** **[Movidius](https://millionrounds.com/company/movidius)** Series B · IE · movidius.com **$7.5M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Onformonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/onformonics)** Seed · LU · onformonics.com **$814K** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[TERMINALFOUR](https://millionrounds.com/company/terminalfour)** Venture · IE **$2.3M** With 2 others
- **2009** 2 rounds
- **Feb** **[LicenseMetrics](https://millionrounds.com/company/licensemetrics)** Venture · GB · irishentrepreneur.com **$1.3M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[DataKraft](https://millionrounds.com/company/datakraft)** Venture · IE · techcentral.ie **$1.3M** With 2 others
- **2008** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Async Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/async-technologies)** Venture · IE **$3.2M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Movidius](https://millionrounds.com/company/movidius)** Series A · IE · techcrunch.com **$14M** With 6 others
- **2006** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Cinario](https://millionrounds.com/company/cinario)** Venture · IE **$908K** With 4 others

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 team

We hold **2** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[Cinario](https://millionrounds.com/company/cinario)** Bought by Orsus Solutions **Undisclosed** Feb 2009

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Venture Seed Series A

Median round joined **$16M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 12 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Aug 2024
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *6*
- Seed *2*
- Series A *2*
- Series B *2*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Enterprise Ireland](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-ireland) 7
- [AIB Seed Capital Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aib-seed-capital-fund) 4
- [Enterprise Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-equity-venture-capital) 4
- [ARM](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arm) 3
- [Capital E](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-e) 2
- [Celtic House Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celtic-house-venture-partners) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Dublin Business Innovation Centre. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Enterprise Ireland** Government **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-ireland)[**AIB Seed Capital Fund** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aib-seed-capital-fund)[**Enterprise Equity** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-equity-venture-capital)[**ARM** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arm)[**Capital E** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-e)[**Celtic House Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celtic-house-venture-partners)[**Emertec Gestion** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emertec-gestion)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Dublin Business Innovation Centre put money into.

[**CroíValve** $16M · Aug 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/croivalve)

## Quick answers about Dublin Business Innovation Centre

### What does Dublin Business Innovation Centre invest in?

Dublin Business Innovation Centre invests most often at Venture and Seed (67% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Dublin Business Innovation Centre?

12 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2024.

### What has Dublin Business Innovation Centre invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: CroíValve (Series B, Aug 2024).

### How big are Dublin Business Innovation Centre's cheques?

The median round it joins is $16M.

### Does Dublin Business Innovation Centre lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 12 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Dublin Business Innovation Centre invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Ireland (67%), the United States (17%) and Luxembourg (8%).

### Is Dublin Business Innovation Centre investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Aug 2024.

### Who does Dublin Business Innovation Centre invest alongside?

Most often Enterprise Ireland (7 rounds together), AIB Seed Capital Fund (4 rounds together) and Enterprise Equity (4 rounds together).

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