# Kernel Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Kernel Capital is a vc firm based in Ireland. 47 investments on record, latest Aug 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Kernel Capital

Last cheque observed Aug 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Seed Series A Growth Peer To Peer Personal Finance Venture Capital & Private Equity

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 47 on record

Since the last cheque **2649** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$1.9M** Rounds led **0 of 47** Sole investor **13 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **Ireland, 63%**

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## Kernel Capital highlights

- 01 47 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Seed: 87% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 13 rounds, median $1.2M
- 04 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Kernel Capital – Venture Capital & Private Equity From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Growth
- **Sectors:** Peer To Peer Personal Finance Venture Capital & Private Equity
- **Based in:** Cork, Ireland
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **47 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Automated Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/automated-intelligence)** GB · FinSMEs **$1.9M** Sole investor
- **2015** 5 rounds
- **Oct** **[swiftQueue](https://millionrounds.com/company/swiftqueue)** Seed · IE **$617K** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Chalk Digital](https://millionrounds.com/company/chalk-digital)** Venture · US **$750K** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Corlytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/corlytics)** Seed · IE **$1.1M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Chicory](https://millionrounds.com/company/chicory)** Seed · US **$1.2M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[API Fortress](https://millionrounds.com/company/api-fortress)** Seed · US **$40K** With 2 others
- **2014** 6 rounds
- **Nov** **[Certification Europe](https://millionrounds.com/company/certification-europe)** Venture · IE **$502K** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[DisplayNote Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/displaynote-technologies)** Series A · GB **$1.6M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Rallyware](https://millionrounds.com/company/rallyware)** Seed · US **$1.2M** With 1 other
- **May** **[MPSTOR](https://millionrounds.com/company/mpstor)** Venture · IE **$1.5M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[AltraTech](https://millionrounds.com/company/altratech)** Series A **$1.2M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[PicStash](https://millionrounds.com/company/picstash)** Seed · IE **$643K** With 5 others
- **2013** 13 rounds
- **Nov** **[TCAS Online](https://millionrounds.com/company/tcas-online)** Seed · GB · finsmes.com **$836K** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Attendify](https://millionrounds.com/company/attendify)** Seed · US · goaleurope.com **$200K** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Tapastreet](https://millionrounds.com/company/tapastreet)** Seed · IE · techcrunch.com **$675K** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Nines Photovoltaics](https://millionrounds.com/company/nines-photovoltaics)** Seed · IE · finsmes.com **$450K** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Driveway Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/driveway-software)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Driveway Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/driveway-software)** Seed · US · venturebeat.com **$1.3M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Monford Ag Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/monford-ag-systems)** Seed · IE · finsmes.com **$1.3M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Minetta Brook](https://millionrounds.com/company/minetta-brook)** Seed · US · finsmes.com **$2.0M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[SeamlessDocs](https://millionrounds.com/company/seamlessdocs)** Seed · US **$900K** With 3 others
- **May** **[Ringadoc](https://millionrounds.com/company/ringadoc)** Seed · US · pehub.com **$700K** With 8 others
- **May** **[FeedHenry](https://millionrounds.com/company/feedhenry)** Series A · IE · techcrunch.com **$9.0M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Zinc software](https://millionrounds.com/company/zinc-software)** Venture · IE · finsmes.com **$833K** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Amartus](https://millionrounds.com/company/amartus)** Venture · IE · finsmes.com **$1.6M** With 1 other
- **2012** 7 rounds
- **Dec** **[SolarPrint](https://millionrounds.com/company/solarprint)** Venture · IE · finsmes.com **$1.3M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[In Hand Guides](https://millionrounds.com/company/in-hand-guides)** Venture · IE · finsmes.com **$516K** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Kinesense](https://millionrounds.com/company/kinesense)** Venture · IE · finsmes.com **$800K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[SeamlessDocs](https://millionrounds.com/company/seamlessdocs)** Seed · US **$425K** With 1 other
- **May** **[XINTEC](https://millionrounds.com/company/xintec)** Venture · IE · finsmes.com **$1.1M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Wavebreak Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/wavebreak-media)** Venture · IE · finsmes.com **$522K** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Nomos Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/nomos-software)** Venture · IE · finsmes.com **$662K** With 1 other
- **2011** 5 rounds
- **Oct** **[Biocroí](https://millionrounds.com/company/biocroa)** Venture · finsmes.com **$1.2M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Ikon Semiconductor](https://millionrounds.com/company/ikon-semiconductor)** Venture · IE · finsmes.com **$1.1M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[neoSurgical](https://millionrounds.com/company/neosurgical)** Venture · IE · finsmes.com **$2.1M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Radisens Diagnostics](https://millionrounds.com/company/radisens-diagnostics)** Venture · IE · finsmes.com **$1.6M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Hybrid Energy Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/hybrid-energy-solutions)** Venture · IE · realdeals.eu.com **$1.2M** Sole investor
- **2010** 7 rounds
- **Nov** **[DecaWave](https://millionrounds.com/company/decawave)** Series A · IE · examiner.ie **$2.8M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[InishTech](https://millionrounds.com/company/inishtech)** Venture · IE · inishtech.com **$2.4M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[BioAtlantis](https://millionrounds.com/company/bioatlantis)** Venture · IE · alacrastore.com **$896K** 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 team

We hold **9** 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 **2 in all**

**[Ringadoc](https://millionrounds.com/company/ringadoc)** Bought by Practice Fusion **Undisclosed** Aug 2014

**[ChipSensors](https://millionrounds.com/company/chipsensors)** Bought by Silicon Laboratories **Undisclosed** Oct 2010

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A Growth

Median round joined **$1.9M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.2M**

Led 0 of 47 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 13 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Aug 2019
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *23*
- Seed said *17*
- Series A said *6*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2007 2019

Often in the room with

- [Enterprise Ireland](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-ireland) 22
- [Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bank-of-ireland-seed-and-early-stage-equity-fund) 2
- [Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-roundtable-accelerator) 2
- [imi.vc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imi-vc) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Enterprise Ireland** Government **22** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-ireland)[**Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bank-of-ireland-seed-and-early-stage-equity-fund)[**Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-roundtable-accelerator)[**imi.vc** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imi-vc)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Kernel Capital put money into.

[**Automated Intelligence** $1.9M · Aug 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/automated-intelligence)

## Quick answers about Kernel Capital

### What does Kernel Capital invest in?

Kernel Capital invests most often at Venture and Seed (87% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Peer To Peer, Personal Finance and Venture Capital & Private Equity.

### How active is Kernel Capital?

47 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2019.

### What has Kernel Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Automated Intelligence (Undisclosed round, Aug 2019).

### How big are Kernel Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.9M.

### Does Kernel Capital lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 47 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Kernel Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Ireland (63%), the United States (29%) and the United Kingdom (8%).

### Is Kernel Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Aug 2019.

### Who does Kernel Capital invest alongside?

Most often Enterprise Ireland (22 rounds together), Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity fund (2 rounds together) and Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (2 rounds together).

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