# Des Traynor, Co-Founder

> Des Traynor, Co-Founder. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/des-traynor (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Dublin, IE · Angel

# Des Traynor

Co-Founder

Email

Stages *Seed* *Series A*

Backs *AI* *Real Estate* *Proptech* *Cybersecurity*

Latest rounds

- **Lette** Seed · $6.5M Oct 2026
- **MARC** Seed · $5M Oct 2026
- **Seapoint** Seed · $8.8M Apr 2026

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Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 2 last Dec 2024
- **Filings:** - with regulators
- **Books:** 3 written

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them
- **On filings** No filing names them
- ✓ **Own investor record** Their cheques, held under their name
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date.

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## Their investor record

[**Des Traynor, investing** Every cheque we watched them write, on one record **3** cheques in 12 months **5** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/des-traynor)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 5
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $38.3M
- **Active:** 2018–26

2026

- [Lette](https://millionrounds.com/company/lette) *Seed* **$6.5M** *GB* Oct 2026 Joined · +6 investors
- [MARC](https://millionrounds.com/company/marc) *Seed* **$5M** *US* Oct 2026 Joined · +8 investors
- [Seapoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/seapoint) *Seed* **$8.8M** *IE* Apr 2026 Joined · +8 investors

2024

- [Ethyca](https://millionrounds.com/company/ethyca) *Series A* **$10M** *US* Dec 2024 Joined · +6 investors

2018

- [productboard](https://millionrounds.com/company/productboard) *Series A* **$8M** *US* Jul 2018 Joined · +7 investors

By stage

- Seed **3**
- Series A **2**

What they backed

AI **4** Real Estate **2** Proptech **1** Cybersecurity **1** SAAS **1** Big Data & Analytics **1**

Alongside

- [13books *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/13books)
- [AVP *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avp-2)
- [Abstract Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abstract)
- [Adeline *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adeline)
- [Adeline Arts and Science *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adeline-arts-and-science)
- [Angel Invest *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-invest)
- [Aspenwood Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aspenwood-ventures)
- [Brian Moran *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-moran)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Algolia](https://millionrounds.com/company/algolia)
- [Butter](https://millionrounds.com/startup/butter-3)
- [Demostack](https://millionrounds.com/startup/demostack)
- [Hopin](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hopin-2)
- [Humaans](https://millionrounds.com/startup/humaans)
- [Lokalise](https://millionrounds.com/startup/lokalise)
- [MainStreet](https://millionrounds.com/startup/mainstreet-2)
- [Modulz](https://millionrounds.com/company/modulz)
- [MonkeyLearn](https://millionrounds.com/startup/monkeylearn)
- [Shoelace](https://millionrounds.com/startup/shoelace)
- [Superhuman](https://millionrounds.com/startup/superhuman)
- [Workable](https://millionrounds.com/company/workable)
- Dailyco
- Supercast

## Their books

- Intercom on Jobs to be Done Des Traynor · 2016 4.13 from 361 ratings on Goodreads About the book Intercom on Jobs-to-be-Done helps you understand the real job customers are using your product for. Business, growth & innovation start here. On AmazonListen on Audible
- Intercom On Starting Up Des Traynor · 2017 4.18 from 221 ratings on Goodreads About the book With the insane volume of startup literature already out there writing this book wasn’t a no-brainer for us. No one wants to add to the scrap heap. But if you restrict yourself to only reading articles from people who have actually created a business, hit some revenue target, or… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Intercom on Onboarding Des Traynor · 2016 4.05 from 92 ratings on Goodreads About the book Getting new users to sign up is easy. Getting them to come back again and again is the hard part. That’s where onboarding comes in – it turns signups into happy, successful customers. Intercom on Onboarding features nine chapters of the most valuable lessons we’ve learned… On AmazonListen on Audible
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