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Elkstone
Venture capital · Dublin, Ireland · Europe
Elkstone is an Irish alternative investment firm that manages venture capital and real estate investment opportunities, alongside cash management services, for private investors, founders and institutional investors. It runs early-stage venture funds backed by Enterprise Ireland and ISIF as limited partners and also develops residential real estate.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsearly-stageirelandreal estateventure capitalprivate marketseiis
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Or find every investor that fitsElkstone lists 16 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 11 funding rounds, 7 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 70% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (25%), Healthcare & Biotech (25%) and Enterprise Software (7%). 75% of its companies are based in Ireland. It invests most often alongside Atlantic Bridge, Furthr and Ireland Strategic Investment Fund.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Elkstone, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 70% |
| Series A | 30% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 4 | 3 |
| '26 | 7 | 4 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 42th | 16 companies |
| Recent activity | 91th | 7 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 70% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 36th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 25% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 7% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Gaming | 4% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Atlantic Bridge | 4 |
| Furthr | 2 |
| Ireland Strategic Investment Fund | 2 |
| MASV | 2 |
| Y Combinator | 2 |
| 808 Ventures | 1 |
| 8VC | 1 |
| ACET Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1594%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company16%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Elkstone head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Elkstone| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Round | |
| 7 Jan 2026 | Series A | |
| 1 Jan 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 11 Nov 2025 | Seed Led |
Round details for Elkstone
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Elkstone's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
16 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barespace provides AI software for salons to manage bookings, reports, and administrative tasks. | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| The company develops console-quality games that can be played in a browser | GamingEnterprise Software | Aug 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Equal1 develops and ships rack-mounted quantum computers that can be integrated into existing infrastructure alongside classical CPUs and GPUs. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2026Round | Funding round | |
| Flipdish provides an all-in-one restaurant management system with features including online ordering, POS, and AI marketing | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Glitch Ads generates leads for businesses through Google and Meta ads managed by a strategist | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Nov 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| The company provides home health test kits and telehealth services, including testing, consultations, and medication delivery directly to individuals and organizations. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Luminate Medical provides cancer care at home through nurse-led at-home cancer treatment and infusion services | Healthcare & Biotech | Jan 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Manna delivers everyday essentials, such as medicine, groceries, and food, by air to customers' yards. | Healthcare & BiotechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| NeuroBell develops novel medical device solutions providing portable EEG monitoring with automated neonatal seizure detection at the bedside. | Healthcare & Biotech | Jun 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Output Sports provides a system for athlete testing and programming, including velocity-based training and other forms of performance measurement and coaching. | Healthcare & BiotechEducation | Jan 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Overpath develops and provides AI-powered sales execution tools for sales teams | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Jan 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Protex AI provides site intelligence to transform existing infrastructure into a source of operational intelligence for safer and smarter operations | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| TrustWorks provides a platform for privacy management and AI governance | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Aug 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| WrxFlo provides a digitalisation platform for supply chain management | Industrial & Manufacturing | Jul 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| ZeroRisk provides a platform for merchant risk orchestration, offering continuous, AI-guided risk management and remediation for merchants and acquirers. | FintechCybersecurity | Sept 2026Series A | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 13 Nov 2026- Site
- elkstonepartners.com
- Last read
- 13 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 30 Jan 2025
- Companies checked
- 16
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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