Innovation-Technology-Investment-Ireland

Innovation. Technology. Investment.

Accelerating Great Ideas.

How We Help

Companies

Advising on growth, funding and scaling strategies.

Investors

Connecting innovative founders with investors.

Advisory

Projects in the technology, investment and fund arenas.

“We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before.”

Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum, January 2016.

About CapF9

CapF9 was created to connect smart capital (both financial and human) with innovation.

We accelerate great ideas.

We work with technology and innovation driven enterprises based in Ireland and the UK. We provide support on fundraising, scaling, business planning, strategic implementation and project management.

We have collaborated with some of Ireland's best and most exciting innovation driven companies across a number of sectors including FinTech, RegTech, AgTech, PropTech as well as in the broader B2B software arenas.

We also provide specialist consultancy services in FinTech, alternative investing, fund and innovation financial solutions arenas.

Who

Barry Brennan is Founder and Managing Director of CapF9 Ventures.

Barry holds a LL.B. (Hons) Bachelor in Law from Trinity College, Dublin, a BSc (Hons) in Digital Technology, Design and Innovation from the Technological University of Dublin (formerly Dublin Institute of Technology) and a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors. He was admitted as a barrister-at-law in England and Wales and as an attorney-at-law in New York State.

Barry has 25+ years international experience in law, corporate finance, venture investment and investment management at leading global financial institutions. As European Head of Client Solutions at Rabobank, he managed a large multidisciplinary financial innovation team located in 5 countries, building bespoke financial solutions for some of the world's leading food, agricultural, financial and industrial companies and has direct deal experience in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Having developed, led and implemented innovative financial solutions throughout his career, he understands the challenges innovators face building new products and solutions.

Barry has many years' experience as a Board Member and Board Advisor and is a Non Executive Director for number large finance companies based in Ireland. Barry also acts as a specialist investment manager for an international Fund operation based in Dublin.

He is active in the Irish and UK Technology ecosystems as:

member of the advisory team of Circadian SAAS, a UK micro services company
a Board Observer at Hexafly, a sustainable AgTech company and at Governor Software, a global RegTech company.
a business mentor for Enterprise Ireland, Ireland's government agency for enterprise development
a mentor for numerous technology accelerators
an expert evaluator for the European Commission's EIC Accelerator Funding Program
an active member of the Halo Business Angels Network in the Bloom Technology Syndicate.

Barry has extensive early stage experience advising a large variety of early stage and scaling technology enterprises. Barry and CapF9 have arranged funding and advised a range of technology related companies across Ireland and the UK across AgTech, FinTech, SaaS and RegTech.