Hoxton Ventures launches €6m Irish fund

Two new partners will join the VC: former tech entrepreneur Dylan Collins, and Vijay Pandurangan, who was previously a senior engineer at Google.

Hoxton founding partner Rob Kniaz also revealed to unquote" that his firm has invested in London-based maintenance, repair and overhaul supplies company Raptor Supplies.

The new fund is part of a private equity infrastructure being set up in Ireland in order to provide funding for businesses, from start-up investments to large buyouts.

The Bank of Ireland and Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) committed £10m and £15m respectively to Kernel Capital's recently closed growth capital fund, while Crescent Capital's £22.5m VC vehicle also received a £15m cornerstone investment from Invest NI. Carlyle's €125m Cardinal Ireland fund was supported by NPRF, and represents the larger end of the scale.

Investors
Hoxton's Irish Sub Fund saw a €2.5m commitment from government-backed Enterprise Ireland, as part of the €700m Seed and Venture Capital Scheme.

Investments
Hoxton's Irish Sub Fund will focus exclusively on Irish investments and has made eight investments so far.

The fund's investments include a £2.7m series-A for Deliveroo and a £5m A-round for Campanja, as well investments in Immun.io, Llustre and Tizaro.

People
Hussein Kanji and Rob Kniaz are the founding partners of Hoxton Ventures. Dylan Collins and Vijay Pandurangan are partners at the VC.

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