4th Level Ventures

4th Level Ventures is a Dublin-based venture capital fund established in 2002, specializing in investments derived from intellectual property generated through university research. The firm is sector-neutral but emphasizes the commercialization of technology, aiming to transform academic innovations into viable business opportunities. It benefits from strong partnerships with business leaders, investors, universities, and financial institutions, leveraging their collective expertise to support the growth of these ventures. A distinctive feature of 4th Level Ventures is its collaboration with university commercialization teams, working closely with academics to assess and develop their propositions at an early stage. The firm has benefitted from significant government investment in science research, enhancing the potential for successful commercialization within Ireland.

17 past transactions

BeoCare

Venture Round in 2016
Beocare is a manufacturer of innovative medical textile product solutions. It was established to exploit specific niches in the area of engineered textiles particularly in the healthcare industry. Examples of such products are compression hosiery for thrombosis, leg movement restraints for post operative hip replacements and fixation pants for incontinence sufferers. Due to the fact that such products are lightly regulated, new product development and time to market are relatively fast compared to more highly regulated invasive medical devices.

Powervation

Debt Financing in 2014
Powervation Ltd. is a semiconductor company that specializes in developing digital power integrated circuit solutions tailored for cloud computing, communication, and high-performance power system applications. Established in 2006 and headquartered in Cork, Ireland, the company offers a range of products, including single-phase and dual-phase controllers, along with a graphical user interface design tool. Powervation's innovative Auto-control digital power IC technology aims to optimize power supply performance and efficiency, simplifying design processes and reducing costs for manufacturers in various sectors, including computing and storage. The company operates globally, with facilities in the United States, Taiwan, and China, and serves its customer base through a network of sales representatives and distributors. Powervation Ltd. is a subsidiary of ROHM Co., Ltd.

Powervation

Series B in 2009
Powervation Ltd. is a semiconductor company that specializes in developing digital power integrated circuit solutions tailored for cloud computing, communication, and high-performance power system applications. Established in 2006 and headquartered in Cork, Ireland, the company offers a range of products, including single-phase and dual-phase controllers, along with a graphical user interface design tool. Powervation's innovative Auto-control digital power IC technology aims to optimize power supply performance and efficiency, simplifying design processes and reducing costs for manufacturers in various sectors, including computing and storage. The company operates globally, with facilities in the United States, Taiwan, and China, and serves its customer base through a network of sales representatives and distributors. Powervation Ltd. is a subsidiary of ROHM Co., Ltd.

Powervation

Series B in 2009
Powervation Ltd. is a semiconductor company that specializes in developing digital power integrated circuit solutions tailored for cloud computing, communication, and high-performance power system applications. Established in 2006 and headquartered in Cork, Ireland, the company offers a range of products, including single-phase and dual-phase controllers, along with a graphical user interface design tool. Powervation's innovative Auto-control digital power IC technology aims to optimize power supply performance and efficiency, simplifying design processes and reducing costs for manufacturers in various sectors, including computing and storage. The company operates globally, with facilities in the United States, Taiwan, and China, and serves its customer base through a network of sales representatives and distributors. Powervation Ltd. is a subsidiary of ROHM Co., Ltd.

Technology From Ideas

Venture Round in 2008
Technology from Ideas Ltd., a seed investment and commercialization company, specializes in conducting proof of concept development on early stage, technology based ideas submitted by academic researchers. The company offers support in the areas of technology search and development, IP identification and protection, contract research and development, and getting value from non-core IP assets. It serves businesses and research groups in Ireland. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Redmere Technology

Series A in 2006
Redmere Technology specializes in the development of active cable semiconductor solutions, focusing on enhancing the functionality of HDMI cables across various consumer markets, including multimedia, gaming, home theater, mobile devices, and digital cameras. The company offers EyeWire, a low-power signal conditioning chip technology embedded within the cables, enabling the creation of smart HDMI active cables. Additionally, Redmere provides VerifEye, a testing platform designed for the rapid assessment of active cable solutions that utilize the EyeWire technology. Founded in 2004, Redmere is headquartered in Balbriggan, Ireland.

Technology From Ideas

Venture Round in 2006
Technology from Ideas Ltd., a seed investment and commercialization company, specializes in conducting proof of concept development on early stage, technology based ideas submitted by academic researchers. The company offers support in the areas of technology search and development, IP identification and protection, contract research and development, and getting value from non-core IP assets. It serves businesses and research groups in Ireland. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Powervation

Seed Round in 2006
Powervation Ltd. is a semiconductor company that specializes in developing digital power integrated circuit solutions tailored for cloud computing, communication, and high-performance power system applications. Established in 2006 and headquartered in Cork, Ireland, the company offers a range of products, including single-phase and dual-phase controllers, along with a graphical user interface design tool. Powervation's innovative Auto-control digital power IC technology aims to optimize power supply performance and efficiency, simplifying design processes and reducing costs for manufacturers in various sectors, including computing and storage. The company operates globally, with facilities in the United States, Taiwan, and China, and serves its customer base through a network of sales representatives and distributors. Powervation Ltd. is a subsidiary of ROHM Co., Ltd.

Nualight

Venture Round in 2005
Nualight is the only company in the world that focuses exclusively on illuminating refrigerated displays for global food retail. There Vantium product series is revolutionising food retail, reducing energy consumption in refrigerated displays by more than 60% and driving sales with better, brighter merchandising. Through pioneering technology and a deep understanding of how lighting translates into retail gain, Nualight is now the partner of choice for leading food retailers throughout the world.

PixAlert

Venture Round in 2005
PixAlert is a provider of e-security monitoring software focused on protecting the corporate reputation and brand integrity of organizations in the financial, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and public sectors. Since its inception in 1999, the company has developed advanced solutions for critical data and image detection, enabling clients to identify the locations of sensitive data and inappropriate images across their networks. PixAlert's offerings include scalable information audit solutions tailored to meet specific client needs, ensuring comprehensive protection of enterprise networks. With a client base exceeding 200 companies across EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and the US, PixAlert operates from its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, with additional sales offices in the UK, US, Australia, and New Zealand. The company's commitment to understanding client challenges allows it to deliver effective information content security solutions that help safeguard brand integrity and reputation.

IdentiGen

Venture Round in 2005
IdentiGEN is a leading provider of DNA-based solutions to the agri-food industry with operations in Ireland, UK, EU, USA and Canada. They are applying their core expertise in genetic identification to develop and market a range of solutions designed to improve the quality, integrity and safety of the global food supply.

EMF

Venture Round in 2005
EMF was established to develop, manufacture and market technologically advanced equipment called Metal Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition (MOCVD) machines. MOCVD machines are used to deposit very thin layers of chemicals on wafer substrates, which are then used to make high brightness LEDs and other devices such as solar cells, laser diodes, VCSEL lasers and other photonic devices. Some of these technologies are used in traffic signals and mobile phone back-lighting. EMF has developed proprietary technology which represents a major advance in MOCVD manufacturing technology which allows manufacturers to significantly increase their yield of wafers.

Spoiled Milk Limited

Series A in 2005
Selatra is mobile gaming specialist, providing content, download platforms and storefronts worldwide. Founded in 2002 by a group of Telecommunications’ industry professionals who have developed purpose-built technology to manage mobile device recognition, optimized storefronts, and the licensing and distribution of quality games. As a partner, we offer publishers a direct link to Network Operators and the biggest digital content retailers who use Selatra to power their services. We currently distribute more than 200 publishers of Android and Java-based applications in 55 countries via our platform, On-Device-Portals and storefronts. Specialties: Games and Apps for JAVA, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Blackbery, Fully Managed Services, Download Platform, Deck Management, Web & WAP Portal Development, Cloud-Based Gaming Solutions

Digisoft.tv

Venture Round in 2005
Digisoft.tv Limited provides all the elements required to deploy, control and support successful Interactive TV applications. DigiHost is a head-end application management system providing for all management and customisation requirements whether the broadcaster develops applications using authoring tools or third party application developers, or chooses to deploy Digisoft's iTV applications.

Celtic Catalysts

Venture Round in 2004
Celtic Catalysts is a new venture established in the area of chemical discovery, which has set itself the goal of "discovering, developing, patenting and profiting from chemical catalysts and processes of significant commercial potential to the Fine Chemical, Agrochemical and Pharmaceutical Industries". Celtic Catalysts' focus is on a niche area known as chiral (pron. ky-ral) chemistry. This field of research has already generated exciting new developments which have enabled the production of pharmaceutical products of enhanced therapeutic activity whilst at the same time allowing innovator companies to extend product lifecycles and thus stave off generic competition.

PXIT

Venture Round in 2004
PXIT, Inc. develops and manufactures test and measurement systems, primarily for use in high-speed data communications. It also offers signal integrity testing solutions for broadband electro-optical signals. The company’s products include digital communications analyser, bit error rate tester, pattern generator, and synthesizer. It offers its products to telecommunications, data communications, and lighting markets.

Allegro Technologies

Series A in 2003
Allegro Technologies Ltd., trading as Deerac Fluidics Limited, develops microdispensing technologies for the liquid handling market within the laboratory instrumentation sector for applications in drug discovery, genomics, proteomics, diagnostics, and biotechnology. It was founded in 2000 and is based in Dublin, Ireland. As of February 3, 2008, Deerac Fluidics Limited operates as a subsidiary of Labcyte Inc.
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