Helen McBreen

Background

About Helen McBreen

At Atlantic Bridge Helen manages early stage investing from University Fund I (€60m, 2016) & University Fund II (€64m, 2021) which are both focused on investing in innovative deeptech companies built from world class research generated at leading research institutions and universities. Having successfully financed over 45 deep tech companies in sectors such as software (AI, enterprise, cloud, mobile), hardware (quantum, robotics, semiconductors) and healthtech (medtech, diagnostics, digital health), Helen brings over 18 years’ experience in early stage investing. Helen is a Kauffman Fellow (Class 22, 2019) and in 2021 was nominated as VP of TechTour Deep Tech (Software). Active in the early stage ecosystem Helen is also a board member to several companies and a mentor and advisor to multiple organisations - see below. Helen is Chairperson of the Governance Committee of IPIC a leading Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre. Prior to joining Atlantic Bridge, Helen was a member of the NDRC Investment Committee playing a key role in the allocation of €45m capital into new technology ventures with a particular focus health and ICT. Helen also held the position of Sales Director at Celtrak Ltd (acquired by Thermo King, 2015) and Software Lead at Digital Fashion (Japan). Helen was awarded 1st Class Hons. Electronic Engineering Degree from UCD and was then awarded her PhD from The University of Edinburgh in the area of AI based conversational agents and multimodal interfaces. Helen was listed as one of the Top 100 Women in STEM in Ireland and enjoys her role as Technology Judge at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition. Helen represents Atlantic Bridge in the fast growing European Women in VC network. Expertise: Seed & Venture Capital Investment, Growth Equity, International Selling in Export Markets, Leadership.