4th Level Ventures University Seed Fund  is Ireland’s first venture capital fund exclusively dedicated to supporting promising high potential start-up and early stage companies arising from research in Irish universities, research hospitals, research institutes, and the Institutes of Technology.

Our Experience
The 4th Level Venture’s founders, Dennis Jennings and Ray Naughton, with their extensive experience of these early stage processes, are ideally placed to support and assist researchers as they develop their ideas / IP / technology / proof of concept / prototype to the point where it is appropriate to consider the formation of a campus or spin-off company.

Support
Working with and supporting the university industry liaison teams – e.g. Research and Innovation Services in TCD, Nova/UCD, and the DIT Project Development Centre (PDC) – 4th Level Ventures provides support to academic researchers during the very early stages of the development of a high potential business idea.

4th Level Ventures also provide assistance to the founders of high potential companies to ensure that they evaluate the potential target market, the route to market, and business opportunity before forming a campus company. The 4th Level Ventures team also offers training workshops and seminars to researchers on campus, in conjunction with the university industry liaison teams. This support is provided on a “no rights / no obligations” basis.

For high potential campus companies, the 4th Level Ventures team will provide advice and support to the company founders to enable them develop the business plan, build the executive team, establish the company, and prepare their company for early stage investment.