Cathal O'Dea works as a Venture Capital & Operations at Gaingels. The firm's known portfolio counts 19 companies.
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Affiliated funds' portfolios
Venture Capital & Operations at Gaingels, whose known portfolio counts 19 companies
- Momentum
- Yumi
- Reliable Robotics
- Ezra AI
- Sage Haven
- Parsley Health
- Alloy Therapeutics
- Impossible Metals
- Mermaid Chart
- Brev.io
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- and 7 more
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech, and focus areas AI Applications, Analytics, Biotech and D2C fall inside that listing.
Stage-wise, the deals at Gaingels cluster around Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Cathal O'Dea is worth approaching.
Colleagues at Gaingels
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Lorenzo Thione
OG AI Founder (2003)
Chicago, United States
Paul Grossinger
Founder
New York, United States
David Gutelius
Member, Investor, Advisor
Reno, United States
Wasim Ahmad
Member
New York, United States
Robert Lennox
Angel Investor
Los Angeles, United States
Eileen Coskey Fracchia
Angel Investor
Los Angeles, United States
Jana Mike
Investor
San Francisco, United States
Alan Masarsky
Investor
Los Angeles, United States
Gregg Smith
Member
New York, United States
Brandon Parkes
Advisor
New York City, United States
Melissa Withers
Member
Boston, United States
Cristian Raygoza
Venture Partner / prev. CoS
San Francisco, United States
Peter Steinberg
Managing Partner
Brooklyn, United States
Stephanie A. Rieben-de Roquefeuil
Limited Partner
New York, United States
Yves Ançay Crosato
Investor
Brazil
Tyshaia Earnest
Storyteller, Community Builder & Venture Capitalist
New York, United States
Halla Bergsdóttir
Global Investors
St Louis, United States
David Trujillo
Investor
Palma, Spain
Rishabh Surendran
Investor
New York City, United States
Nancy Fechnay
Venture Partner
Austin, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Cathal O'Dea?
Cathal O'Dea is a syndicate member based in New York City, United States, listed as Venture Capital & Operations at Gaingels. The known portfolio of that firm counts 19 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Cathal O'Dea personally.
What does Cathal O'Dea invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech; listed focus areas include AI Applications, Analytics, Biotech and D2C. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Cathal O'Dea invest at?
Gaingels appears in Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Cathal O'Dea is listed there as Venture Capital & Operations. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Cathal O'Dea listed at?
Cathal O'Dea is listed as Venture Capital & Operations at Gaingels. 32 other people in the database share a firm with Cathal O'Dea.
How do I contact Cathal O'Dea?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Cathal O'Dea. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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