Investor profile
Cathal Purcell
Accelerator, Government-backed, Private equity, Venture capital, Venture debt & Investor at ACTivate Capital
Cathal Purcell is an Investor at ACTivate Capital, whose known portfolio counts 22 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AerospaceBatteryClean EnergyCybersecurityInsurTechIoTRoboticsSmart GridSolarSpaceVirtual Power Plants
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Investor at ACTivate Capital, whose known portfolio counts 22 companies
- Kin Insurance
- Crusoe
- Aerones
- Starfish Space
- Vycarb
- Lunar Energy
- PosiGen
- Tomorrow.io
- Alva Energy
- Biosimo
- Swimlane
- Xnrgy Climate Systems
- and 10 more
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors Climate, FinTech, Hardware and Real Estate, and focus areas Aerospace, Battery, Clean Energy and Cybersecurity fall inside that listing.
ACTivate Capital appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether Cathal Purcell matches their raise.
Colleagues at ACTivate Capital
David Lincoln
Co-founder & Managing Partner
Philadelphia, United States
Andrew Kleiser Byrne
Investment Associate
Dublin, Ireland
Eric Meyer
Partner
San Francisco, United States
Paul Neal Jordan
Principal
San Francisco, United States
Emma Bell
Vice President
San Francisco, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Cathal Purcell?
Cathal Purcell is an accelerator partner and government-backed investor based in Dublin, Ireland, listed as Investor at ACTivate Capital. The known portfolio of that firm counts 22 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Cathal Purcell personally.
What does Cathal Purcell invest in?
Listed sectors include Climate, FinTech, Hardware and Real Estate; listed focus areas include Aerospace, Battery, Clean Energy and Cybersecurity. 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 Purcell invest at?
ACTivate Capital appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Cathal Purcell is listed there as Investor. 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 Purcell listed at?
Cathal Purcell is listed as Investor at ACTivate Capital. 5 other people in the database share a firm with Cathal Purcell.
How do I contact Cathal Purcell?
A LinkedIn page is on file for Cathal Purcell. It is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address and no phone number for this profile.
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