Barry Smyth

Academic, entrepreneur, and experienced board director. I specialise in developing and deploying artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies and solutions with over 30 years of R&D experience.

📍 Ireland, Ireland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 15 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2016𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Non Executive Board Member
Apr 2016
Instant Issuance of Customisable & Configurable Digital Mastercards downloadable from the CleverCards platform, unlocking instant access to funds for all users. CleverCards processing enables payment administrators in Businesses and Public sector organisations to custom brand their own Mastercards, and personally configure each Mastercard for various uses. Serving numerous market needs such as instant access to earned merchant POS acquired funds, customer, contractor and public sector payouts and employee and social welfare benefits, it is truly one Mastercard with many configurable uses. Thousands of Businesses, Public sector organisations and Financial Institutions use CleverCards white-labelled software applications and APIs to instantly issue customisable & configurable Digital Mastercard’s enabling the cardholder to use it as configured, online or instore with mobiles contactlessly.
Non Executive Board Member / Investor
May 2015
Update: Soundwave was acquired by Spotify in 2016! Backed by Mark Cuban and ACT Venture Capital, Soundwave is a mobile music-discovery startup founded in 2012. Soundwave tracks what songs people are listening to on their smartphones and where in real time. Powered by unique patent-pending technology, users can plug into different groups of people and locations in real time to see what songs are trending & discover new music as quickly as it is played. Voted as Best Innovation in Music 2013 by Apple.
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2016
Non Executive Board Member
Apr 2016
Instant Issuance of Customisable & Configurable Digital Mastercards downloadable from the CleverCards platform, unlocking instant access to funds for all users. CleverCards processing enables payment administrators in Businesses and Public sector organisations to custom brand their own Mastercards, and personally configure each Mastercard for various uses. Serving numerous market needs such as instant access to earned merchant POS acquired funds, customer, contractor and public sector payouts and employee and social welfare benefits, it is truly one Mastercard with many configurable uses. Thousands of Businesses, Public sector organisations and Financial Institutions use CleverCards white-labelled software applications and APIs to instantly issue customisable & configurable Digital Mastercard’s enabling the cardholder to use it as configured, online or instore with mobiles contactlessly.
2015
Non Executive Board Member / Investor
May 2015
Update: Soundwave was acquired by Spotify in 2016! Backed by Mark Cuban and ACT Venture Capital, Soundwave is a mobile music-discovery startup founded in 2012. Soundwave tracks what songs people are listening to on their smartphones and where in real time. Powered by unique patent-pending technology, users can plug into different groups of people and locations in real time to see what songs are trending & discover new music as quickly as it is played. Voted as Best Innovation in Music 2013 by Apple.
2011
Irish Times Trust
Non-Executive Board Member
Dec 2011
Non-Executive Board Member (Irish Times Trust)
Dec 2011
The Irish Times, Irelands leading quality newspaper, delivers news, opinion and analysis to 793,000 readers each week. The Irish Times is committed to bringing journalism of the highest standard to our readers in the most convenient, engaging and accessible way possible through multi platform media. As media technologies evolve so do our methods of reporting and we are committed to developing our digital offering accordingly. From our daily email digests bringing news straight to your inbox to our series of weekly podcasts, we bring authoritative news reports; independent commentary and informed insight directly to the reader. We aspire to being a trusted source of information whether it’s in print, on web, mobile or tablet device.
SkillPages
Non-Executive Board Member
Aug 2011
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