Conor Mills, Cfa

Principal at Act Venture Capital | Kauffman Fellow

📍 Ireland, Ireland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 11 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2025
VC🌍 Ireland
11
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Board Observer
Jan 2025
Manage and stop high velocity, complex payment fraud with UrbanFox powerful Generative AI detection tools.
Board Observer
Mar 2024
Akara helps hospitals reclaim valuable operating room time lost to preventable inefficiencies, enabling them to perform more surgeries, improve patient access, and increase revenue. Our vertically integrated AI and robotics platform is designed specifically for surgical environments and combines three core components: an ambient IoT sensor that passively monitors OR activity and reduces the need for manual data entry; an AI system that delivers real-time notifications to improve coordination, reduce late starts, and streamline workflows; and an autonomous robot that shortens cleaning times and supports EVS teams. Our technology has been tested in leading hospitals and is designed to integrate seamlessly into existing workflows. Learn more at www.akara.ai.
Board Observer
Oct 2023
Spotted Zebra is an award-winning Interview Intelligence and Assessment platform for forward-thinking enterprise organisations building high-performing, future-ready workforces. In todays landscape, with 3 in 4 businesses facing a widening skills crisis and AI flooding inboxes with automated applications, having the right skilled people in the right roles has never been more challenging. Thats where we come in. Our platform uniquely combines industry-leading skills science, methodology, and AI to help talent teams: - Make quality, data-informed hiring decisions with confidence - Turn AI into an ally and supercharge recruitment efficiency - Operationalise skills-based hiring at scale By automating administrative tasks, streamlining collaboration, and surfacing meaningful talent insights instantly, we empower teams to have more impactful candidate conversations while making objective hiring decisions every time. Trusted by forward-thinking companies like Paramount, Merlin, AWE, and Virgin Media O2, Spotted Zebra helps redefine how great teams are built. Spot the right hire every time with Spotted Zebra.
Board Observer
Mar 2022
The end-to-end transaction platform for marketplaces & ecommerce brands. We handle payments, fulfilment, dispute management & reporting for our customers. We minimise risk and reduce cost to maximise profitability. Founded in Cork, Ireland in 2017, Trustap has grown significantly over the years. Still headquartered in Cork, it also has offices in the USA, the UK, Spain and Croatia.
Board Observer
Apr 2021
Secure and privacy-preserving data sharing will be the most impactful accelerator of business success. We are building the toolsets to enable transformational trust-worthy technologies. Come and join us on this journey.
Board Observer
May 2020
The world’s first customer platform empowering anyone to make food more, at home Eating food is part of our social fabric and a core part of a healthy body and mind. The experience of making food is now so daunting, ambiguous and friction filled that people are being forced to turn to take away, deliveries, and cooking packs which ultimately leave you unfilled and unhealthy. Drop is a fast-growing, venture-backed team of human-computer interaction specialists with a love of great food who are working with the biggest kitchen appliance brands in the world to deliver the experience that removes the friction from the whole food-making process. Our mission is to empower and inspire anyone to cook delicious food by connecting the world’s recipes and appliances — all orchestrated through a magical user experience. We started with our own smart kitchen devices that integrate with the critically acclaimed Drop Recipes app. We have since launched partnerships with Bosch, GE Appliances, De’Longhi and Kenwood, with more to be announced in the coming months. Each appliance and recipe partner we connect brings us one step closer to being the de facto KitchenOS.
Board Observer
May 2020
We help appliance brands launch smarter products faster, reduce complexity, and deliver seamless cooking experiences that customers actually use. Our platform, KitchenOS, connects appliances, content, and AI into a unified system, enabling brands to move quickly, scale globally, and stay ahead of evolving consumer expectations. From smart recipe content to guided cooking experiences and cross-brand interoperability, Fresco provides the infrastructure and intelligence that power modern connected kitchens. Trusted by global appliance leaders including Panasonic, Middleby, Instant Pot Brands and Kenwood. If you’re building the next generation of connected appliances, we’d love to talk. 👉 Learn more: www.frescocooks.com
Board Observer
May 2019
VideoElephant is a unique video content solution for online media, digital screens and streaming platforms globally, powered by the world’s largest curated premium video library. As the world’s largest premium video library and content distribution network we’re all about incredible video content and bringing it to screens everywhere. The VideoElephant library contains more than 4 million videos with over 3000 added daily, from 1000 content sources across more than 35 categories and 20 languages. We built VideoElephant so that we can make it easy for content producers to distribute and monetise their video globally and for businesses worldwide to connect with their audiences through extraordinary video experiences. VideoElephant sources, licenses, curates, programmes and distributes premium video content distributing globally for content producers and delivering to online media, digital screens and streaming platforms worldwide as single VOD assets, playlists, feeds, programming and channels. For our clients we deliver access to millions of videos, with thousands added daily, from hundreds of sources across multiple categories and languages. Rights cleared, brand-safe, continually refreshed premium content with flexible delivery options. All on one contract. For our content partners we deliver game-changing expansion of reach, revenue and brand with access to billions of impressions and millions of viewers across hundreds of clients globally. Expert curation, transparent reporting, unique data-driven insights and extraordinary performance.
Board Observer
Jan 2019
Umba is an African digital bank, offering bank accounts and financial services to our customers. We provide an ecosystem of connected financial services that allows the customer complete control of their finances all in one App. At Umba, we believe in the power of financial inclusion to drive economic growth. As a leading digital bank, we are committed to providing innovative solutions that empower both employers and employees to achieve financial stability and reach their full potential. Umba launched in Nigeria in January 2021, and in Kenya in April 2023, via the acquisition of an existing Microfinance bank. Our digital platform offers seamless access to a wide range of banking services, including account management, payments, loans, savings, and more. We leverage technology and data-driven insights to streamline processes and make banking faster, smarter, and more convenient than ever before. But we are not just a bank. We are a partner, a trusted advisor, and a catalyst for growth. Our team of talented professionals is passionate about our mission, and we work tirelessly to deliver personalized service and tailored solutions to our customers. With our extensive network and expertise, we are well-positioned to support our customers at every stage of their journey. Join us at Umba, and be part of a dynamic team that is reshaping the future of banking. Together, we can unlock the potential of businesses, transform lives, and drive sustainable economic development. Connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram to learn more about our innovative solutions and the exciting opportunities that await you at Umba.
Board Observer
Nov 2018
RecommenderX is a software development company focussed on data science, data analytics and recommender systems. Our flagship product is ADVISE - an automated data analytics platform for the Consumer Goods industry. Visit the Advise website to learn more - https://adviseconsumergoods.com At RecommenderX, our vision is to apply the best-in-class automation, data science, AI and Machine Learning technologies to Enterprise problems. We believe that automating repetitive tasks enables companies to become more efficient, freeing up their teams to focus on improving their understanding of their business problems and really driving change. The Decision Support Systems (DSS) that we deploy into companies, harnesses the available data sources, and makes teams more effective through analysis visualisation, predictive analytics and recommended insights.
Board Observer
Nov 2018
CitySwift is a big data company that powers major bus networks across the globe. Since its inception, CitySwift has built the world's first Mobility Intelligence as a Service platform, offering bus network providers the precise insights they need to quickly adapt and operate their networks for efficiency, profitability, and growth. The CitySwift platform was built to break down all of the barriers to data that bus network providers have to deal with. CitySwift partners no longer take action based on manual analysis, guesswork, and inaccessible and unreliable data. Instead, they meet and exceed punctuality and reliability goals, without compromising on resources. Working with leading operators and public sector authorities globally, the CitySwift team blends real-world bus industry experience with a deep knowledge of data science to give bus networks the best of both worlds. CitySwift uses AI and machine learning to accurately predict journey times and passenger demand, creating optimised timetables that take into account traffic, events and hundreds of other external factors, ensuring on-time performance and increased passenger satisfaction. Customisable management dashboards deliver business intelligence and enable tracking of KPIs. Improve the efficiency of your network and ensure every bus is where your passengers expect it to be, with data-driven decision-making from CitySwift.
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2025
Board Observer
Jan 2025
Manage and stop high velocity, complex payment fraud with UrbanFox powerful Generative AI detection tools.
2024
Board Observer
Mar 2024
Akara helps hospitals reclaim valuable operating room time lost to preventable inefficiencies, enabling them to perform more surgeries, improve patient access, and increase revenue. Our vertically integrated AI and robotics platform is designed specifically for surgical environments and combines three core components: an ambient IoT sensor that passively monitors OR activity and reduces the need for manual data entry; an AI system that delivers real-time notifications to improve coordination, reduce late starts, and streamline workflows; and an autonomous robot that shortens cleaning times and supports EVS teams. Our technology has been tested in leading hospitals and is designed to integrate seamlessly into existing workflows. Learn more at www.akara.ai.
2023
Board Observer
Oct 2023
Spotted Zebra is an award-winning Interview Intelligence and Assessment platform for forward-thinking enterprise organisations building high-performing, future-ready workforces. In todays landscape, with 3 in 4 businesses facing a widening skills crisis and AI flooding inboxes with automated applications, having the right skilled people in the right roles has never been more challenging. Thats where we come in. Our platform uniquely combines industry-leading skills science, methodology, and AI to help talent teams: - Make quality, data-informed hiring decisions with confidence - Turn AI into an ally and supercharge recruitment efficiency - Operationalise skills-based hiring at scale By automating administrative tasks, streamlining collaboration, and surfacing meaningful talent insights instantly, we empower teams to have more impactful candidate conversations while making objective hiring decisions every time. Trusted by forward-thinking companies like Paramount, Merlin, AWE, and Virgin Media O2, Spotted Zebra helps redefine how great teams are built. Spot the right hire every time with Spotted Zebra.
2022
Board Observer
Mar 2022
The end-to-end transaction platform for marketplaces & ecommerce brands. We handle payments, fulfilment, dispute management & reporting for our customers. We minimise risk and reduce cost to maximise profitability. Founded in Cork, Ireland in 2017, Trustap has grown significantly over the years. Still headquartered in Cork, it also has offices in the USA, the UK, Spain and Croatia.
2021
Board Observer
Apr 2021
Secure and privacy-preserving data sharing will be the most impactful accelerator of business success. We are building the toolsets to enable transformational trust-worthy technologies. Come and join us on this journey.
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