Dan O' Toole

Vice President at Eight Roads Ventures

📍 United Kingdom, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 15 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2022
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Sep 2022
Odaseva delivers the strongest data security solution for enterprises running on Salesforce, safeguarding confidentiality and integrity of critical business information. The Odaseva Enterprise Data Security Platform ensures business continuity, regulatory compliance, and powerful protection against threats to Salesforce data. It is designed and built specifically to solve the complex challenges of large-scale global organizations. Odaseva’s integrated suite of security products features Zero Trust architecture and real-time processing that not only meets but anticipates the stringent demands of global compliance. We provide businesses with the tools to prove recovery readiness, streamline precise data restoration, and leverage tools that protect the integrity and availability of critical data. With Odaseva, enterprises can confidently navigate the evolving data security landscape, ensuring that operations remain uninterrupted and aligned with regulatory standards.
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Dec 2021
Juro is the AI-enabled contract automation platform enabling legal & business teams to create, execute and manage contracts up to 10x faster than traditional tools. Collaborative, flexible and data-rich, Juro works with some of the worlds leading companies like Deliveroo, Remote and Trustpilot to accelerate legal workflow, automate routine contract tasks and gain better visibility into contract data. Juro is backed with $32m in venture capital from Fidelity, USV and the founders of Indeed, Wise and Gumtree.
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May 2021
Slerp empowers hospitality brands to digitally sell D2C (direct to consumer). We work with scaling SMEs through to enterprise multi-site businesses, providing a full-stack e-commerce solution that is bespoke to the F&B sector. We bring together all order types - on-demand delivery, click and collect, order at table and nationwide pre-orders - and combine it with loyalty to create highly configurable web and app solutions for brands. Slerp is headquartered in Shoreditch, London.
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Sep 2020
Spendesk is the AI-powered spend management and procurement platform that transforms company spending. By simplifying procurement, payment cards, expense management, invoice processing, and accounting automation, Spendesk sets the new standard for spending at work. Its single, intelligent solution makes efficient spending easy for employees and gives finance leaders the full visibility and control they need across all company spend, even in multi-entity structures.  Trusted by thousands of companies, Spendesk is proud to have over 200,000 users across France, the UK, Germany and Spain. Spendesk also puts community at the heart of spend management. Spendesk-backed CFO Connect is the largest finance community in Europe with more than 12,000 members. Learn more: http://www.cfoconnect.eu/
Board Observer
Mar 2020
Decibel is more than a digital experience platform: it’s a group of passionate people seeking to rid the world of digital frustration. Working with leading companies like Lego, Adidas, and Sony, we’re building technology that plugs the critical knowledge gap in how companies measure the quality of online customer experiences. Decibel’s platform crunches billions of datapoints to automatically identify poor experiences on websites and apps, and provides digital teams with the insights they need to optimize them. Built on an open API, Decibel’s intelligence can be pushed into any tool in the marketing stack, enriching traditional analytics solutions, voice of customer software, as well as conversion tools like A/B testing and personalization platforms. The world’s leading companies harness Decibel for better conversions, more engagement, and increased customer loyalty across their digital offerings.
Investor
Jul 2018
We help marketers drive profitable growth by acquiring high-quality customers and maximising their lifetime value through referral marketing. Since 2013, weve delivered more than six million referrals totalling over USD $2bn in revenue for 500 brands, including Charlotte Tilbury, Farfetch, Nutmeg, Pret a Manger and Puma. This vision is supported by our fast-growing partner network, which includes Emarsys, Ometria, Klaviyo and Trustpilot. Backed by Octopus Ventures and Eight Roads, we’ve raised $32 million in funding since 2018. To learn more, visit mention-me.com or find us on the SAP store.
Investor
May 2018
Eight Roads Ventures is a global venture capital firm backed by Fidelity that helps entrepreneurs scale. We partner with game-changing technology and healthcare companies with a presence in Europe, India, China, Japan and the US. Our global platform has 50+ years of venture investing experience, $11 billion in AUM, over 600 portfolio companies and 60+ IPOs.
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Apr 2018
An innovative hospitality management cloud that empowers the modern hotelier to improve performance, maximize revenue, and provide remarkable guest experiences.
Investor
Dec 2017
Managing global payments complexity for SaaS and digital product companies. We’re the Merchant of Record that helps you get paid from anywhere and grow everywhere. Paddle manages global payments complexity for SaaS and digital product companies, so you don’t have to. Paddle operates as a Merchant of Record, managing global payments and currencies, fraud, customer billing support, and complying with every local sales tax rule on your behalf. That’s your operational needs handled. To truly scale everywhere, Paddle gives you insight into your revenue metrics, benchmarks your performance and gives you the tools and expert advice to accelerate your growth. Were proud to serve over 4000 software and digital product companies, backed by world-class investors including KKR, FTV Capital, Kindred, Notion, and 83North. Get paid from anywhere, grow everywhere with Paddle.
Investor
Oct 2017
Welcome to Realforce, formerly Adfenix, the leading Marketing Platform for Real Estate. Created to untangle the complexity of Real Estate, we recognize the unique challenges that its marketing teams face, unmatched by any other industry. Our mission is straightforward: to simplify and modernize the technology stack for Real Estate marketing teams. Through our automated solutions, were streamlining marketing programs, enhancing brand impact, and supporting agents success. Follow this page for platform updates, occasional insights, customer stories, and industry trends. Please note, some of our older content may refer to our brand as Adfenix, reflecting our previous name. For more details about Realforce, check out www.realforce.com.
Investor
Oct 2017
Driving Profitable Growth in Real Estate – The world's leading marketing automation platform for the property industry. Connecting real estate agents with transaction-ready sellers and buyers. Thousands of estate agents throughout the Nordics, UK, US, Australia and New Zealand are today using Adfenix. Find out more about us at: www.adfenix.com www.facebook.com/adfenixab And yes - we are hiring! www.adfenix.com/careers
Investor and Board Observer
Jul 2017
Description Avrios is an award-winning fleet management software. Founded in 2015 in Zurich by a team of serial entrepreneurs, Avrios currently manages the fleet of more than 1.000 customers in Europe and is one of the fastest growing companies in the SaaS space. Our SaaS platform helps companies provide tailored transportation to its employees and thus enables them to attract top talent while keeping their transportation expenditures under control. Fuelled by a passionate, driven and hard-working team, backed by leading venture capital investors and supported by a high calibre board of directors, Avrios is looking to continue this growth journey and help hundreds of thousands of people in Europe move seamlessly. For more information visit us at: http://www.avrios.com/
Investor and Board Observer
Mar 2017
ABC Glofox is on a mission to build a healthier world. We are a venture-backed product-led SaaS company that is in hyper-growth. Along with our ever-growing client base that spans over 60 countries, our team is dedicated to powering the fitness industry with digital solutions. We are one team consisting of honest, moral, and ethical individuals who are heard and valued. We hold ourselves accountable - delivering on expectations and celebrating each other for the great work we do. We strive to be innovative thinkers and doers - always innovating with our customers in mind, our backbone, ensuring they can succeed and receive top-class support. At ABC Glofox, we love entrepreneurs because we are entrepreneurs. We know how much determination it takes to start your own business and grow it into something that lasts. We roll our sleeves up, we act fast, and we learn together. Were looking for people that will do the same.
Investor & Board Observer
Jan 2017
KisanHub is a multi-award-winning software solution for the agri-food industry, from grower to integrated producer. Our experienced agricultural team understands the care and attention it takes to both grow and deliver food to consumer plates. The KisanHub platform improves how you manage and communicate complex data, to strengthen collaboration with your suppliers, monitor crops and deliver high-quality produce, year after year. Ultimately KisanHub simplifies how information moves through our food system.
Invester & Board Observer
Nov 2016
SmartUp.io brings knowledge, people and community together. With our unique co-learning solution, organisations can efficiently scale their learning content both internally and externally through this white label ready platform. Owned and operated by the ARIS ZINC GROUP. ARIS ZINC Consulting is part of ARIS ZINC GROUP and has taken SmartUP.io global. It is a people solutions services business that provides a range of solutions and managed services to help clients and partners manage their workforce effectively. Workforce planning: we analyse your organisation and/or the nominated business unit’s current workforce placement and determine the resources needed to meet future demands. Optimisation strategies: we design and implement strategies to improve your workforce performance and efficiency such as using upskill and cross skill indicators. Workforce learning and development: we upload your organisations training packages into SmartUP.io and link them with our gamified rewards program which is tailored to look and feel like it’s your system. Background: Founded in 2015 by Frank Meehan, Brent Hoberman, Henry Lane Fox, and the Founders Forum, SmartUp.io has changed the way companies and institutions share knowledge. We now host over 200,000 members across the platform with clients such as the Thai Banking Academy, Cycle & Carriage Industries, Maxis Telecommunications, and Aviva to name a few. SmartUP.io was purchased by the ARIS•ZINC GROUP is an Australian owned and operated service provider. "We bring together the complementary capabilities of specialised entity practices to supply resourcing, managed, consulting and advisory services to clients. We supply a framework within which our group service capabilities can be used individually or in combination aligned to the client specific requirement brief. I'm very excited for the future", says Manoj Achuthan Global Managing Director
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2022
Investor
Sep 2022
Odaseva delivers the strongest data security solution for enterprises running on Salesforce, safeguarding confidentiality and integrity of critical business information. The Odaseva Enterprise Data Security Platform ensures business continuity, regulatory compliance, and powerful protection against threats to Salesforce data. It is designed and built specifically to solve the complex challenges of large-scale global organizations. Odaseva’s integrated suite of security products features Zero Trust architecture and real-time processing that not only meets but anticipates the stringent demands of global compliance. We provide businesses with the tools to prove recovery readiness, streamline precise data restoration, and leverage tools that protect the integrity and availability of critical data. With Odaseva, enterprises can confidently navigate the evolving data security landscape, ensuring that operations remain uninterrupted and aligned with regulatory standards.
2021
Investor
Dec 2021
Juro is the AI-enabled contract automation platform enabling legal & business teams to create, execute and manage contracts up to 10x faster than traditional tools. Collaborative, flexible and data-rich, Juro works with some of the worlds leading companies like Deliveroo, Remote and Trustpilot to accelerate legal workflow, automate routine contract tasks and gain better visibility into contract data. Juro is backed with $32m in venture capital from Fidelity, USV and the founders of Indeed, Wise and Gumtree.
Investor
May 2021
Slerp empowers hospitality brands to digitally sell D2C (direct to consumer). We work with scaling SMEs through to enterprise multi-site businesses, providing a full-stack e-commerce solution that is bespoke to the F&B sector. We bring together all order types - on-demand delivery, click and collect, order at table and nationwide pre-orders - and combine it with loyalty to create highly configurable web and app solutions for brands. Slerp is headquartered in Shoreditch, London.
2020
Investor
Sep 2020
Spendesk is the AI-powered spend management and procurement platform that transforms company spending. By simplifying procurement, payment cards, expense management, invoice processing, and accounting automation, Spendesk sets the new standard for spending at work. Its single, intelligent solution makes efficient spending easy for employees and gives finance leaders the full visibility and control they need across all company spend, even in multi-entity structures.  Trusted by thousands of companies, Spendesk is proud to have over 200,000 users across France, the UK, Germany and Spain. Spendesk also puts community at the heart of spend management. Spendesk-backed CFO Connect is the largest finance community in Europe with more than 12,000 members. Learn more: http://www.cfoconnect.eu/
Board Observer
Mar 2020
Decibel is more than a digital experience platform: it’s a group of passionate people seeking to rid the world of digital frustration. Working with leading companies like Lego, Adidas, and Sony, we’re building technology that plugs the critical knowledge gap in how companies measure the quality of online customer experiences. Decibel’s platform crunches billions of datapoints to automatically identify poor experiences on websites and apps, and provides digital teams with the insights they need to optimize them. Built on an open API, Decibel’s intelligence can be pushed into any tool in the marketing stack, enriching traditional analytics solutions, voice of customer software, as well as conversion tools like A/B testing and personalization platforms. The world’s leading companies harness Decibel for better conversions, more engagement, and increased customer loyalty across their digital offerings.
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