DC Cahalane

Venture Partner @ SVV | AI Investor across UK & Ireland | I help governments and corporates build startup ecosystems that actually work | Author · Speaker · Board Member| 4x Founder

📍 Ireland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 2 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2025
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Investor | Board Member
Dec 2025
Overpath is an AI-powered sales execution platform for B2B teams. It analyzes real sales behaviour, identifies execution gaps, and reinforces the right actions at the right time to drive consistent, predictable revenue.
Investor | Board Member
Oct 2025
elelem is the world’s most advanced Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) platform, purpose-built to help brands dominate AI-driven search. By harnessing real-world GenAI query data, our proprietary virtual API, RAG system, and LLM replication technology enable businesses to: - Track how their brand appears across ChatGPT and other GenAI platforms - Benchmark performance vs competitors in real time - Optimize content with data-driven insights, improving citation and traffic - Control AI access to content while attributing queries end-to-end Used by leading startups, SMBs, and enterprises, elelem empowers organizations to stay discoverable, trusted, and visible in the age of generative AI.
Investor | Board Member
Sep 2025
Kerno autonomously writes, runs and maintains integration tests in your IDE covering every corner of your backend codebase so you can ship fast without breaking anything.
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Jan 2025
At Jentic, we’re on a mission to build the core integration layer for AI, enabling developers to connect their AI systems to the world’s APIs easily and securely. We’re creating a critical missing piece of the future AI tech stack — middleware designed from the ground up for the AI era. We’re not just building an AI-facing product, but an AI-native company. We’re building a small highly-productive team, in which everyone is amplified with AI, and where everyone shares personal and financial ownership in our mission. Joining Jentic means shaping the future of software in a team that is built for the future. Check out our Careers page on our website to learn more about how to join us on our Jentic journey.
Investor | Board Member
Jan 2025
At Momntum, we help businesses unlock the true value of their customer relationships using AI. Our platform goes beyond traditional automation by enabling brands to understand how their customers feel, what they need, and when they’re ready to act, across every channel. We combine behavioural insights, emotion detection, and smart engagement tools to create meaningful customer interactions that drive loyalty and revenue. From AI-powered voice agents to seamless omnichannel messaging, Momntum empowers organisations to deliver personalisation at scale, without losing the human touch. Let’s build better relationships.
Investor & Board Member
Oct 2024
Captur is a quality control automation platform that helps supply chains reduce the risk of churn as they scale. By using visual AI to verify compliance in real-time, Captur ensures every operation meets the highest standards. Founded by Charlotte Bax in 2021, Captur has been deployed in companies across the micro-mobility, delivery and vehicle inspection space within the US, European and APAC markets.
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Dec 2025
Overpath is an AI-powered sales execution platform for B2B teams. It analyzes real sales behaviour, identifies execution gaps, and reinforces the right actions at the right time to drive consistent, predictable revenue.
Investor | Board Member
Oct 2025
elelem is the world’s most advanced Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) platform, purpose-built to help brands dominate AI-driven search. By harnessing real-world GenAI query data, our proprietary virtual API, RAG system, and LLM replication technology enable businesses to: - Track how their brand appears across ChatGPT and other GenAI platforms - Benchmark performance vs competitors in real time - Optimize content with data-driven insights, improving citation and traffic - Control AI access to content while attributing queries end-to-end Used by leading startups, SMBs, and enterprises, elelem empowers organizations to stay discoverable, trusted, and visible in the age of generative AI.
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Sep 2025
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Sep 2025
Kerno autonomously writes, runs and maintains integration tests in your IDE covering every corner of your backend codebase so you can ship fast without breaking anything.
Investor
Jan 2025
At Jentic, we’re on a mission to build the core integration layer for AI, enabling developers to connect their AI systems to the world’s APIs easily and securely. We’re creating a critical missing piece of the future AI tech stack — middleware designed from the ground up for the AI era. We’re not just building an AI-facing product, but an AI-native company. We’re building a small highly-productive team, in which everyone is amplified with AI, and where everyone shares personal and financial ownership in our mission. Joining Jentic means shaping the future of software in a team that is built for the future. Check out our Careers page on our website to learn more about how to join us on our Jentic journey.
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