Mary Mckenna

Entrepreneur, innovator, operator, thought leader, advisor, investor | Serial tech entrepreneur & Royal Society appointed EIR | Angel & NED | MC, blogger and speaker | Planting a thousand flowers

📍 Ireland, Ireland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2025𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Ireland
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Board Member
Apr 2025
CoInvest Capital invests in start-ups and companies undergoing business development and growth in co-operation with groups of business angels or private venture capital funds. Fund caps its investment return to 6% annually during the investment period. Excess return is a premium to private investors who co-invest with the Fund. The Fund is acting as a silent investor.
Board Member
Jan 2016
CAST is working to create a more responsive, resilient and digitally-enabled social sector. We support established nonprofits to embed digital, research and design-led approaches across their services, strategy and governance, and work with sector leaders, funders and government to make this happen. CAST is the incubator and a member of TheCatalyst.org.uk, the UK collaborative to bring a social purpose to the digital revolution. Catalyst is a coalition of major foundations, digital design agencies, civil society bodies and the UK government seeking to massively accelerate the use of digital in the UK’s voluntary and charity sector.
Board Member
Jan 2015
Connecting Irish Business Professionals and Entrepreneurs, globally IIBN brings together Irish business executives with the objective to facilitate greater communication and connectivity, to identify and exploit mutual opportunities Headquartered in London, IIBN also has chapters in the US (New York), Ireland (Dublin) and Canada (Toronto)
Experience · 11 entries
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Investments (7)
Founder (3)
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2025
Board Member
Apr 2025
CoInvest Capital invests in start-ups and companies undergoing business development and growth in co-operation with groups of business angels or private venture capital funds. Fund caps its investment return to 6% annually during the investment period. Excess return is a premium to private investors who co-invest with the Fund. The Fund is acting as a silent investor.
2023
Co-Founder
Sep 2023
Join the movement to drive equity for women-led businesses. AwakenAngels are on a mission to democratise investment for Irish connected women across the globe. We are making investment accessible, affordable and educational opening it up to those with a desire to invest and support women founded businesses. We are only investing in women founded businesses on the island of Ireland, for starters. Angel investors however can be based almost anywhere. We have even brought on board some wonderful partners in InterTradeIreland and British Business Bank to help us help you get involved if you are a woman living on the island of Ireland and have never invested before. The BEST bit is that YOU get to be part of a wonderful community of seasoned and totally new investors. You will find everything you need to get cracking on our website. We can’t wait to meet you… and please do us a favour and tell EVERYONE you meet about AwakenAngels. #GotWings #AwakenAngels #AwakenAngelsHQ
Europe's Female Angel Investor of the Year 2023
Jul 2023
Business Angels Deutschland e.V. (BAND) is the national federation of Business Angels and their networks in Germany. BAND is engaged to further strengthen the Business Angels Ecosystem in Germany. BAND organizes the exchange of experiences and supports co-operations. As umbrella organization of the German informal venture capital market, BAND is the speaker of the German Business Angels and Business Angels networks towards politicians and the public.
UKBAA Angel Investor of the Year 2023/24
Jul 2023
The UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) is the national trade association representing angel and early-stage investment. UKBAA acts as the voice of the angel investment community and strives to build and connect the early-stage investment ecosystem, in support of the UKs high-potential entrepreneurs. UKBAA supports a large and dynamic community, with more than 170 member organisations. Our members include angel syndicates, individual investors, early-stage VCs, equity crowdfunding platforms, accelerators and professional advisers.
2020
Board Member
Nov 2020
Irish state agency promoting social and economic development in the west and northwest covering counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo, Galway and Clare. Celebrating 25 years in 2024.
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