Paul Walsh

My purpose is to make the internet safer through a radically new, human-centric approach to security. Most leading tech & security companies license my patents for mobile app security. Patents pending for SMS security.

📍 Ireland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 22 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2009
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Co-Founder & Board Member
2009
Shanti Life is a platform for enabling financial inclusion, womens empowerment and access to low interest loans for creation of small businesses and sanitation. All funds are recycled in a pay it forward model. Shanti Life India Foundation is a nonprofit organization management company based out of E/1 , Shakti Shopping Centre Isanpur, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Investor & Partner
Apr 2004
The Jaipur Group consists of four restaurants, individual from each other in their own style, chefs and location – Jaipur Malahide and Dalkey, Chakra by Jaipur, Greystones and Ananda, Dundrum. Each award-winning restaurant offers exquisite Indian cuisines, which enthuse the senses with subtle flavours and creative flair, allowing for an innovative dining experience.
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2022
Co-founder & CEO
May 2022
The Metaverse is quickly spreading as a realistic vision/experience for life in persistent, 3D spatial worlds that are interconnected in an online universe. With a unique and rare set of skills, our mission is to build the most realistic country inside the Metaverse, where people can combine their digital and physical lives, and strengthen relationships with others in some of the most beautiful environments imaginable. “My head is on fire with what Wubud has built” - Robert Scoble “Wow. Oh wow. This is amazing” - Brendan Eich, JavaScript inventor & Founder of Brave Software
2011
Founder & CEO
Mar 2011
We see a world in which every person and entity is safe whenever they use the Internet – for work and for pleasure. With the world’s first data set of verified Internet addresses at scale, our mission is to become the new security protocol for the Internet. Hackers don’t break in, they login. 90% of all cyberattacks worldwide involve a social engineering technique called “Phishing” - because it’s faster, cheaper, and easier to exploit a person with “click here”, than it is to find and exploit computer-based vulnerabilities. Even though cybersecurity expenditure and investments are at an all-time high, EVERY year since 2016 has been recorded as the worst year on record for phishing. We believe no person or entity is safe because the entire cybersecurity industry is obsessed with making improvements to security solutions that are flawed by design. We believe it’s time for the world to try a new approach. The Internet is so vast today that it’s impossible to know what’s safe and what’s not. It’s time to trust no URL, always verified. Since making the transition from the traditional “threat” security model in December 2017 to Zero Trust, no person or entity has ever fallen for a deceptive link, URL, website, login page, download, or service when protected by MetaCert’s browser extension, or by a security vendor who has integrated our Zero Trust authentication API service. We are the authority in URL Classification – in 2009, we pioneered the entire concept of classifying and labeling dangerous user accounts, downloads, and folders on safe domain names like github.com dropbox.com and facebook.com. MetaCert founder and CEO Paul Walsh co-instigated the creation of the global standard for URL Classification & Content Labeling at the W3C in 2009 – the global standards body for the World Wide Web, formally replacing PICS as a “Full Recommendation” – the same status as Recommendations that most people are familiar with, such as HTML.
2009
Advisor To The Board
2009
Angels Den Funding is one of the UK and Europe’s leading angel-led investment platforms, connecting ambitious companies with the capital, expertise and networks they need to grow. With a community of over 25,000 investors, including HNWs, UHNWs, family offices and institutional investors, Angels Den supports startups and growth companies through a range of funding structures, including equity, debt and revenue-sharing models. Alongside its investor network, Angels Den works with experienced industry partners to help companies access not only capital, but also the strategic support required to scale.
Co-Founder & Board Member
2009
Shanti Life is a platform for enabling financial inclusion, womens empowerment and access to low interest loans for creation of small businesses and sanitation. All funds are recycled in a pay it forward model. Shanti Life India Foundation is a nonprofit organization management company based out of E/1 , Shakti Shopping Centre Isanpur, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
2005
Board Member
2005
BIMA is the voice of tech and creativity. We connect, develop and champion the industry. Join BIMA and you can expect to: 1. Extend your network 2. Raise your profile 3. Attract and develop talent 4. Grow your business 5. Gain a voice on issues affecting the industry We’re independent: BIMA is a membership association run by the industry, for the industry. Our independent and not-for-profit status means everything we do is for the good of our members and the industry, and it gives Government and the media confidence in our integrity. We have longevity: We were founded in 1985 and are proud that we were the first digital industry body anywhere in the world. Our strength is our diversity: We believe in the power of community. Most of our members are agencies with a strong digital focus. However anyone in the industry can join BIMA and we have consultants, suppliers, academic institutions and others within our membership. We are also extending our offering to provide greater benefit to digital teams at brands and to tech startups. We drive innovation through knowledge sharing, showcasing best practice and developing talent. And we give our members the chance to have their voices heard and to make a difference. Members of BIMA value innovation, the sharing of knowledge and best practice, and supporting the next generation of industry professionals. They are leaders in their field and committed to making outstanding experiences by harnessing the combination of technology and creativity.
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