Will Prendergast

Partner at Frontline Ventures

📍 Ireland, Ireland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 15 investments📅 20 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Ireland
15
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6
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5
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2
Late stage
20y
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Portfolio

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Board Member
2023
Cloudsmith is a fully managed solution for controlling, securing, and distributing everything that flows through your software supply chain, using the best of cloud-native artifact management. Operate at enterprise scale, reduce risk, and streamline builds. Cloudsmith just works, so your developers can, too.
Board Member
2022
FINBOURNE has created an interconnected network of functionality and data that enables the investment community to better serve clients in a constantly evolving market.
Investor
Mar 2021
Elucidate is a financial crime risk management company enabling financial institutions to benchmark and price financial crime risk through the Elucidate FinCrime Index (EFI), an automated platform developed in partnership with leading global correspondent banks. Elucidate is an approved benchmark administrator, authorised by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and registered with the European Security and Markets Authority (ESMA).
Board Member
Apr 2019
Sweepr is an AI-powered Digital Care Platform for Service Providers and Smart Home Providers, enabling superior digital customer care using personalized insights, leading to category-defining levels of Digital Containment. The Sweepr Platform integrates with other data sources in the ecosystem, whilst also observing key customer context and behaviours during care interactions, to dynamically orchestrate and apply decisioning logic to customer interactions via its Real-Time Interaction Manager (RTIM).
Board Member
Mar 2018
Payslip delivers a scale-up advantage for today’s global business leaders, harmonizing global payroll operations to fuel growth efficiency. By standardizing and automating the complexities of global payroll, Payslip’s Global Payroll Control Platform empowers outperformers to achieve execution excellence, see a bigger picture and scale at any dimension. Only Payslip’s Global Payroll Control Platform standardizes and automates workflow across HR, Finance and Global Payroll creating a highly efficient “zero touch” payroll execution process. Seamless integration and validation of employee and finance data across HCM and ERP systems eliminates the error-prone, manual back and forth transfer of payroll data. Payslip’s unified, global-first data approach unlocks and standardizes global payroll data for complete visibility into all payroll elements including salary expenses and taxes by region, by country, by employee. With Payslip businesses are finally able to harness payroll data for actionable insights and fully informed, real-time decision making. Foundational for global growth, Payslip enables businesses to instantly expand to new regions and countries while still having complete choice of in-country payroll providers and full control of SLA terms. With Payslip, businesses can continuously scale-up, always ready to capture new opportunities in any part of the world.
Investor
Nov 2017
Brightflag is modern e-billing and matter management software for legal teams and their finance partners to operate like a business, backed by the best customer service you've ever experienced. Clorox, Shopify, Volvo, and other leading companies use Brightflag to create and protect business value by effectively controlling their budget. It's the only platform that has AI at its core powering e-billing, financial reconciliation, FP&A, and vendor benchmarking.
Investor
Apr 2017
Astronomer empowers data teams to bring mission-critical analytics, AI, and software to life and is the company behind Astro, the industry-leading DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow®. Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and powers data-driven applications. Trusted by more than 700 of the world’s leading enterprises, Astronomer lets businesses do more with their data. To learn more, visit www.astronomer.io Apache® and Apache Airflow® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation in the United States and/or other countries. No endorsement by the Apache Software Foundation is implied by the use of these marks. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Board Member
2017
Pointy attracts local shoppers to your store by showing them what you sell
Board Member
2014
Boxever was acquired by Sitecore, the digital experience platform leader, in March 2021. Boxever’s customer data platform helped marketing teams build smarter digital products and experiences, leveraging data and decisioning to enable experimentation and personalisation in real-time. It is now an integral part of Sitecore’s overall product solution. To stay updated on news, events, and all things Sitecore, please follow @Sitecore.
Investor
Jun 2013
Zai brand focuses on mid-market and enterprise-level business customers in the world of integrated financial services, including payments, FX, fraud management, reconciliation and more. Zai’s payment API is at the core of our suite of embedded finance products and services, helping businesses simplify complex payment workflows and move funds. Founded in 2010, Zai’s consumer brand, CurrencyFair, is a global cross-border payments fintech serving individuals and small businesses who want faster, cheaper foreign exchange. It was founded in 2010 and has a global regulatory footprint across the USA, Europe, the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. CurrencyFair serves individuals and businesses with international payments and currency exchange through its proprietary global platform
Investor
Jun 2013
CurrencyFair solves the pain experienced by anyone that needs to send money abroad. Expats, overseas home-owners, and SMEs typically pay large spreads (up to and even exceeding 5%) and high international transfer fees of around €25 on every payment. CurrencyFair helps its customer access the real exchange rate, while charging a small transparent margin on each transaction. While this charge varies depending on which currencies are being exchanged, the average margin is around 0.45% of the overall trade. In addition there is a small fee of €3 when transferring money out of your account. Crucially, our pricing is consistent. This means that you’ll get the same great offer whether it’s your first or fifty-first transaction. Our average margin is just 0.45%, so you can be sure you’re getting a competitive rate. In our market, by choosing quick trade, you are guaranteed the best rate available right now. If you require a better rate, simply post your funds onto the market place with your required rate, looking for a match. CurrencyFair itself, as a regulated entity, provides security, and where required, liquidity, to ensure that the service operates safely and efficiently.
Board Member
Dec 2011
Vearsa is an Enterprise Software Company that provides data services to various online verticals. Originally an eBook Distribution Company, Vearsa has evolved to help companies sell more of any product online by leveraging smart data. We help companies to solve complex technical challenges to enable them to get the data they need.
Board Member
Dec 2010
Brite:Bill works with major telecommunications companies and utilities to provide multi-channel customer engagement around billing. Brite:Bill transforms the way service providers present and manage billing communications. With the Brite:Bill platform, service providers can improve customer interactions by pre-empting questions, tackling issues and highlighting appropriate and new services through personalized, targeted messages and persuasive content. Improved billing means less costly bill-related helpline calls, less customer churn and boosts long-term loyalty. Brite:Bill was named a "Cool Vendor"​ by Gartner Inc. for 2014 and won ISA “Emerging Company of the Year”. Founded in 2010, Brite:Bill is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and has offices in Toronto, London and Madrid.
Board Member
Jul 2006
At AMCS we are focused on Performance Sustainability– enabling resource-intensive industries to boost sustainability and profitability. Built on two decades of experience, our purpose-built software solutions are designed by people who understand your business. Providing practical technology solutions for municipalities, EHS, ESG, and the resources, waste, recycling, transportation, manufacturing, and utilities industries. Headquartered in Ireland, and with offices in Europe, the USA, and Australasia, AMCS is a global market leader with over 1,300+ mission-driven team members. The combined expertise of our team allows AMCS to deliver innovative solutions and extensive insight, helping customers to drive growth and achieve lasting success. As a trusted global partner, we work with 5000+ customers in more than 80 countries delivering digital solutions that create meaningful and measurable impact by increasing customer satisfaction, enhancing sustainability, and boosting margins. Were ready to innovate with you - deploying our experts, processes, and technology to drive your business forward and prepare you for success in a more sustainable, net zero carbon future.
Experience · 18 entries
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Investments (15)
Board (10)
2023
Board Member
2023
Cloudsmith is a fully managed solution for controlling, securing, and distributing everything that flows through your software supply chain, using the best of cloud-native artifact management. Operate at enterprise scale, reduce risk, and streamline builds. Cloudsmith just works, so your developers can, too.
2022
Board Member
2022
FINBOURNE has created an interconnected network of functionality and data that enables the investment community to better serve clients in a constantly evolving market.
2021
Investor
Mar 2021
Elucidate is a financial crime risk management company enabling financial institutions to benchmark and price financial crime risk through the Elucidate FinCrime Index (EFI), an automated platform developed in partnership with leading global correspondent banks. Elucidate is an approved benchmark administrator, authorised by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and registered with the European Security and Markets Authority (ESMA).
2019
Board Member
Apr 2019
Sweepr is an AI-powered Digital Care Platform for Service Providers and Smart Home Providers, enabling superior digital customer care using personalized insights, leading to category-defining levels of Digital Containment. The Sweepr Platform integrates with other data sources in the ecosystem, whilst also observing key customer context and behaviours during care interactions, to dynamically orchestrate and apply decisioning logic to customer interactions via its Real-Time Interaction Manager (RTIM).
2018
Board Member
Mar 2018
Payslip delivers a scale-up advantage for today’s global business leaders, harmonizing global payroll operations to fuel growth efficiency. By standardizing and automating the complexities of global payroll, Payslip’s Global Payroll Control Platform empowers outperformers to achieve execution excellence, see a bigger picture and scale at any dimension. Only Payslip’s Global Payroll Control Platform standardizes and automates workflow across HR, Finance and Global Payroll creating a highly efficient “zero touch” payroll execution process. Seamless integration and validation of employee and finance data across HCM and ERP systems eliminates the error-prone, manual back and forth transfer of payroll data. Payslip’s unified, global-first data approach unlocks and standardizes global payroll data for complete visibility into all payroll elements including salary expenses and taxes by region, by country, by employee. With Payslip businesses are finally able to harness payroll data for actionable insights and fully informed, real-time decision making. Foundational for global growth, Payslip enables businesses to instantly expand to new regions and countries while still having complete choice of in-country payroll providers and full control of SLA terms. With Payslip, businesses can continuously scale-up, always ready to capture new opportunities in any part of the world.
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