Martin is a Venture Partner at Elkstone, where he manages founder and investor relations.
He has 23 years’ experience supporting and advising founders on their journey from start-up, to scaling, success and sustainability. Before joining Elkstone, Martin spent 11 years at Barclays as a Director in their Private Bank, where he developed and lead their European high growth company and founder proposition.
Prior to that, Martin worked at NCB Group for 12 years. He invested into their 2003 MBO and was a Director in their Wealth Management division, co-founding and chairing their Investment Committee. Martin has been a mentor at Techstars since 2015, scouting six Irish start-ups onto the Barclays/Techstars FinTech Accelerator.
He is also an angel investor in a range of Irish and international start-ups and is an Advisory Board member at Outrun Ventures and Estonian InsurTech start-up, Cachet.
