Brian knows a thing or two about tech start-ups. He co-founded Exceptis Technologies—his first start-up—in 1992 where he was CEO and CTO. After selling Exceptis to Trintech Group in 2000, he co-founded two more venture capital backed software start-ups before becoming a VC himself with Trinity Venture Capital, in Dublin, Ireland. Brian joined the PutPlace board in 2006. He also sat on the board of SteelTrace Ltd., which was purchased for $20 million by US-based CompuWare earlier this year. Brian was the 2007 recipient of the Irish Software Association “Technology Person on the Year”.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| Cicero Networks | 10/08 | Angel | €1.4M | 3 |
| PutPlace | 4/08 | Angel | €1M | 4 |
| Sentry Wireless | 12/07 | Seed | €1M | 3 |
| Clavis Technology | 12/07 | Seed | 2 |
