Colm Lyon Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Investments
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7
- Portfolio
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5
- Exits
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1

Colm Lyon General Information
Description
Mr. Colm Lyon is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Fire Financial Services. He is the Founder of Payvation. He serves as Board Member at VT Electron. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer & is a Founder at Realex Payments. He has worked in financial services related businesses for over twenty five years, starting with fourteen years in the banking sector. He is a regular speaker at payments and internet industry events across Europe and frequently commentates for press as a payments expert and visionary about the future of money. He is passionate about "changing payments for the better". He has participated in and established several business associations. Most notably he was chairman of the Irish Internet Association, founder of the Internet Growth Alliance and more recently (2014) he founded the Payments Ireland networking group. He has served as a member of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce Council in 2014. He is a graduate of University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Management Science Degree. Over the past few years he has spent further time in Harvard and Stanford Business School with the Leadership 4 Growth programme.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- The Observatory, 7
- 11 Sir John Rogerson's Quay
- Dublin D02 VC42
- Ireland
Colm Lyon Investments (7)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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SQUID Loyalty | 23-Feb-2024 | Later Stage VC | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | ||
Unbanx | 27-Aug-2021 | Media and Information Services (B2B) | Generating Revenue | |||
ChangeX (Other Services (B2C Non-Financial)) | 06-May-2016 | Other Services (B2C Non-Financial) | Startup | |||
Pundit Arena | 01-Feb-2016 | Publishing | Generating Revenue | |||
VT Electron | 25-Jan-2016 | Telecommunications Service Providers | Generating Revenue | |||
Pundit Arena | 01-Dec-2015 | Early Stage VC | Publishing | Generating Revenue | ||
DbTwang | 04-Sep-2009 | Seed Round | Social/Platform Software | Out of Business |
Colm Lyon Exits (1)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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DbTwang | 01-Jan-2013 |
Colm Lyon Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Colm Lyon Co-Investors (8)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Enterprise Ireland | 1 |
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Colm Lyon FAQs
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Who is Colm Lyon?
Colm Lyon is an angel Investor who has made 7 investments.
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What kind of investor is Colm Lyon?
Colm Lyon is an angel investor.
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What does Colm Lyon do?
As an angel investor, Colm Lyon invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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How many board seats does Colm Lyon hold?
Colm Lyon holds a board seat in VT Electron.
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What has Colm Lyon invested in?
Colm Lyon has made numerous investments in companies like SQUID Loyalty, Unbanx, and ChangeX (Other Services (B2C Non-Financial)) within the Business/Productivity Software, Media and Information Services (B2B), and Services (B2C Non-Financial) industries.
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What has Colm Lyon invested in recently?
Colm Lyon's latest investment was on 23-Feb-2024 in SQUID Loyalty, a company within the Business/Productivity Software industry.
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