SmartInvest Ventures

SmartInvest Ventures is a private-capital venture firm founded in 2015 and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, with operational reach across the United States, Ireland, and Israel. Led by Founder and Managing General Partner Gerry Moan, the firm runs an integrated three-programme platform designed to take companies from idea to exit: SmartBase, an experiential mentoring and education programme; SmartStart, an angel funding and pre-seed syndication vehicle; and SmartInvest, the institutional venture capital fund. The firm raised its debut fund against a $20 million target and closed more than $11.5 million per its SEC filing. The current partnership includes General Partners Martin Hunt -- who brings 25-plus years in private equity, insurance, strategy consulting, and investment banking with over $20 billion of M&A transactional experience -- alongside Charles Kerrigan and Fred Hosaisy. Board Chair Dr. Allen Sangines-Krause and advisor John Bruton, the former Taoiseach of Ireland, reflect the firm's deliberate transatlantic Irish-American deal-flow strategy. The General Partners' group collectively carries more than $2 billion of prior asset-management experience. Disclosed portfolio names include energyGuard and iTradein. SmartInvest deploys into early-stage software, agritech, edtech, wellness, IoT, and marketplace companies, and provides portfolio companies with hands-on operating support across finance, HR, legal, marketing, budgeting, and reporting. The US-Ireland-Israel corridor is a structural differentiator, giving SmartInvest access to deal flow across three active innovation ecosystems that are underserved by the same lead investor.