Dr. Helen McBreen

Partner at Atlantic Bridge · Joined 2015

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Biography

Dr. Helen McBreen is a Partner at Atlantic Bridge. Her Atlantic Bridge bio states that she joined the firm in 2015 on its University Bridge Fund and that she leads investing in early stage deeptech companies. The bio states that over 15 years she "has successfully sourced and financed over 40 deep tech ventures including notable Irish companies: Neurent Medical, Equal1, Siren, Output Sports, Proverum Medical, Plasmabound and Manna", and those seven companies are recorded below as person-attributed investments. It also states that she "is on the board of many venture backed companies" without naming any, and that she chairs the Governance Committee of IPIC, a Science Foundation Ireland Centre for photonics; because no company is named and no portfolio-company filing or board page was found, boardSeats is left empty. She is quoted as "Dr Helen McBreen, Partner at Atlantic Bridge" in the 12 May 2021 European Investment Fund announcement of University Bridge Fund II. She holds a 1st Class Hons. Electronic Engineering degree from UCD and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, and is a Kauffman Fellow.

Education

Notable Investments

Neurent MedicalEqual1SirenOutput SportsProverum MedicalPlasmaboundManna

Career Timeline

2015
Joins Atlantic Bridge on the University Bridge Fund, per her Atlantic Bridge bio.
2021
Quoted as "Dr Helen McBreen, Partner at Atlantic Bridge" in the 12 May 2021 announcement of the EUR 80m University Bridge Fund II.

Sources & References

Atlantic Bridge - Our Team (roster and bios, checked 8 September 2026) ↗European Investment Fund - Atlantic Bridge launches University Bridge Fund II (12 May 2021) ↗Atlantic Bridge - University Bridge Fund ↗