Elaine Coughlan

Managing Partner at Atlantic Bridge

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Biography

Elaine Coughlan is a Founder and Managing Partner of Atlantic Bridge. Her Atlantic Bridge bio states she has 30 years of experience as a founder, executive and investor scaling technology companies "including Movidius (Acquired by Intel), and Decawave (Acquired by Qorvo)", that "She successfully led three Nasdaq IPO's creating EUR 5bn in shareholder value for Parthus, Iona and Smartforce", and that "She was a co-founder of Glonav a GPS semiconductor company (Acquired by NXP)". The bio states she was appointed by the Irish Government to the Board of Enterprise Ireland from 2014 to 2022, appointed by the UK Government from 2022 to current to British Patient Capital's Future Fund Breakthrough, that she is a board member of Irish Life Health and a former board member of CPL plc. She holds an MSc in Corporate Governance, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a qualified Chartered Director. She is named as one of three individual reporting persons on the Schedule 13G that Atlantic Bridge Ventures GP Ltd filed for Envivio, Inc. in 2013. Her current board positions are stated only in her firm bio and could not be confirmed against a company filing or a company board page, so boardSeats is left empty.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

MovidiusDecawaveEnvivio, Inc.

Career Timeline

2013
Named as a reporting person on the Schedule 13G filed by Atlantic Bridge Ventures GP Ltd for Envivio, Inc., with a business address at c/o Atlantic Bridge Ventures, 31 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
2014
Appointed by the Irish Government to the Board of Enterprise Ireland, a term her Atlantic Bridge bio gives as 2014 to 2022.
2022
Appointed by the UK Government to British Patient Capital's Future Fund Breakthrough, per her Atlantic Bridge bio.

Sources & References

Atlantic Bridge - Our Team (roster and bios, checked 8 September 2026) ↗SEC Schedule 13G, Envivio Inc, filed by Atlantic Bridge Ventures GP Ltd, 31 May 2013 ↗