Elaine Coughlan

Elaine Coughlan is an Irish venture capitalist. She is a co-founder and general partner of Atlantic Bridge Capital, which helps companies in the technology sector enter global markets and attract international investors. receiving her diploma as a chartered accountant in 1991 from the National College of Ireland. In 2012 she earned diplomas in corporate governance from the Institute of Directors and in company direction from the Irish Management Institute of Dublin.

Career She began her career in 1986 as a senior audit manager at Ernst & Young, a position she held for eight years.

She next served as audit director for IONA Technologies,

In 2004 she and three partners founded Atlantic Bridge Capital. In 2006 she co-founded and served as director of GloNav, a United States-based technology firm with R&D facilities in Ireland; GloNav was purchased by NXP Semiconductor in 2007. Coughlan co-founded Summit Bridge Capital in January 2014.

Other activities Coughlan was appointed by the Government of Ireland to the board of Enterprise Ireland in 2014. Sophia Search Limited, and DCU Ryan Academy Female Propellor program.

She frequently speaks at conferences about the venture capital market in Ireland and abroad.

Honors In 2014 she was ranked #40 of "The 50 Most Influential and Powerful Women in Business" by the Sunday Independent, which described her as "one of the best connected and savviest people in high-calibre technology investment in Ireland". The same year, she was named one of "The Top 38 Women in Technology" by IrishCentral, one of "The 50 Most Inspiring Women in European Tech" by the Inspiring Fifty: Europe, and one of "The Top 100 Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths" by Silicon Republic's Women Invent Tomorrow campaign.

Personal Coughlan and her husband reside in the Wicklow Mountains.