Organization · Syndicate
Broadstone
Broadstone, operating as Baseline, is a pre-seed syndicate based in Dublin, Ireland, focused on investing in early-stage technology companies. It aims to support founders through community building and workspace collaboration.
Overview
What Broadstone does
What Broadstone is
Broadstone, operating as Baseline, is a pre-seed syndicate based in Dublin, Ireland, focused on investing in early-stage technology companies. It aims to support founders through community building and workspace collaboration.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports funder and community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Syndicate
- Structured capabilities
- Funder · Community
- Last reviewed
- March 7, 2026
What Syndicate means
A syndicate is a coordinated group investment into a deal, typically led by one investor and funded by multiple backers.
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Capability profile
Broadstone as a funder
Investment thesis
Broadstone operates Ireland's only dedicated pre-seed venture fund, investing in AI-native SaaS solutions. The fund emphasizes intelligent automation and aims to build a supportive community for founders.
Focus narrative
Broadstone operates Ireland's only dedicated and privately backed pre-seed venture fund, investing €100,000 as initial checks into pre-seed companies. The fund specifically targets companies developing AI-native SaaS solutions, focusing on intelligent automation and infrastructure for execution-heavy or regulation-heavy environments. Broadstone believes that founders are more likely to succeed when they raise their first round of capital from investors outside of Ireland.
Terms and economics
- Typical check
- $100,000
Focus and fit
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Regions
- Europe · Ie
Availability
- Currently deploying
- Yes
Portfolio and track record
Portfolio context
Broadstone's portfolio includes a range of early-stage companies, particularly those led by technical founders in the AI and SaaS sectors. Specific names and descriptions of portfolio companies were not provided.
Capability profile
Broadstone as a community
Community overview
Broadstone, operating under the brand Baseline, is an independent community and workspace for early-stage founders in Ireland. Founded by Fiona Kelly and Eamon Leonard, both of whom have backgrounds as founders and angel investors, the organization focuses on supporting founders building breakout and breakthrough technology companies. Baseline is located in Dublin's Liberties and provides a flexible workspace designed for collaboration and productivity.
Community focus
Broadstone operates Ireland's only dedicated and privately backed pre-seed venture fund, investing €100,000 as initial checks into pre-seed companies. The fund specifically targets companies developing AI-native SaaS solutions, with an emphasis on intelligent automation and infrastructure for execution-heavy or regulation-heavy environments. The organization prioritizes building a community of founders and believes that founders are more likely to succeed when they raise their first round of capital from investors based outside of Ireland.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders
- Benefits
- network-access
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Regions
- Europe · Ie
Community activity
Notable members
Fiona Kelly - Co-founder, Eamon Leonard - Co-founder
Common questions
What to know about Broadstone
Upseed classifies Broadstone under the Syndicate organization type. Its current public profile includes funder and community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 7, 2026
Known limits
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