IrelandPlatform
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1 Startup funnel
Ireland's startup funnel
Companies headquartered in Ireland at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover or tap a bar for the split.
Source: Dealroom.co
2 Latest quarter
Ireland's latest quarter in venture capital
Venture capital raised by Ireland-headquartered companies each quarter since 2020, split by round size, with detail on the latest complete quarter.
Latest complete quarter
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3 Enterprise value
How much Ireland’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Ireland, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Ireland
VC investment into Ireland-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Ireland
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Ireland, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Ireland - 2024–2026
6 Startup hubs
Inside Ireland: 2 startup hubs, 34 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
7 Founder origins
Where Ireland's unicorn founders build
39 founders born in Ireland are behind 22 unicorns; 50% of those were built in the US. Origins are resolved from biography and education history, not current address. Compare with the other origin countries in Europe, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
8 Location comparison
How Ireland stacks up
Compare Ireland with similarly sized ecosystems in Europe — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top ecosystems in Europe ranked by combined EV. Ireland's row is highlighted (#9).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | $1.2T | 4.7× | 230 | $27.3B | 21K |
| 2 | Germany | $409B | 4.2× | 99 | $8.3B | 9,034 |
| 3 | France | $404B | 5.4× | 69 | $8.3B | 9,103 |
| 4 | Netherlands | $376B | 3.3× | 48 | $3.4B | 3,957 |
| 5 | Sweden | $264B | 5.4× | 56 | $3.5B | 3,393 |
| 6 | Switzerland | $220B | 3.7× | 50 | $4.2B | 3,135 |
| 7 | Denmark | $141B | 4.3× | 24 | $1.9B | 1,749 |
| 8 | Belgium | $113B | 7.5× | 13 | $1.1B | 1,990 |
| 9 | Ireland | $107B | 4.7× | 26 | $1.2B | 1,975 |
| 10 | Spain | $105B | 4.7× | 18 | $3.3B | 4,636 |
| 11 | Finland | $80.6B | 4.0× | 14 | $2.2B | 1,810 |
| 12 | Norway | $66.7B | 8.3× | 15 | $812.5M | 1,461 |
9 Patent intelligence
Ireland startup IP portfolio: 17.6K patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Ireland. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
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