1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (316+ words) The value of venture capital investment in Ireland rose by more than a third (+37. 5%) in the first quarter, powered by a $60m round for Equal1, according to KPMG. A total of $212. 3m was raised across 19 deals in Q1, up from $155. 1m across the same number…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (413+ words) Binarii Labs, the Nova UCD-headquartered cybersecurity company, is seeking to close a "1. 85m funding round to support its global scaling strategy. The firm has already secured "850, 000 from existing investors and is launching a funding campaign on the Spark Venture Funding platform…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (859+ words) Aisling Browne began her career at the headquarters of the Red Cross in Moorgate, London. However, finding herself surrounded by finance in the Square Mile, the politics and international relations graduate decided to try her hand at it. This was…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (402+ words) The number of company start-ups in the first quarter increased by 14% year-on-year as 7, 263 new businesses were registered, according to CRIFVision-Net. Construction (+908 or 32%), financial services (+881 or 7%), community and personal services (+644 or 23%) and high-growth sectors such as manufacturing (+183 or 46. 4%) and computing (+63%) drove…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (543+ words) Stripe, the payments company founded by Irish brothers John and Patrick Collison, is one of the top five most valuable unicorns in the world, according to new analysis by Best Brokers. com. The San Francisco and Dublin-headquartered fintech appears fifth…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (572+ words) An estimated "131m was raised in 2025 by a record 82 Irish start-ups founded by women, according to Tech Ireland's Female Found Funding Review 2026. The total is the highest number of women-founded Irish start-ups to be funded in a single year. Deal sized…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (466+ words) Number of Vendors seeking consent or relying on legitimate interest: 178 Number of Vendors seeking consent: 289 Female entrepreneurs are accounting for an increasing share of start-up investment approvals in the south and mid-west, according to new figures from regional innovation centre…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (525+ words) Venture capital funding for Irish tech SMEs fell for the first time since 2018 last year as the VC market heavily contracted in the final quarter. Figures from the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) show that VC funding for the full…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (396+ words) Venture capital investment in Ireland rose 25% to $1. 45bn in 2025, up from $1. 15 bn in 2024, according to the latest KPMG Venture Pulse report. In Q425, 19 VC deals secured $155. 1m, up from 14 deals raising $150. 1m in Q325. KPMG said the increase in investment was linked to several larger…...