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Cork

Metro area · Ireland · Pop. 300K

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114 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

27 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

13 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 47%

94Startups

53 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

29 Seed Startups$1–4M

12 Series A Startups$4–15M

19Breakouts

13 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

6 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

1Scaleups

1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.88%

1Valuation Outcomes

1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 0.88%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Cork

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Cork-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Cork - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Cork-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Cork

VC investment into Cork-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Cork's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Cork.

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

151

Total alumni-founded companies

106

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Cork stacks up

Compare Cork with peers from the same country (Ireland) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

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