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Cork

Metro area · Ireland · Pop. 300K

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110 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

27 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

12 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 46%

91Startups

51 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

28 Seed Startups$1–4M

12 Series A Startups$4–15M

18Breakouts

13 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

5 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

1Scaleups

1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.91%

1Valuation Outcomes

1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 0.91%

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.

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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$9.5B

$8.9B

$8.7B

$8.6B

$8.5B

$8.3B

$8B

Cork

$3.1B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown

Where Cork's unicorns concentrate

Fintech

AI / Enterprise SW

Health Tech

Biotech

Cybersecurity

Consumer

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Capital autonomy

Cork's domestic vs foreign capital mix

% domestic VC by stage

Cross-border lead investors

Sovereign-fund participation

Foreign-LP exposure

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Recent momentum

Cork's VC investment trajectory by stage

2024 vs 2025 by stage

Round-size trends

Stage-conversion deltas

Quarterly velocity

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Founder origins

Where Cork's startup founders come from

By country of origin

Per capita

Top universities

Top alumni-factory companies

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AI talent

Top employers of AI talent in Cork

Core AI roles

Frontier AI roles

YoY hiring growth

Senior + lead engineers

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Deal flow

Live deal flow & funding rounds in Cork

New rounds last 30 days

Stage breakdown

Active investors

Round-size trends

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Country Ireland Europe · Pop. 5.4M · #21 startup ecosystem by EV Region Europe Continent / region · #8 region by EV

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