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Cork

Metro area · Ireland · Pop. 300K

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113 Pool of Funded Startups
27 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
12 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 46%
53 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
29 Seed Startups$1–4M
12 Series A Startups$4–15M
13 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
5 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.88%
1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 0.88%
Pre-Seed
53
Seed
29
Series A
12
Series B
13
Series C
5
Unicorn
1

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Quarterly report

Cork's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Cork-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

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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
35
University spinouts
193
Total alumni-founded companies
136
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
47
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
10
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.

$14.9B
$14.3B
$14.3B
$13.7B
$13.6B
$13.5B
$13.4B
Cork
$4.7B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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