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Dublin

Metro area · Ireland · Pop. 2.1M · #49 city by EV

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$92.3B+39%
Combined startup EV
$960.9M
VC invested (last 12mo)
1,245
Tracked startups
#17/ 199
Unicorns per 1M people · cities rank
🦄 Unicorns
22
22 live $1B+ companies
💎 Decacorns
3
$10B+ tier
🐎 Thoroughbreds
15
Top 1% growth · $500M+

Enterprise value · 2015–2025

Dublin grew 8.0× since 2015

Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in Dublin that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.

0 $25B $50B $75B $100B Dublin · $92.4B 2015 2018 2021 2024 2025

Adjacent cities by EV

Startup funnel

Dublin's power-law funnel

From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.

Pre-Seed
344
Seed
285
Series A
180
Series B
63
Series C
42
Unicorn
19
Decacorn
3

* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.

Notable companies

Top private companies in Dublin

Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.

Decacorns $10B+ valuation 3
Flutter EntertainmentJazz PharmaceuticalsHorizon Therapeutics
Unicorns $1B+ valuation 19
FleetMaticsWorkhumanAmryt PharmaFlipdishBrowserStackKeywords StudiosIntercomWinthrop TechnologiesFenergoScalapayLetsGetCheckedTinesHyperion TherapeuticsTechMetCosmo PharmaceuticalsCubic3PlayrixWayflyerCelator Pharmaceuticals
Thoroughbreds+ $100M+ revenue 14
Flutter EntertainmentJazz PharmaceuticalsIntercomBrowserStackGambling.com GroupFenergoWayflyerPlayrixWinthrop TechnologiesLetsGetCheckedTrinity BiotechWorkhumanSmartbox GroupHorizon TherapeuticsAmryt Pharma

Academia

Dublin's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
190
University spinouts
1,078
Total alumni-founded companies
775
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
231
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
72
Scaleups ($100M+)

Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems

How Dublin stacks up

Peers chosen from the same country (Ireland), sized closest to Dublin by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.

Combined enterprise value
$296B
$279B
$236B
$124B
$108B
Dublin
$92.3B
EV growth (5-yr ×) vs current EV
peer median 5.3× 1.4× 12.5× 23.6× $5.1B $60.8B $726B EV growth (5yr ×) Combined enterprise value (log) London Paris Amsterdam Stockholm East of England Berlin/Brandenburg Cambridge (UK) Copenhagen Munich Zurich South East England Ghent Helsinki Oslo Yorkshire and the Humber Tallinn Edinburgh Barcelona Moscow Milan Madrid North West England York Dublin

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Sector breakdown
Where Dublin's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Dublin'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
Dublin'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 Dublin'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 Dublin
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Dublin
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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