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Dublin

Metro area · Ireland · Pop. 2.1M · #50 city by EV

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965 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

199 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

86 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 43%

825Startups

356 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

290 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 30%

179 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 25%

107Breakouts

65 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 39%

42 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 30%

33Scaleups

26 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.7%

7 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.73%

23Valuation Outcomes

20 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 2.1%

3 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.31%

Pre-Seed

356

Seed

290

Series A

179

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

Decacorn

* 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.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Dublin

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

Largest rounds in Dublin - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Dublin

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

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

193

University spinouts

1,095

Total alumni-founded companies

792

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

235

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Dublin stacks up

Compare Dublin 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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$106B

Dublin

$91B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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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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Country Ireland Europe · Pop. 5.4M · #21 startup ecosystem by EV Region Europe Continent / region · #7 region by EV

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