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Dublin

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

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978 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

202 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

87 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 43%

834Startups

357 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

293 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 30%

184 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 25%

111Breakouts

66 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 38%

45 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 29%

33Scaleups

26 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.7%

7 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.72%

23Valuation Outcomes

20 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 2.0%

3 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.31%

Pre-Seed

357

Seed

293

Series A

184

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.

Quarterly report

Dublin's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Dublin-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 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

196

University spinouts

1,356

Total alumni-founded companies

993

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

285

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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