Ireland
Europe · Pop. 5.4M · #21 startup ecosystem by EV
Enterprise value · 2015–2025
Ireland grew 7.5× since 2015
Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in Ireland that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.
Adjacent ecosystems by EV
Startup funnel
Ireland'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.
* 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 Ireland
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
Ireland's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Ireland.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How Ireland stacks up
Peers chosen from the same Europe cluster within ±70% of Ireland's combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size for the wider continent — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
Top overview
Europe ecosystems — combined view
Top ecosystems in Europe ranked by combined EV. Ireland's row is highlighted.
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | $1.2T | 4.6× | 211 | $24.1B | 20K |
| 2 | France | $414B | 5.6× | 65 | $8.4B | 9,082 |
| 3 | Germany | $410B | 4.0× | 86 | $8.3B | 8,710 |
| 4 | Netherlands | $347B | 2.7× | 39 | $3.2B | 3,887 |
| 5 | Sweden | $286B | 5.5× | 56 | $3.5B | 3,215 |
| 6 | Switzerland | $214B | 3.5× | 47 | $4.3B | 3,003 |
| 7 | Denmark | $141B | 4.3× | 23 | $1.8B | 1,659 |
| 8 | Belgium | $106B | 7.2× | 12 | $900.8M | 1,871 |
| 9 | Ireland | $106B | 4.9× | 24 | $1.2B | 1,959 |
| 10 | Spain | $98.4B | 5.4× | 17 | $3.4B | 4,529 |
| 11 | Finland | $78.9B | 3.9× | 10 | $2.2B | 1,726 |
| 12 | Russia | $69.3B | 3.2× | 11 | $1.7B | 1,718 |
Patent intelligence
Ireland startup IP portfolio: 17.6K patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Ireland. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
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