319 Irish start-ups raised €992m in 2025, but funding cooled post Q1

May 29, 2026 - 09:20
Updated: 1 month ago
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Chart showing Irish start-up funding reached €992m in 2025, with Q1 accounting for €616m.

The majority of large rounds were concentrated in Q1, which alone accounted for €616m in funds, a record high for any quarter over the last 10 years.

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Christopher Holloway

Christopher Holloway is the founder and director of Progressive Robot, a UK-based technology company. A full-stack engineer with more than two decades of experience, he works across PHP development, ecommerce, Linux infrastructure, technical SEO and AI automation, and writes here on technology, AI, hardware and software.

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