Companies Irish tech firms raised nearly €1bn in first half of year – but start-ups struggledNew figures show Ireland ‘well outperformed global trends’ for venture capital investment but was heavily dependent on overseas investors
Connected Waking up Irish businesses to investment opportunitiesMelissa Donohoe of Notion Capital tells Emmet Ryan about her mission to get more Irish start-ups noticed internationally
Funding Stripe records largest VC deal to date this yearGlobal venture capital investment fell for the sixth consecutive quarter from April to June
Investing ‘Irish people can dig themselves out of a hole when they have to’: Investor cites opportunities for start-ups in investment crunchDespite overall investment in start-ups being down, Melissa Donohoe of Notion Capital believes there’s an scope for Irish growth in the crisis
Markets Irish-listed Molten Ventures records loss of £243m in 2023Venture capital fund formerly known as Draper Espirit endured a turbelent year in which tech company valuations plummeted
Investing Venture capital funding for Irish SMEs hits record €502 million in Q1The main driver of the record funding was the €300 million investment into Amarenco, the Cork-based energy company, in March
funding Irish VC investment down by more than halfVC deals fall from $401m to $172.8m from the first quarter of 2022 to the same period this year
Big Read Negative equity: private companies face valuation write-downs as new reality bitesStripe’s vertiginous drops in value are just the most high-profile example of a problem facing many private companies as the market loses its froth
funding Wayflyer’s $150m fundraise was Ireland’s biggest venture capital deal of 2022Overall venture capital funding was roughly flat in 2022, but there was a drop towards the end of the year
business Venture capital investment in Irish business plunged almost 40% in 2022 to just over €1bnNew figures released by KPMG show the number of venture capital deals in Ireland more than halved last year as investor sentiment weakened significantly
Investing ISIF to inject €50m into venture capital firms led by womenJust 5 per cent of managing partners in European investment firms are female, compared to 15 per cent in the US
