Ireland · 
What does Enterprise Ireland invest in?
Enterprise Ireland invests most often at Seed and Venture (74% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Software, Collaboration Tools and Recurring.
Enterprise Ireland highlights
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38 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Venture: 74% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 145 rounds, median $818K
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10 exits from the portfolio
What they do
- Type
- Government (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- SoftwareCollaboration ToolsRecurring
- Based in
- Dublin, Ireland
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. Tell us the right one.
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first445 appearances
- 2026
27 rounds
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- Aug
- Jun
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- Jan
- Jan
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- 2025
48 rounds
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- Nov
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- Oct
- Oct
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
We hold 15 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
Funds they back
12 fund commitments on record
- Managers
- 6
Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it.Source: an LP list.
Managers it backs most
Most recent commitments
- AIB Startup Accelerator
- Act Venture Capital
- Atlantic Bridge Capital
- DBIC Ventures
- Delat Partners
- Elkstone
- Finch Capital Ireland
- Furthr VC
- Middlegame Ventures
- Suir Valley Ventures
- University Bridge Fund
- Yield Lab Europe
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed10 in all
CELtrakBought by Thermo KingUndisclosedOct 2015
SynferenceBought by OptimizelyUndisclosedJun 2014
SaaspointBought by AppirioUndisclosedDec 2011
SelatraBought by 24MASUndisclosedMay 2011
FirecommsBought by ZJF GroupUndisclosedNov 2010
ChipSensorsBought by Silicon LaboratoriesUndisclosedOct 2010
ArantechBought by Tektronix CommunicationsUndisclosedApr 2009
CinarioBought by Orsus SolutionsUndisclosedFeb 2009
XiamBought by Qualcomm Incorporated$32MMar 2008
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.