Ireland Seed-Stage Venture Capital Investment (2025)
Ireland's Seed-Stage Venture Capital Investment: 34.9 USD millions in 2025, +15.8 USD millions YoY. OECD (OECD.SDD.TPS:DSD_VC@DF_VC_INV), 2007–2025.
Ireland (2025)
34.9
USD millions
+15.8 USD millions YoY
YoY Change
+15.8
USD millions
Trend
up
Series length
19
years of data
Data
| Year | USD millions | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.9 | +15.8 |
| 2024 | 19.1 | -8.5 |
| 2023 | 27.6 | -12.5 |
| 2022 | 40.1 | +36.2 |
| 2021 | 3.9 | -11.3 |
| 2020 | 15.2 | -4.5 |
| 2019 | 19.7 | +9.2 |
| 2018 | 10.5 | -45.4 |
| 2017 | 55.9 | +29.6 |
| 2016 | 26.3 | +25.1 |
| 2015 | 1.2 | +0.8 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | -1 |
| 2013 | 1.4 | +0.3 |
| 2012 | 1.1 | +0.1 |
| 2011 | 1 | -0.7 |
| 2010 | 1.7 | +1.5 |
| 2009 | 0.2 | -1 |
| 2008 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| 2007 | 0 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Ireland recorded 34.9 USD millions in 2025. The latest change was +15.8 USD millions. Across 2007–2025 the series ranges from 0 USD millions in 2007 to 55.9 USD millions in 2017.
This page tracks seed-stage venture capital investment in Ireland. Early-stage investment is the leading indicator of innovation pipeline formation and future unicorn creation.
Data sourced from OECD via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions
This page tracks seed-stage venture capital investment in Ireland. Early-stage investment is the leading indicator of innovation pipeline formation and future unicorn creation. It is published by OECD and updated annually.
The most recent observation covers 2025. OECD typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2007–2025 (19 observations).
The series peaked at 55.9 USD millions in 2017 and reached its lowest recorded value of 0 USD millions in 2007. The latest reading is 34.9 USD millions in 2025. The latest change was +15.8 USD millions.