{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"ie-vc-investment-seed","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/ie-vc-investment-seed","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/ie-vc-investment-seed/","title":"Ireland Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment (2025)","description":"Ireland's Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment: 34.9 USD millions in 2025, +15.8 YoY. OECD (OECD.SDD.TPS:DSD_VC@DF_VC_INV), 2007–2025.","domain":"markets","category":"Financial Markets","keywords":["Financial Markets","OECD","Ireland","2025"],"publisher":"OECD","frequency":"Annual","geography":"Ireland","temporal_coverage":"2007/2025","unit":"USD millions","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Ireland Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"OECD","url":"https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?fs[0]=Topic%2C0%7CFinancial+sector%23FIN%23&pg=0&fc=Topic&bp=true&snb=10"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2007–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"19"},{"label":"Geography","value":"Ireland"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Ireland (2025)","value":"34.9","unit":"USD millions","trend":{"direction":"up","value":"+15.8 YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"+15.8","unit":"USD millions"},{"label":"Trend","value":"up","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"19","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Ireland Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment"}],"observation_count":19,"observations":[{"period":"2007","value":0},{"period":"2008","value":1.176604375073942},{"period":"2009","value":0.17434780322465326},{"period":"2010","value":1.6571458335661624},{"period":"2011","value":0.9538651743792819},{"period":"2012","value":1.0618007505529858},{"period":"2013","value":1.4277268972803754},{"period":"2014","value":0.41847774535350213},{"period":"2015","value":1.1654989154400501},{"period":"2016","value":26.32914047291151},{"period":"2017","value":55.93097810699348},{"period":"2018","value":10.549254028238785},{"period":"2019","value":19.667331134491363},{"period":"2020","value":15.168878262911612},{"period":"2021","value":3.883468666027656},{"period":"2022","value":40.1239332946338},{"period":"2023","value":27.613167845026005},{"period":"2024","value":19.053143311340627},{"period":"2025","value":34.92664872675308}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"USD millions"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"34.9","yoyChange":"+15.8"},{"year":"2024","value":"19.1","yoyChange":"-8.5"},{"year":"2023","value":"27.6","yoyChange":"-12.5"},{"year":"2022","value":"40.1","yoyChange":"+36.2"},{"year":"2021","value":"3.9","yoyChange":"-11.3"},{"year":"2020","value":"15.2","yoyChange":"-4.5"},{"year":"2019","value":"19.7","yoyChange":"+9.2"},{"year":"2018","value":"10.5","yoyChange":"-45.4"},{"year":"2017","value":"55.9","yoyChange":"+29.6"},{"year":"2016","value":"26.3","yoyChange":"+25.1"},{"year":"2015","value":"1.2","yoyChange":"+0.8"},{"year":"2014","value":"0.4","yoyChange":"-1"},{"year":"2013","value":"1.4","yoyChange":"+0.3"},{"year":"2012","value":"1.1","yoyChange":"+0.1"},{"year":"2011","value":"1.0","yoyChange":"-0.7"},{"year":"2010","value":"1.7","yoyChange":"+1.5"},{"year":"2009","value":"0.2","yoyChange":"-1"},{"year":"2008","value":"1.2","yoyChange":"+1.2"},{"year":"2007","value":"0.0","yoyChange":"n/a"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks seed and start-up stage venture capital investment in Ireland from 2007 to present. Early-stage investment is the leading indicator of innovation pipeline formation and future unicorn creation. It is published by OECD and updated annually."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"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)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 55.9 USD millions in 2017 and reached its lowest recorded value of 0 in 2007. The latest reading of 34.9 in 2025 represents a change of +15.8."}]}