Geographies/Ireland/2010

Ireland startup funding in 2010

European tech funding raised by Ireland startups during 2010.

In 2010, 22 startups in Ireland closed 25 funding rounds and raised €95M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Software was the most active sector, and Enterprise Ireland was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€95M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top sector

Software

Ireland: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2008	€69M	+92.9%	14	+75.0%	—
2009	€62M	-10.4%	23	+64.3%	—
2010	€95M	+53.2%	25	+8.7%	—

Rank in Europe

3.0% of European funding

Top-10 round share

92.0%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€9.3M	1
Mar	€4.5M	4
Apr	€6.6M	3
May	€6.3M	3
Jul	€1.9M	3
Sep	€640k	3
Oct	€3.9M	2
Nov	€2.0M	1
Dec	€60M	5

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Ireland — top sectors by capital, 2010
Software	€59M
Transportation	€52M
Semiconductors	€10M
Cybersecurity	€9.3M
Healthtech	€7.5M
Travel	€4.3M
E-commerce	€3.0M
Telecom	€1.7M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Ireland — stage mix, 2010
Series C	€52M
Series B	€14M
Early VC	€9.8M
Growth/Late	€9.3M
Seed	€5.2M
Series A	€4.2M

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition · 1 Buyout

3 exits.

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2010

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
FleetMatics	Series C	Dec 2010	€52M
Hibernia Atlantic	Growth/Late	Jan 2010	€9.3M
Movidius	Series B	May 2010	€5.6M
Carma	Series B	Dec 2010	€4.3M
Veryan Medical	Series B	Apr 2010	€4.0M
SkillPages	Seed	Mar 2010	€2.9M
CommProve	Early VC	Oct 2010	€2.9M
ChipSensors	Early VC	Apr 2010	€2.0M
DecaWave	Series A	Nov 2010	€2.0M
Ferfics	Early VC	Dec 2010	€1.7M

View all 25 Ireland deals in 2010 →

Top investors

most active in 2010, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 6 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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