Geographies/Ireland/2012

Ireland startup funding in 2012

European tech funding raised by Ireland startups during 2012.

In 2012, 35 startups in Ireland closed 39 funding rounds and raised €44M 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

€44M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top sector

Software

Ireland: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2010	€95M	+53.2%	25	+8.7%	—
2011	€57M	-39.8%	33	+32.0%	—
2012	€44M	-23.0%	39	+18.2%	—

Break down 2012 by period

Half-year

H1 H2

Rank in Europe

#13

1.1% of European funding

Top-10 round share

90.8%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€199k	3
Feb	€95k	5
Mar	€9.8M	5
Apr	€799k	3
May	€1.8M	2
Jun	€25M	4
Jul	€2.8M	3
Aug	€750k	1
Sep	€1.0M	4
Oct	€1.1M	5
Nov	€55k	1
Dec	€365k	3

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Ireland — top sectors by capital, 2012
Software	€22M
Telecom	€17M
E-commerce	€8.3M
Semiconductors	€6.0M
Media	€1.5M
Cybersecurity	€1.2M
Marketing	€1.0M
Gaming	€946k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Ireland — stage mix, 2012
Series D+	€17M
Early VC	€9.5M
Series B	€7.7M
Seed	€6.4M
Series A	€3.3M
Grant	€255k

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Openet	Series D+	Jun 2012	€17M
SkillPages	Series B	Jun 2012	€7.7M
DecaWave	Early VC	Mar 2012	€6.0M
Dublin Distillers	Series A	Mar 2012	€3.3M
Clavis Insight	Early VC	Jul 2012	€1.9M
Digit Game Studios	Seed	May 2012	€946k
XINTEC	Early VC	May 2012	€900k
Logentries	Seed	Jul 2012	€874k
Soundwave	Seed	Oct 2012	€773k
Keelvar	Seed	Aug 2012	€750k

View all 39 Ireland deals in 2012 →

Top investors

most active in 2012, by deal count

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

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