Ireland startup funding in H1 2014

European tech funding raised by Ireland startups during H1 2014.

In H1 2014, 19 startups in Ireland closed 23 funding rounds and raised €89M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 1.7% versus H1 2013. Debt rounds added €65k. Media was the most active sector, and Enterprise Ireland was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€89M

-1.7% vs H1 2013 · excl. debt & grants · +€65k debt

Funding rounds

-4.2% vs H1 2013

Companies

Top sector

Media

Rank in Europe

#10

2.1% of European funding

Debt financing

€65k

0.1% of total

Top-10 round share

93.3%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€59M	8
Feb	€0	1
Mar	€5.9M	4
Apr	€100k	1
May	€5.5M	4
Jun	€18M	5

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Ireland — top sectors by capital, H1 2014
Cleantech	€24M
Marketing	€23M
Software	€13M
Media	€9.3M
E-commerce	€8.3M
Fintech	€5.9M
Healthtech	€2.5M
Travel	€2.2M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Ireland — stage mix, H1 2014
Growth/Late	€46M
Series A	€15M
Series C	€14M
Other	€6.4M
Seed	€6.1M
Early VC	€1.1M
Debt	€65k

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Advanced Manufacturing Control Systems - AMCS Group	Growth/Late	Jan 2014	€24M
Brandtone	Series C	Jan 2014	€14M
Mcor Technologies	Growth/Late	Jan 2014	€14M
Mcor Technologies	Growth/Late	Jun 2014	€8.8M
Profitero	Other	Jun 2014	€5.9M
Cleverbug	Series A	Jan 2014	€4.4M
Boxever	Series A	Mar 2014	€4.3M
WholeWorldBand	Series A	May 2014	€3.9M
Homestay.com	Series A	Jun 2014	€2.2M
X-BOLT Orthapaedics	Seed	Jan 2014	€1.8M
Scurri	Seed	Jan 2014	€1.2M
Scurri	Seed	Mar 2014	€1.2M
MPSTOR	Early VC	May 2014	€1.1M
YellowSchedule	Seed	Jun 2014	€600k
PR Slides	Seed	Jan 2014	€500k

View all 23 Ireland deals in H1 2014 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2014, by deal count

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